Name: Prickly Pear Margaritas
Ingredients: 1 1/4 pound red prickly pear fruit (cactus apples); 1 cup lime juice; 1 cup tequila; 3/4 cup orange-flavor liqueur; 2 tablespoon sugar; 4 cup crushed ice and thin lime slices

Prickly Pear Margaritas

Celebrate Cinco de Mayo this weekend with easy drink recipes like these Prickly Pear Margaritas. Enjoy the orange and pear combination with a sweet finish.

Ingredients

1 1/4 pound red prickly pear fruit (cactus apples)
1 cup lime juice
1 cup tequila
3/4 cup orange-flavor liqueur
2 tablespoons sugar
4 cups crushed ice and thin lime slices

Instructions

Wearing heavy cotton or rubber gloves, cut off ends of prickly pear and slice a 1/8-inch-deep lengthwise slit through peel on each fruit.
Pull back peel and remove pulp; discard peel. Cut fruit pulp into 1/2-inch chunks. In a blender, combine half of all these ingredients: prickly pear chunks, lime juice, tequila, orange liqueur, and sugar; whirl until smooth.
Add half the ice and whirl until blended. Pour into glasses slowly, leaving seeds behind. Discard seeds.
Repeat step 2 with remaining pear chunks, lime juice, tequila, liqueur, sugar, and ice. Garnish with lime slices.