Mexican Non-Alchoholic Drink Recipe: Mexican Hot Chocolate

 

Ingredients

4 cups half and half
1 Mexican chocolate round (recommend the Nestle-Abuelita brand)

Directions

1. Simmer half-and half in large saucepan. Do not boil. Remove from heat.
2. Melt the chocolate round in the microwave and add to half-and half. Stir.

Mexican Alchoholic Drink Recipe: Classic Shaken Margarita

 

Recipe

4 oz silver tequila, such as Herradura
1 1/2 oz fresh lime juice
1 oz Cointreu
1/2 oz simple syrup

Combine tequila, lime juice, Contreu, simple syrup and 1/2 cup crushed ice in a cocktail shaker; cover and shake until chilled about 15 seconds.

Strain into 2 small chilled tumblers or cocktail glasses and fill with ice.

NOTE: Avoid using sour mix to make a margarita. High quality tequila and fresh lime juice are the key to this simple cocktails complex flavor.

Mexican Non-Alcholic Drink Recipe: Limonada

Recipe

Juice of 6 limes
1 cup sugar
1 lime, chopped, discard the ends
Ice-cold water
Ice

1.  Put the lime juice, sugar and chopped lime in a blender with 2 cups of water. Puree on high.

2.  Fill a two-quart pitcher halfway full of ice. Strain the contents of the blender into the pitcher. Top off with water. Stir.

3.  Makes Two-quarts and takes 15 minutes