Cactus Margarita Recipes

Steps:

• Combine tequila, orange-flavored liqueur, cactus pear syrup, lime juice and ice in a blender and blend until smooth and frothy. Serve in rocks glass and garnish with lime.
• Cactus Pear a.k.a Prickly Pear: The pulp of these cactus fruits is a brilliant red or, occasionally, a yellowish green, and it tastes a bit like watered-down watermelon. Cooks exploit the color by adding slices of the pulp to fruit salads, or by pureeing it and straining out the seeds. They're quite popular in Hispanic countries and around the Mediterranean.

Steps:

• Rub lime wedge around the rim of cocktail glasses and dip the rim into a saucer of coarse salt. Place tequila, Cointreau, cactus pear and lime juice and ice cubes in a blender and blend until frothy. Divide among glasses.

Steps:

• Combine everything but the sliced lime and sugar in a blender, adding more ice if necessary to make the mixture slushy.
• Prepare glasses, by moistening rims with lime slice and dip in plate of sugar.
• Fill glasses and garnish with lime wheel slices.
• For a non-alcoholic version, omit Tequila and replace Triple Sec with reconstituted orange juice.

Steps:

• Mix together on the rocks or blend well in blender.