Friday, 12 December 2014

lime infused tequila recipe and a margarita rant.

Ok I'll do this while I remember.  So I like tequila.... well I love tequila actually, especially a margarita, but NOT made witha margarita mix, thats a bug bare of mine, and ill probably mention it again and I wont apologise for that. Maragrita mix where you add tequila is wrong and quite frankly tastes nasty and should never be called a maragrita, neither should one made with sour mix like seems the norm in america! And the monstrosity that was a "frozen maragrita" we brought in rouses when I was in the US that contained no tequila but wine... omg... now I know the weird US laws about selling hard spirits/liquor in a supermarket, but still, dont call it a margarita.
so while im on it my recipe for the best maragrita,
35ml tequila
20ml triple sec
15ml fresh sqeezed lime
ice, shake, strain. Personally I like a salty rim, but thats preference.
the type of tequila? Yes I agree patron makes for the best and smoothest, but if im paying patron prices imma buy the aged and drink neat on ice, so a silver is fine, if the jose cuervo (my preferred cheap brand, or "peasent" tequila as the american once called it!) gold is the same price as silver ill get that, I just find it a little softer. Now I use triple sec over cointreau,  mainly its cheaper where I shop, but also its syrupier, if useing cointreau or another such drink I add a dash, just a drop, or simple syrup. And fresh squeezed limes please, ill admit theres a bottle of "fresh" lime in the fridge but thats a last desperate measures and makes it look abit pond like imo. So MY personal favourite maragrita :)
And now the reason for the post!
Lime infused tequila, saw the recipe, thought thats easy, but didnt take note of quantity.  And then couldn't find it again on google grrrr... so
4 limes zested into a bottle top up with silver tequila.
mum has this awsome fine micro grater its brill, again if I remember ill get the name and add it, I had a proper wow moment first time I used it, and got a huge amount of lovely fine zest for this recipe.
so (again)
4 limes zested into a bottle topped with silver tequila.
I used a 250ml kilner bottle. No idea how it will go. I made it 8 o'clock lastnight (Thursday) wil taste tonight at 8 and see, reading said this type of infustion is roughly 3-5 days but think I used more lime to tequila.  So we'll see.
Tequila..... It makes me happy

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