Blackberry Pomegranate Sangria

Blackberry Pomegranate Sangria

Ingredients:
2 bottles red Spanish table wine or other dry red wine
1 cup brandy
1/2 cup triple sec
1 cup fresh orange juice
1 cup pure pomegranate juice
1/2 cup simple syrup, or more to taste (equal parts sugar and water,
heated until sugar dissolves, cooled)
Orange slices from 1 or 2 oranges
Apple slices from 2 apples
1 cup fresh blackberries
Directions:
Mix all ingredients together and let stand in a tightly sealed container or pitcher for at least 24 hours in the refrigerator before serving.

Margaritas

Margaritas

Cinco de Mayo is calling 

Ingredients:

Homemade Margarita Mix
3 cups water
3 cups sugar
Makes 8 cups.
2 cups fresh lemon juice
2 cups fresh lime juice

Combine water and sugar in a large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to a boil. Cool syrup at least to room temperature.

Mix simple syrup, lemon juice and lime juice. Cover and chill until cold. Keeps 1 week in refrigerator and also freezes well.

Blended Margaritas   My favorite!
Coarse salt and lime wedges
1 1/2 cups Homemade Margarita Mix
1 cup silver or gold Tequila
1/4 cup Triple Sec

Makes 4 to 6.

Directions:
Rub rims of 6 glasses with lime wedges and dip rims in coarse salt. Set aside. 

Combine Margarita mix, Tequila, Triple Sec and ice cubes in blender. (Depending on the size of your blender, you may have to blend half at a time.) Process until well blended. Pour into glasses. Garnish each glass with a lime slice.

Moscato Margarita

Ingredients

YIELDS: 4 SERVINGS

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1/4 c. sugar

Lime wedges, for rimming glasses

12 oz. silver tequila

1 c. chopped strawberries

8 oz. moscato

8 oz. triple sec

1/2 c. lime juice 

2 c. ice

Directions

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1. In a small dish, pour sugar. Rim glasses with lime wedge then dip in sugar.
2. Combine tequila, strawberries, moscato, triple sec, lime juice, and ice in blender. Blend until smooth, then divide mixture between glasses, garnish with lime wedge and serve.