Thursday, January 24. 2008
Drink Your Cactus
Houstonist finds a recipe for a cactus juice cocktail that contains prickly pear fruit juice, and of course tequila.
Recipe after the break....
Houstonist is heading to Big Bend National Park this weekend to participate in our annual camping extravaganza...
This year, we decided that it was time to "live off of the land" and "leverage" available natural resources. What's plentiful in West Texas besides sand and sun? That's right - cactususes. [We know cacti is correct, but cactususes is more betterer. So, deal.]...
This year, we decided that it was time to "live off of the land" and "leverage" available natural resources. What's plentiful in West Texas besides sand and sun? That's right - cactususes. [We know cacti is correct, but cactususes is more betterer. So, deal.]...
Recipe after the break....
Cactus Juice Cocktail
+ 1 pint chilled prickly pear juice (fresh or store-bought)
+ 1 pint chilled cranberry juice
+ 1 quart chilled ginger ale
+ 1 quart tequila OR vodka
Collect ripe fruits from the cacti in the area. You'll need a pot full to garner enough juice for a batch of the cocktails. Wash the fruit and place it in a stock pot/dutch oven with a small amount of water in the bottom. Simmer until the fruit is soft. Press out the juicy with a potato masher or bottom of your titanium camping coffee cup. Strain the juice through a coffee filter or fine mesh to remove all the spines. Houstonist recommends repeating this step just to be safe.
Mix everything but the booze in a bucket. Now, add the booze tequila OR vodka, but not both or you'll be lost on the Lost Mine Trail in a flash. For added flair, dip rim of glasses in mixture of lemon juice and water and then in sifted powdered sugar.
Serve in your camping coffee cup over ice, if you have any, or dig a hole in the sand and drop in the bucket to chill it.
+ 1 pint chilled prickly pear juice (fresh or store-bought)
+ 1 pint chilled cranberry juice
+ 1 quart chilled ginger ale
+ 1 quart tequila OR vodka
Collect ripe fruits from the cacti in the area. You'll need a pot full to garner enough juice for a batch of the cocktails. Wash the fruit and place it in a stock pot/dutch oven with a small amount of water in the bottom. Simmer until the fruit is soft. Press out the juicy with a potato masher or bottom of your titanium camping coffee cup. Strain the juice through a coffee filter or fine mesh to remove all the spines. Houstonist recommends repeating this step just to be safe.
Mix everything but the booze in a bucket. Now, add the booze tequila OR vodka, but not both or you'll be lost on the Lost Mine Trail in a flash. For added flair, dip rim of glasses in mixture of lemon juice and water and then in sifted powdered sugar.
Serve in your camping coffee cup over ice, if you have any, or dig a hole in the sand and drop in the bucket to chill it.
I'll have to try it. And go to Big Bend too.
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