California Farm Light Mango Margeritas

Hobby Horseman
Hobby Horseman @HobbyHorseman
California, United States

Traditional margeritas are strong 40 proof drinks and made with lime juice and tequila. I make a 20% mango and strawberry liqueurs with vodka, from which we make light 8% strawberry margeritas and mango margeritas with wine. The liqueurs are 20%, the wine is 12 percent, that makes 16%, and the ice cubes dilute the drink to 8%. Refreshing, these margaritas taste better to me than the strong drinks.

California Farm Light Mango Margeritas

Traditional margeritas are strong 40 proof drinks and made with lime juice and tequila. I make a 20% mango and strawberry liqueurs with vodka, from which we make light 8% strawberry margeritas and mango margeritas with wine. The liqueurs are 20%, the wine is 12 percent, that makes 16%, and the ice cubes dilute the drink to 8%. Refreshing, these margaritas taste better to me than the strong drinks.

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Ingredients

1 week soak, 1 week ferment,1 hour prep
2 people, 1 1/2 pint bottles
  1. 3 cupschopped ripe mangos
  2. 3 cupsvodka
  3. 1 cupcane sugar in cup of boiling water to make simple syrup
  4. 1/4 Tspbrewers yeast per quart mason jar
  5. Also see strawberry margerita recipe
  6. Equipment: mason jar, 2 sterilized pint beer bottles, foodmill, funnel and filter
  7. Cost: mangos $2, vodka, sugar $2, per pint bottle $2

Cooking Instructions

1 week soak, 1 week ferment,1 hour prep
  1. 1

    Make mango liqueur. Wash mango, leave peel on, chop in small pieces, immerse in 2 cups vodka, one week, shake daily.

  2. 2

    Run soaked mango pieces through foodmill, pour pressed mango juice back in mason jar with vodka and add 1 cup of simple syrup, add 1/4 Tsp brewers yeast, put lid on loose to let the fermentation gasses escape, ferment one more week in pantry. You probably have 3 cups of mango brew now..

  3. 3

    Filter finished mango brew into two sterilized recloseable pint beer bottles with porcelain caps through stainless steel funnel with filter, top off with cup of vodka, seal lid, store in fridge to stop any residual fermentation. Sediment in liqueur will settle in a week.

  4. 4

    Fill glass with ice, add half mango liqueur and half white wine, fresh mint leaf on top, enjoy.

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I teach people at the farmers market to grow small scale fruits and vegetables. My grandparents and parents taught me growing, cooking and preserving home grown fruits and vegetables, eggs, meats and fish. I got certified by the University of California Master Gardener Program in 2005. I try to bring out the original flavor of ingredients, then add layers of spices, herbs and flavorings that enhance, not distort the taste. These are the global, organic and vegan family recipes we use.
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