05 Cocktails

Frozen Margarita
OVERVIEW

This drink gives you the

building blocks to create al-
most any blended drink.

It’s refreshing, beautiful,

KEY POINTS
Flavour switching can be used to create new
drinks based on the same DNA for a drink. Switch
sour ingredients for different sour ingredients
and sweeteners for different sweeteners etc. In
this case we add Chambord and raspberries

For blended or crushed ice drinks remember

To attach berries and other fruit to a glass, cut a
small slit into it and use this to fix it to the rim.
Be careful not to make the cut too deep as this
can make the fruit sit too low on the rim and
seem less full or ripe

Aim for a consistency that allows the drink to

easy drinking and a stark
contrast to its classic coun-
terpart.
dilution will be higher so aim for extra sweetness
and flavour to counteract this
Generally one small scoop of crushed ice is
perfect for a single cocktail
Use more crushed ice or more berries to make
the drink thicker or add a little more liquid if it
is too solid
pour from the blender but is still thick enough
to form a peak.
Aim for this drink to be served immediately, if
making a lot of drinks, finish this drink last.To
attach berries and other fruit to a glass, cut a
small slit into it and use this to fix it to the rim.
Be careful not to make the cut too deep as this
can make the fruit seem less full or ripe.

The mint is not a classic garnish for this drink but Aim for a consistency that allows the drink to
adds contrasting freshness and colour pour from the blender but is still thick enough
to form a peak.

Aim for this to be served immediately, if making

a big order, finish this drink last.

RECIPE
GLASS: Wine METHOD: Blend
ICE: Crushed GARNISH: Mint sprig & Raspberry
INGREDIENTS CL ML OZ
Tequila Blanco 3 30 1
Cointreau 1 10 1/2
Chambord 2 20 3/4
Fresh lime juice 2 20 3/4
Raspberries ------------- 8 Raspberries -------------
Scoop of crushed ice ---------------- 1 scoop ----------------

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05 Cocktails
Frozen Margarita
EQUIPMENT

Blender
Blenders come in innu-
merable shapes and sizes
and generally price dic-
tates the quality. Profes-
HACKS
The raspberry Margarita is just one way of
employing this technique to turn classics into
frozen drinks. You can do the same thing with
many different types of fruit and liqueurs and
of course it doesn’t need to be a margarita, you
can make frozen fruit Daiquiris using the same
principles.
INGREDIENTS
Chambord

This is a black raspberry liqueur from France.

It has quite a high sugar content, high viscosity
and a very deep raspberry flavour.

sional bar blenders are

expensive but they can
If you don’t have fresh berries, you can use
handle hard stuff like
fruit puree or canned fruit but fresh is always
cubed ice and are very
preferred and can help you keep garnishes fresh
water resistant. You can
due to quicker stock movement.
also get sound covers for
them to reduce the noise.

As well as blended drinks

the blender is also handy
for making sugar syrups
and purees.

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