Honey Stawberry Margarita™

Honey Stawberry Margarita™

A smooth strawberry treat with a sweet surprise.

1 Cup Reposado Tequila
1 Pint fresh strawberries
2 Cups ice cubes (1.5 trays)
1/3 Cup clover honey
1.5 Cups frozen limeade or Cuervo lime tequila mix (aka lame-ade)

Combine everything except honey in 40+ ounce blender. Run several bursts on "ice crusher" setting, until strawberries are liquefied and ice is ground up. Add honey and blend. Serve in chilled margarita glasses.

Originally mixed with no sweetener, this one was a little too tart. At first I reached for cane sugar, but then the words "strawberry blonde" flashed in my mind, just as a large jar of honey crossed my field of vision. The Honey Strawberry Margarita was born.

Margaritas typically contain triple sec. My omission of it here was a happy accident. I must try it with Triple Sec next time. Always experimenting, refining. In another accidental discovery, I found that this drink is incredibly delicious and refreshing with sesame tortilla chips and smoky chipotle salsa.

Sadly, after creating this concoction, I discovered that mine was not the first honey margarita. See Golden Honey Margarita. Note that mine is a strawberry margarita, and without Triple Sec.

The margarita is the most common of tequila-based cocktails, made with Triple Sec and lime juice. In other languages, margarita is the Latin word for pearl; and Spanish for the daisy flower, which is also the name of a similar cocktail.

--Wikipedia