Saturday 1 December 2012

Margaritas anyone??

Yum who wouldn't want a magarita? I love cocktails and am really excited at the new extra easy entertaining book is out. It has loads of ideas for meals for 2, Sunday lunches, buffets canapés and more importantly cocktails. The last challenge for 'Come dine with me was to lower the syn of a magarita and I found this the hardest challenge as alcohol is quite high in syns.

So what do you do you make a mocktail?
Not to everyone's taste and be warned I have not tried this...

margarita mocktail (1syn) serves 4 – (¼ syn) per serving
  • no sugar limeade 177ml (tesco) (F)
  • freshly squeezed juice of 1 orange 59ml (1)
  • crushed ice
This brought the normal magarita which was 8 syns down quite a bit. mix altogether and then rub lime juice on rim of glass and dip in salt
but... in the new book there is a magarita cocktail for 5 syns on all...

Lime and watermelon margaritas
makes 8
  • juice 1 lime
  • 200ml tequila
  • 50ml Cointreau or triple sec
  • 2-3 tbsp sweetener
  • handful of ice
  • salt to serve
Chill 8 glasses. Place all ingredients including the ice in a blender or food processor and blend for 1-2 mins
serve with salted rim glasses see above, fill with magarita mixture and scatter a few watermelon seeds for decoration. YUM
If you want other cocktail recipes please get the book it is worth the money and really helps for those getting together and what am I going to make meals.

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