Slush Drinks: Rum

• Cranberry Freezer Daiquiris
• Ever-Ready Daiquiris

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Cranberry Freezer Daiquiris

In The Nick of Time - 1994

Makes about 7 (6-oz) cocktails

Ingredients

2 to 3 cups crushed ice

1 (16-oz) can jellied cranberry sauce

1 (10-oz) can frozen strawberry daiquiri mix

10.0-oz (1.25 cups) rum

1.0-oz (2 Tbsp) grenadine syrup

Garnish:

Fresh or frozen whole cranberries or strawberries

Preparation

In a blender or food processor, combine all the ingredients (except garnish); blend until slushy. Store in an airtight container in freezer.

Garnish with the fruit before serving. 

Source: In The Nick of Time Edited by Anne Van Wagner Childs (Little Rock: Leisure Arts, Inc, 1994), 102 

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Ever-Ready Daiquiris

JL Atlanta - 1982
Makes 18 to 20 servings

Ingredients
For cocktails:

2 (6-oz) cans frozen lemonade

2 (6-oz) cans frozen limeade

2 (46-oz) cans pineapple juice

32-oz (1-QT) light rum

Garnish:

Fresh mint sprigs

Preparation

In a 1.5-gallon freezer container, combine all beverage ingredients (not mint sprigs); mix until slushy. Cover and store in freezer. (Mixture will never freeze completely.)

To serve, ladle mixture into glasses and garnish each with a mint sprig.

Source: Junior League of Atlanta, Inc, Atlanta Cooknotes: 80th Anniversary Edition (Memphis: Wimmer Brothers, Inc, 1982), 50

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Margarita: Punch Recipes

Some of these Margarita Punch recipes may be made with or without alcohol. This post contains the following recipes:

• Cranberry-Lime Margarita Punch - N/A
• Mock Margaritas - N/A

Make this Cranberry-Lime Margarita Punch without or with alcohol.

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Cranberry-Lime Margarita Punch - N/A

Equal®

Makes 10 servings

Ingredients
6 cups ice cold water (refrigerate for at least 4 hours in advance)
1 (12-oz) container frozen cranberry juice cocktail, thawed
1/2 cup fresh lime juice
6 packets (1/4 cup) Equal® Spoonful or Granulated
2 cups ice cubes
8-oz (1 cup) chilled diet ginger ale

Garnish:
1 lime, sliced for the punch bowl
20 fresh cranberries
10 lime twists


Preparation
In a punch bowl. combine cold water, cranberry juice, lime juice and Equal®; stir until Equal® dissolves.

Gently stir in ice cubes, diet ginger ale and sliced lime.

Skewer the cranberries and lime twists as shown; garnish each glass and serve.


Variation(s):
Club Soda — Use 8-oz (1 cup) club soda instead of ginger ale and increase Equal® to 10 packets (1/3 cup).

Tequila — Use 8-oz (1 cup) tequila instead of the ginger ale.

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Make these "Mock Margarita" slush drinks without or with alcohol. 

Mock Margaritas - N/A

Makes 3-QTS

Ingredients
1 (12-oz) can frozen lemonade, thawed and undiluted

1 (12-oz) can frozen limeade, thawed and undiluted

1 cup powdered sugar

6 cups crushed ice

For serving:

1-liter club soda, chilled

Garnish:

Lime wedges to coat the glasses

Coarse salt to rim the glasses

Preparation

At least 3 hours before serving: Process half of the first 4 ingredients in a blender until smooth; pour into a 4-QT plastic container.  Repeat procedure with remaining half of ingredients. Freeze until firm.

30 minutes before serving:  Add club soda, stirring until slushy. Rub rims of stemmed glasses with lime wedges and then dip in saucer of salt. Serve cold.

Variation(s):

Tequila — Before freezing, stir 8-oz (1 cup) tequila into mixture. Add the club soda only if desired.

Source: Personal Files

Last Updated June 21, 2015

House Margaritas

Here's our own Margarita recipes:

• Fresh Cranberry Frozen Margaritas

• Original Margarita (Ted Haigh) 

• Pineapple - Jalapeño Margaritas 

Thanks to the ladies at Muy Bueno for the idea of garnishing our Cranberry Margaritas with skewered sugared fruits! There are several methods for making sugared fruits (links below) to prepare that garnish in advance.

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Fresh Cranberry
Frozen Margaritas

Makes 4

Ingredients
For purée:
1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice, about 4 oranges
1 cup sugar
4 cups fresh cranberries from 2 (16-oz) bags – after sorting, any remaining berries may be used for garnish
Juice of 1 lime

For garnish:
Lime wedge
Coarse salt
4 Lime wheels and 8 cranberries, or
4 Skewers of sugared cranberries (choose method for other ingredients)

For cocktails:
6-oz tequila
2-oz Grand Marnier
8-oz cranberry purée
About 2 tsp fresh lime juice
2 1/2 cups crushed ice

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Notes: Make sugared fruits in advance. 

For something really interesting, let's try Vanilla Fleur de Sel or Bali Coconut and Lime Smoked Sea Salt to rim the glasses. 

Preparation

Methods to sugar cranberries for optional garnish:

Cranberry Margarita via Muy Bueno Cookbook
Candied Cranberries via Epicurious
Festive Candied Cranberries via Paging Supermom! 
Sparkling Cranberries via 101 Cookbooks

For purée: Wash cranberries and pat dry; discard berries that are bruised, mushy, wrinkled or otherwise damaged.

In a medium saucepan, combine berries, sugar and wine; boil over High heat until sugar has dissolved. Stir, reduce heat, and boil, uncovered, until berries begin to pop, about 5 minutes.

Stir in fresh lime juice. Remove from heat and let it cool before puréeing in a blender.

For cocktails:
Rim outside of glass with lime; lightly dip into coarse salt.

Add the tequila, Grand Marnier, fresh lime juice and ice to the cranberry purée. Process the mixture until smooth. Pour the margaritas into prepared glasses. Garnish with a lime wheel and 2 cranberries, or if desired, a sugared cranberry skewer. Serve immediately.

The above is is our house recipe for Frozen Cranberry Margaritas from our 'Thanksgiving on the River' festivities.

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Last Updated 3 May 2015