Cranberry Margaritas The Lightship Restaurant Recipes

CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Rim 2 wine glasses with sugar and salt. Fill with ice. Add an orange slice and lime slice to each glass.
• Pour cranberry juice, tequila, triple sec, orange juice, and lime juice into a shaker. Shake well.
• Pour mixture evenly over ice in rimmed glasses. Top with lemon-lime beverage.

CRANBERRY MARGARITAS - THE LIGHTSHIP RESTAURANT

Steps:

• Cranberry-Apple Puree:.
• In a heavy saucepan, combine the brown sugar and 1/2 cup apple juice; bring the mixture to a boil, stirring, and add the cranberries. Boil for 1 minute, stirring, reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until the cranberries burst.
• Let the mixture cool to room temperature.
• In a food processor or blender, puree the cranberry mixture with the apples and the remaining 1/4 cup apple juice until it is smooth. (Makes 1 1/2 cups; Cover and chill for up to 1 week).
• Margaritas:.
• In a blender, puree the ice with the teuila, triple sec, whiskey-sour mix, lime juice, and 1 1/2 cups of the cranberry-apple puree until the mixture is smooth.

CRANBERRY MARGARITAS

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend on high. Serve. If your blender is small or not high-powered, make the margaritas in 2 batches.

VERY CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Place half of the ingredients in a blender and fill with ice.
• Blend until smooth. Pour into pitcher.
• Repeat.
• Pour into margarita glasses with salt or sugar around rims.
• Makes 2 pitchers.

CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Steps:

• Using a fine, clean paintbrush, paint a thin layer of honey around the rim of 4 margarita or martini glasses. In a saucer, combine the orange zest, salt and sugar, then turn the glasses upside down and dip them into the mixture. Put the glasses in the fridge to chill.
• In a cocktail shaker, combine the orange juice, tequila, lime juice, cranberry juice, triple sec and ice, and shake to combine. When the outside of the shaker feels cold, strain the mixture into your prepared glasses and serve.