Frozen Strawberry Margaritas

This margarita recipe will change the way you approach your summer parties. You can prep everything the day before and be the margarita queen or king for the day.

Frozen Strawberry Margaritas

SERVES

6

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

20

MINUTES

COOKING TIME

10

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • FOR THE SOUR MIX:

  • 1 egg white

  • 225g caster sugar 500ml water

  • 500ml freshly squeezed lime juice (see the note)

  • FOR THE GLASSES:

  • ½ lime, cut into wedges

  • TajĂ­n chilli and lime powder

  • fresh strawberries, to decorate

  • paper umbrellas, to decorate

  • FOR THE MARGARITAS:

  • 10 fresh strawberries

  • 60ml sour mix

  • 2 tbsp good-quality tequila

  • 1 tbsp Triple Sec

  • 1 tbsp grenadine ice cubes (optional if you haven’t frozen the strawberries)

Method

  1. If you’re organised, prep the fruit the day before so that it will have time to freeze and you won’t need any ice. Wash your strawberries well. Cut off and discard the stems, leaves and white parts, then place the strawberries in a container in the freezer. By freezing the fruit, you will get the best consistency for your margaritas and you avoid using ice and diluting the flavours when making the cocktail.

  2. Move on to making your sour mix. The ingredients here will give you a litre of sour mix, good for a few rounds of margaritas. It’s dead simple. Whisk the egg white in a large bowl with a fork or a little whisk until it’s frothy. Stir in the sugar, then add the water and lime juice and mix well. Store in a glass bottle with a cap and keep it refrigerated until you need to use it (but it will only keep for a couple of days, max, in the fridge as it contains raw egg). Shake well before using.

  3. On the day, prep the margarita glasses. Rub a lime wedge all around the rim of each glass. Put the TajĂ­n on a plate (or even better, get a TajĂ­n rimmer) and dip the glass in it so that the wet rim is covered in TajĂ­n. Set aside.

  4. Put the strawberries, sour mix, tequila, Triple Sec, grenadine and ice cubes (if using) in a blender or food processor and blitz until it’s all a smooth, slushy consistency. Pour into the prepped margarita glasses and decorate with a strawberry and a paper umbrella (the amounts given for the margaritas will serve 2).
    NOTE ON LIME JUICE
    Squeezing a lime for juice is hard work, let alone squeezing enough limes for 500ml of juice! I discovered a company called the Raw Juice Company that sells freshly squeezed juices and delivers all over Ireland. I buy the catering size of lime juice, which is 2 litres, but if I don’t use it all, I freeze it for the next party. It saves a lot of time and effort.

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