Sunday, June 29, 2014

Fresh Cherry Margaritas

Fresh Cherry Margaritas 

Can Margarita Mondays be a thing?  Is there a petition somewhere I can sign?

I have a doozy for you today.  Aside from peaches, cherries are the fruit that I await most eagerly throughout the cold and miserable winter months.  There's a magical few weeks around this time where they are cheaper than grapes!  And we go through them faster than you can say "George Washington."

Fresh Cherry Margaritas

So naturally, turning those pretty red jewels into a margarita was the next step in my cherry obsession.  Pretty much every margarita I make is deemed "my new favorite," and the cherry version is no exception.  It's the perfect balance of sweet and tart, and you can't beat that gorgeous red color.

When you cook with cherries, you definitely have to work for them - pitting, stemming, chopping, etc.  So reward yourself for all your hard work with tequila!

Fresh Cherry Margaritas

Fresh Cherry Margaritas
adapted from Fine Cooking, via Annie's Eats
serves 4

  • 14 oz stemmed and pitted fresh cherries (about 2 1/4 cups, or about 50 cherries)
  • 2/3 cup tequila
  • 1/3 cup orange liqueur
  • 1/4 cup simple syrup*, plus more as needed
  • 1/2 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
Combine all the ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.  Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a pitcher.  Taste and add more simple syrup if it's still too tart, adding 1 tablespoon at a time.  

Serve over ice.

*To make simple syrup, heat 1 cup sugar with 1 cup of water over medium heat, until the sugar dissolves and the mixture comes to a boil.  Remove from heat and allow to cool to room temperature before using.


6 comments:

Josie said...

Those look delicious! Very sweet and refreshing. :)

Josie said...

Oooh! These look pretty and delish! I might try these with vodka and do cherry martinis. Thanks, Josie!

Josie said...

Marg Monday should totally be a thing!! And this flavour looks perfect!

Josie said...

Margarita Monday sounds awesome, love that idea. And this one looks incredible!

Josie said...

These margaritas sound fantastic! I definitely concur that margarita Monday should be a weekly occurrence. Especially considering all the beautiful summer fruit!

Josie said...

I can't get enough of cherries either, and incorporating them into everything I ingest seems like a worthy way to consume them. Love these margs!!

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