They weren’t awful, horrible, terrible, no good, very bad photos but they also did not make me happy. I just could not wrap my arms around those photos. It’s not often but it’s happened before and I’ve learned to not fight it too hard. I took probably 50 shots, picked my two favorite and did some work on them in Photoshop and was set to start writing this post about 1pm. I tried mixing it a bit and that was better so I forged ahead with photos. Yay! BUT I decided to try using an old fashioned margarita glass and even if it looked sort of pretty it bugged me all of the red cranberry simple syrup was in that little abutment at the bottom of my margarita glass. The heavier red syrup cuts through the tequila and juice mixture and covered the bottom of the glass. Round Two was much better and I got the results I wanted. What margarita is made without orange liqueur anyhow isn’t it one of the main prerequisites? Thanks…I thought so too! Last, but not least by a long shot, I included some orange liqueur. Why? I had no pomegranate juice in the pantry but did have cranberry and either one works. I made some revisions opting to make a cranberry simple syrup instead of grenadine which is basically pomegranate simple syrup. The recipe I was given had all the ingredients shaken together and while a sort of pretty pinkish orange color it just did not work for me. One thing I know about a Tequila Sunrise, they are supposed to show a layering that mimics the colors of a real sunrise. So I used their recipe as my inspiration and made it my own. I’ve got all of my liquor and liqueurs organized and catalogued and with 14 bottles of tequila on the shelves I’m not needing anymore for a bit. The problem is that I had none of their product on hand and I didn’t want anymore because I already have enough for a small liquor store. I was asked by a tequila brand to feature a recipe of theirs and use their product. But I’m a sucker for a day devoted to my all time favorite cocktail so I’m celebrating with this Tequila Sunrise Margarita Cocktail and it’s a beautiful thing. A day in the middle of the week, in the middle of winter.Įvery year I wonder who decided on that time frame because even though I will now enjoy a margarita in the winter with seasonal flavors, it will forever remain in my heart as the quintessential summer drink.
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