Rachael Ray's Fresh Strawberry Marg-alrightas Margaritas

Baker*Chick's Note:

Recipe by Rachael Ray's 30 minute meals.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 pints ripe strawberries
• 4 ripe limes , juiced, plus
• 1 lime , wedged for rimming and garnish
• 8 tablespoons sugar
• ½ cup orange juice
• ice cube (2 trays)
• 12 fluid ounces good quality tequila (8 shots)
• coarse salt , to rim glasses

Directions:

1. Reserve 4 strawberries with tops for garnish and split them.
2. Clean, dry, and trim remaining strawberries.
3. Add all but the reserved strawberries to a blender.
4. To that, add the juice of 1 ripe lime, 2 rounded tablespoons sugar, a splash of orange juice, 1/2 a tray of ice cubes and 2 shots of tequila.
5. Blend on high speed until the drink is icy but smooth.
6. Rim a cocktail glass with lime juice and dip rim in salt and pour in the frozen strawberry lime drink.
7. Garnish glass with a wedge of lime and a split strawberry.
8. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

Reviews

[Chef #1276653]

Great strawberry margarita recipe. We just pints of fresh strawberries from the state farmer's market. We also substitute sp[enda for the sugar. It tastes unbelievably good and fresh.

[KateL]

Great strawberry margarita! The sugar and orange juice ensure that if the limes are a little sour, the strawberry sweetness will prevail. I used frozen strawberries, but still used the ice due to the large amount of tequila. I'm not normally fond of tequila, but it complemented perfectly in this recipe. Thanks for posting this recipe, kuntryqtpi. Made for Secret Ingredient Tag, QI=strawberries.

[Bev]

Oh Man did this ever hit the spot! I was alone for the evening and decided to entertain myself with a bit of cooling refreshment : ) This recipe is wonderful and full of fresh strawberry flavor! Not overly sweet, but just perfect. I made only 1/2 the recipe to accommodate 1 and it turned out great! Looking forward to my second serving ; ) Thanks for posting, kuntryqtpi!