Berry Margaritas

Ah, berry margaritas. One of those lovely things to have on a hot summer's day when you have lots of leftover berries from the farmer's market. After a quick internet search, this is the recipe I decided to use:

Triple Berry Margaritas. So delicious!

Triple Berry Margarita
from http://www.driscolls.com/Recipe/Triple-Berry-Margarita

Ingredients:

1 Package (6 ounces) Driscoll's Blackberries, plus more for garnish
1 Package (6 ounces) Driscoll's Raspberries
1 Package (16 ounces) Driscoll's Strawberries, hulled and sliced
1/4 Cup sugar, or to taste
6 Ounces tequila
2 Ounces triple sec
4 Ounces fresh lime juice
1 fresh lime wedge
Salt for glasses
Ice

Procedure:

1) Puree berries in a blender until smooth. Strain pureed berries through sieve into pitcher to remove seeds. A chinois or a colander may also be used. Add sugar, to taste. Add tequila, triple sec and lime juice and stir until combined.
2) Prepare four glasses by rubbing rims with a wedge of lime and dip in salt. Add ice to glasses. Pour margarita mixture into four glasses and garnish with berries, as desired.

Notes: I used a sea salt/sugar combination with lime juice to rim the glasses.  

The results?  Amazing margaritas at home without the expense of buying one in a restaurant or having to limit yourself because you have to drive home afterwords.  Honestly, why would you ever buy these in a restaurant?  I made these quite a few times over the summer.  Try the sugar/salt mixture recommended above to line your glasses.  I liked it much better than the traditional salt.

As far as making them is concerned, it is simplicity itself.  I ended up buying less-breakable plastic margarita glasses since i was making them so often.  I used fresh berries, or a fresh/frozen combination, or frozen berries. They all worked fine.  Don't skimp out on the lime juice, though.  They taste a little off without it.

Another view of the margarita.  I just love the deep berry color.