In Episode 020 we are making Fresh Roasted Strawberry Margaritas. Susie shares this super impressive craft cocktail that you can make at home. It is the perfect balance of sweet, fruity, salty and tart. Fresh strawberries are roasted in the oven and made into a Strawberry Puree that gets mixed into a margarita style cocktail.
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Intro: Welcome everybody to another episode of Let’s Make Dinner, your audio library of amazing recipes you can get on the table any night of the week. I’m your host, Susie Weinrich.
All right, today we have an extra special little bonus episode for you, and we are talking about Roasted Strawberry Margaritas. If you know me well, then you know that I love tequila. I love the way it tastes. I’ll drink it on the rocks. I love it in a margarita, and I especially love it in this roasted strawberry margarita. This cocktail is so delicious. It tastes like a craft cocktail. When I think of craft cocktails, I always think of a bartender behind the bar with suspenders on and a handlebar mustache setting drinks on fire and, and using fresh herbs and serums and syrups that nobody knows what they are.
You’re going to get that level of cocktail, but at home, in your own kitchen, at your own bar for not $400. This is an excellent cocktail to make in the summer when you have an abundance of really fresh, ripe strawberries. I have a tip for you. When you are buying strawberries at the grocery store, look for a container that has the darkest red color. Those strawberries that are really, really dark red, those are the juiciest and the ripest.
Now I have another tip. When you bring those strawberries home, this is not scientifically proven. This is just, this is just a Suzy tip. Store the strawberries in the fridge upside down. I find that my strawberries last a little bit longer when I store them upside down, and I think it’s because most of the air holes are actually around the bottom of the container and more air can circulate through there and they don’t mold as fast.
Tips and Tricks: So anyways, we’re not talking about moldy strawberries today. We are talking about roasted strawberry margaritas. Let’s get onto this recipe. There are a couple of things that you’re going to need to make this recipe correctly. Obviously, you need an oven because we’re making roasted strawberries. You need a sheet pan. You need some parchment paper, and you need a cocktail shaker. Like I’ve said in other recipes, if you don’t have a cocktail shaker, that’s totally fine. You can actually just use a mason jar with a lid. But since it is glass, you want to be extra careful when you do the shaking.
Roasted Strawberry Margaritas Recipe: You’re going to start making your roasted strawberry puree by preheating your oven to 400 degrees. Then process one pound of fresh strawberries. You’re just going to clean them. Remove the stem and cut them in half. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. That parchment paper is actually going to collect all the jam and juice that’s going to cook out of your strawberries. So you definitely want to have the parchment paper. Add the strawberries on top, and then you’re going to toss them with two tablespoons of sugar. Roast them in the oven for 15 minutes. Then once they’re done, they’re going to be all kind of juicy and jammy and delicious. Let that cool for about five minutes. Then you’re going to pour all the juices and all the roasted strawberries into a blender or a food processor and blend them up until they are completely smooth.
You may need to add one or two tablespoons of water to get the blender going. That’s totally fine. Now you can use that strawberry puree right away, or you can store it in the fridge for up to five days, so you can make this ahead to make your cocktail time a little bit easier. You’re going to have about one cup of strawberry puree, which is going to be enough for four margaritas.
To make your roasted strawberry margarita, we’re going to prep a glass just like you would when you make a classic margarita. Run a lime or a strawberry around the edge of the glass, and then dip it in some kosher salt. When I make roasted strawberry margaritas though, it’s just like my pineapple margarita, I only like to dip half of the rim in the kosher salt. So sometimes you can take a salty drink or sometimes you can take just a sweet drink of the strawberry cocktail. Go ahead and fill that glass halfway with crushed ice.
Now move over to your cocktail shaker or mason jar. Add a couple of cubes of ice. Then you’re going to pour in two ounces of the roasted strawberry puree, one and a half ounces of tequila. You can use a silver or a Reposado in this margarita recipe, half an ounce of Triple sec. I always like to use Cointreau, half an ounce of fresh squeezed lime juice, and then a quarter ounce of blue agave syrup. I like to use light blue agave syrup, and it’s not blue in color, it’s just I think the actual plant is called blue agave. I like to use the light because it doesn’t have as aggressive a flavor as the darker colored one. So if you’re in the store, grab the light one.
Now, pop the lid on your cocktail shaker and give it a really vigorous shake for about 20 to 30 seconds. You’re going to strain that right into your prepared glass and then garnish it with a lime or a fresh strawberry, and that’s it. Your craft cocktail is ready and it’s going to be delicious. This is such an impressive cocktail to serve to guests. So I highly recommend if you’re having a summer cookout, or summer party that you make these roasted strawberry margaritas.
As always, I will put the link to the full recipe for the roasted strawberry margaritas in the show notes, so you can find it whenever you want. I will also link my classic Margarita and my pineapple margarita that I talked about in this episode.
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Outro: Until next time, I hope this episode makes your cocktail time a little sweeter.
Recipe Tips
- Pick Really dark red strawberries that are ripe and juicy.
- Use a sheet pan lined with parchment paper to catch all the juices and jam that bake out of the strawberries.
- Add 1-2 tablespoon water to the strawberries and sugar in the blender to get things blending.
- Use kosher salt on the rim of your drink.
- Only salt half the rim of the glass so you can have some drinks with salt and some without.
Recipes Mentioned in The Episode
- Roasted Strawberry Margarita
- Classic Margarita on the Rocks
- Pineapple Margarita
- All Tequila Cocktails
Equipment Mentioned
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