Been waiting for this day for months now...ever since National Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day when I read the list of National Food Days and realized there was one for tequila!
But on a Thursday? Come on...what's up with that?
There are so many ways to use tequila in cocktails...
My absolute all time favourite would be the Margarita...
Margarita Mondays...
Tequila Sunrise Tuesdays...
Watermelon Margarita Wednesdays...
Long Island Iced Tea Thursdays...
Fantastic Shots Fridays...
Salty Chihuahua Saturdays...
It's been so humid for awhile now, we need a rip-roaring thunderstorm to clear the air. And I needed a cocktail that was cool and refreshing.
A mojito would have been tasty...but since this day is all about tequila I swapped out the vodka bottle.
Cocktail Number 1 - Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise...Orange Juice, Grenadine, and tequila....nothing to hard about that.
Not quite as refreshing as I expect the Margarita will be...
Cocktail Number 2 - MARGARITA (Sorry just had to yell)
Tequila, frozen lime concentrate and ice cubes...
Really need to get a blender....
The Salty Chihuahua uses lemonade with the tequila, which I didn't have...
but I had lemons,
a small amount of simple syrup,
and club soda...
salt the rim, add a piece of lime and WHAM!
And just to mix it up...added orange peel.
Recipes
Tequila Sunrise
1.5 oz tequila
3/4 cup orange juice
1/2 to 1 shot grenadine syrup
orange or cherry for garnish
Shake together the orange juice and tequila. Fill a chilled glass with ice cures, and pour in the orange juice and tequila. Slowly pour in the grenadine and allow it to settle at the bottom of the glass. Garnish.
Margarita
1 (6 oz) can frozen limeade
6 oz tequila
2 oz triple sec
crushed ice
Add all to a blender and whizz.
Rub lime wedge around the rim of the glass, and either sprinkle (if your aim is good) or dip the glass in the salt. Pour from the blender...and fill the glass.
Salty Chihuahua
1 wedge lime
coarse salt
1.5 oz tequila
5 oz lemonade
Rub the lime wedge around the rim of the glass, and either sprinkle (if your aim is good) or dip the glass in the salt.
Fill the glass with ice. Pour in tequila and lemonade. Squeeze and drop in the lime wedge. Add a piece of lime to garnish.
Tequila Shot
1.5 oz tequila
lime wedge
salt
Step 1 - Cut lime in wedges (the number of wedges must match the planned number of shots...
Step 2 - pour shot of tequila
Step 3 - Lick that part of your hand between the thumb and forefinger...
Step 4 - ...add salt
Step 5 - Lick the salt off your hand
Step 6 - down the shot of tequila
Step 7 - suck the lime wedge
Step 8 - Repeat steps 2 thru 7...
I should have taken Friday off....what was I thinking?
(Shelley)
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