Tuesday, June 24, 2008

RECIPE TUESDAY

Due to Friday's night drink fest alittle appetizer and alchocal beverge to go with it
so enjoy one of my favorite appitzers and drinks.....


Guacamole


Prep: 10 min., Stand: 30 min. While storing in the refrigerator, keep your guacamole from changing color by placing a layer of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the mixture



Ingredients
5 ripe avocados
2 tablespoons finely chopped red onion
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
1/2 medium jalapeƱo pepper, seeded and chopped
1 garlic clove, pressed
3/4 teaspoon salt
Tortilla chips


Preparation
1. Cut avocados in half. Scoop pulp into a bowl, and mash with a potato masher or fork until slightly chunky. Stir in chopped red onion and next 4 ingredients. Cover with plastic wrap, allowing wrap to touch mixture, and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Serve guacamole with tortilla chips.
Cilantro Guacamole: Mash avocado, and stir in ingredients as directed. Stir in 3 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro and an additional 1 Tbsp. lime juice. Cover mixture, and let stand at room temperature 30 minutes.

Yield
Makes 3 1/2 cups


and the drink that I love best of all: You guessed it.

MARGARITA

The Margarita recipe is one of the most famous tequila cocktails recipes. Margarita drinks are often served as blended or frozen. The most traditional margarita drinks are lime flavoured. But there are nowadays many variations, for example the well-known frozen margarita strawberry.

Margarita Ingredients

3 parts of tequila
2 parts of orange flavored liqueur
1 part of fresh lime juice
Coarse kosher salt
Lime wedge
Ice cubes

The above recipe is considered to be the most traditional and classical of all recipes of margaritas. But there are many alternative recipes which for example includes mango, melon or orange juice


Enjoy and think of me.....

cannoli

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