


Add a salt or sugar rim to the glass if you'd like. No special techniques or equipment needed here-just mix it up and serve over ice. Mostly limes, traditionally, but I like to add a bit of orange and lemon juice to my margaritas as well. Sweet prickly pear juice concentrate pairs spectacularly with the classic citrus flavors of a margarita.Ī great margarita starts with fresh citrus. Fill the glasses with ice and pour in the margaritas. Small-batch craft mix in 1-liter glass bottle. Made from New Mexico prickly pears harvested in the Rio Grande Valley. Rub the rims of 8 glasses with a lime slice and dip in the salt to coat the rims. Prickly Pear Margarita Mix Beverages & Cocktail Mixers, Santa Fe Mixes, cactus, craft cocktail, gourmet, new mexico true, nopales, Prickly pear, santa fe mixes, US Shipping Class. Chill at least 4 hours or until ready to serve. I wish I could pour a glass of this liquid sunshine for every one of you buried in snow right now. 1 Stir together the tequila, lime juice, triple sec and prickly pear syrup in a pitcher. The perfume of the citrus blossoms is absolutely magical when paired with the margarita.Īnd who could resist a freshly-squeezed margarita? Our lemon and orange tree haven't started blooming yet, but our calimansi tree has, so I was even able to use some fresh citrus blossoms as a garnish on the straw. So I couldn't find any fresh prickly pears to use for this recipe, but I do have some lovely, local prickly pear cactus juice. I love prickly pear margaritas, but alas, prickly pear fruits are ready to pick in August/September, and citrus are abundant in the later winter and spring. It's the height of citrus season, so let's juice those lemons (and limes, and oranges) and make some margaritas! Prickly pear margaritas, to be precise.
