Best Cactus Margarita Recipes

PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS MARGARITA

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I had this drink in Tucson and talked the bartender into sharing the recipe with me.

Provided by Shannon Lindell

Categories World Cuisine Recipes Latin American Mexican

Time 10m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

coarse salt as needed
2 fluid ounces tequila
2 fluid ounces sweet and sour mix
1 fluid ounce triple sec
1 fluid ounce lime juice
1 fluid ounce prickly pear syrup

Steps:

Pour salt into a small plate. Wet the rim of a margarita glass and dip rim into salt.
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice; pour tequila, sweet and sour mix, triple sec, lime juice, and pear syrup over ice. Cover shaker and shake drink; strain into prepared margarita glass.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 422.9 calories, Carbohydrate 56.3 g, Fat 0.1 g, Fiber 0.1 g, Protein 0.1 g, Sodium 3.1 mg, Sugar 52.1 g

RED CACTUS MARGARITA - ALCOHOL OPTIONAL

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Make and share this Red Cactus Margarita - Alcohol Optional recipe from Food.com.

Provided by Brenda.

Categories Beverages

Time 10m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 1/4 cups raspberry-cranberry frozen juice concentrate (do not reconstitute)
3 cups whole frozen raspberries
3/4 cup frozen limeade concentrate (do not reconstitute)
1/2 cup triple sec
3/4 cup tequila, gold
4 cups crushed ice, enough to make slushy
1 lime, sliced
sugar

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.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 837.5, Fat 0.3, Sodium 16.9, Carbohydrate 214, Fiber 9.2, Sugar 180.5, Protein 1.6

CACTUS MARGARITA

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Make and share this Cactus Margarita recipe from Food.com.

Provided by mariposa13

Categories Beverages

Time 3m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 5

Ingredients

1 1/4 ounces tequila (a good one)
1/2 ounce pineapple, concentrate
5 ounces sweet & sour margarita mix
1 ounce cream of coconut
12 ounces ice

Steps:

Mix together on the rocks or blend well in blender.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 61.5, Fat 5, SaturatedFat 4.5, Sodium 21.2, Carbohydrate 4.2, Fiber 0.8, Sugar 3.1, Protein 0.8

CACTUS PEAR MARGARITA

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This comes from The cactus Pear Restaurant/Bar. Forgot where this was (Too much grey hair. I think!). The citrus juices blend magnificently!

Provided by Witch Doctor

Categories Beverages

Time 5m

Yield 1 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

2 ounces white tequila
1 ounce cactus prickly pear syrup, of cactus pear, plus more
prickly pear syrup, for dipping the glass rim in
1 ounce orange liqueur (such as Cointreau or Triple Sec)
1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
coarse salt (optional)
lime wedge

Steps:

Place tequila, orange liqueuer, Cactus Pear syrup, lime juice, and ice in a cocktail shaker and shake for 10 seconds.
Place a few tablespoons of the cactus Pear syrup on a small plate. Dip the rim of the glass in the syrup, and let the excess run off, then dip in salt.
Strain the mixture into the glass and garnish with a lime wedge.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 3.9, Sodium 0.3, Carbohydrate 1.3, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 0.3, Protein 0.1

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