Merry christmas margaritas
4 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1¼ | cup | Cranberry juice cocktail |
| ½ | cup | Sugar |
| 1½ | cup | (6 oz) fresh or frozen cranberries; rinsed |
| ¾ | cup | Lime juice |
| ¾ | cup | Tequila |
| ½ | cup | Orange flavor liqueur |
| 3 | cups | Coarsley crushed ice |
Directions
Pour ¼ cup of the cranberry juice into a shallow bowl. Pour 3 tablespoons sugar into a flat plate. Dip the rims of 4 to 6 widemouthed glasses (6 to 8 oz size, suitable for margaritas) into juice, then into sugar. Set the glasses aside. Reserve 12 cranberries. In a blender, whirl until smooth and slushy the remaining cranberries, cranberry juice, sugar, lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, and ice. If necessary, blend in 2 batches, then mix. Fill glasses; garnish by floating 3 reserved cranberries (grouped together) in the center of each glass. Serves 4 to 6. Sunset Magazine Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by "M. Hicks" <nitro_ii@...> on Feb 5, 1998