Strawberry Margaritas

I can't believe I am doing this.

Pink food. You must have caught me in an exceptionally good mood.

Start with a strawberry limeade (the other night Melanie, who was the real brains behind this recipe, used Trader Joe's strawberry lemonade): puree strawberries with lime juice and simple syrup (or sugar) to taste.

3 (or 4 or more, to taste) parts strawberry limeade
2 parts 100% blue agave tequila (silver is best for margaritas, but I usually have reposado around, because I prefer that for straight tequila drinking, so we used that. DO NOT use bad tequila (Cuervo Gold and the like), only real 100% blue agave.
1 part orange liqueur. Sometimes I use triple sec, recently we have been using Patron Citronage. Once I was out of all else so I had to use Grand Marnier. It was interesting, but not so interesting as to merit the expense of Grand Marnier, which is best shown off in the sauce for my chocolate souffle)

Shake over ice and serve up in chilled glasses garnished with a sliced fresh strawberry, a slice of lime and salted rims.

If you all want recipes for Cosmopolitans, though, you will have to bark up a different tree.

Anyway, I have spent too much time online just doing this recipe. I have another recipe request in the combox (note to Felicia: I am not the family baker, so I will have to consult with Melanie and/or my cookbook library), but there is no way I can get to it until I get back Sunday night (and the Lepanto League meeting might make much writing on here pretty light until Monday).

Also, for pink food, the topping of tiramisu di tonno (tuna tiramisu) is pink. Search the archives for that recipe. It might sound weird, but it is the best recipe I have ever created. I will try to think of more as I lounge by the pool and watch baseball in the Arizona sun, I mean, work hard this weekend. As in hardy har har!

So, have a good weekend everybody! Go A's!