Mangorita (Mango Margarita) – Texanerin Baking

This mangorita is refreshingly candy, tangy, and perfect to reel in heat climate. It’s made with juicy mango, a squeeze of citrus, and is maple-sweetened. It’s additionally naturally gluten-free and vegan.

It’s delightfully clean, shiny, and simply candy sufficient. I posted this Raspberry Margarita final 12 months, which has a bit extra pucker however can be nice for cooling off.

I by accident ordered an excessive amount of frozen mango not too long ago, so I assumed it’d be enjoyable to make a mango model.

And plenty of different mango recipes which are coming your approach quickly. 🙂

Suggestions

• I take advantage of frozen mango, however you should use contemporary for those who favor.
• Add frozen mango to the underside of the blender so you will get it as clean as potential.
• Whenever you mix the margarita, it will likely be thick like a sorbet. If it’s tough in your blender, step away and let the mango thaw a little bit to make it simpler to mix.
• Salting the rim of the glass is optionally available, however salt helps carry out the candy notes and enhances the flavour.
• Add extra maple syrup if it’s not candy sufficient.
• Desire your margaritas on the rocks? Utilizing contemporary mango is best, simply mix the mango till clean with the opposite substances and pour over ice.
• For those who don’t have maple syrup, you should use easy syrup or honey for those who’re not vegan.
• For those who use honey for a non-vegan choice, I like to recommend mixing contemporary mango and the opposite substances earlier than including the ice and mixing till mixed.
• For those who like your margaritas on the puckery facet, add extra lime juice to style.
• Don’t add extra ice than the recipe requires, otherwise you’ll get an icy combination.
• Garnishing with mint and a lime wedge is all you want for a pop of shade to make this mango margarita look extraordinary.

What tequila to make use of?

I might follow no matter tequila that you just like.

I like to make use of good-quality white tequila. This sort is younger and solely aged a few months, and since it’s aged in stainless-steel containers, it’s not as oaky as gold tequila. White tequila is crisper and clearer in look, so it mixes nicely in cocktails.

White tequila additionally balances nicely with fruit and sweeter flavors.

Aged gold tequila has a definite style as a result of it’s aged in oak, and that sturdy, woody taste makes for an ideal sipping drink.

Caramel coloring is often added to gold tequila earlier than fermentation, so if the tequila doesn’t say 100% agave, then coloring has been added to acquire that gold shade. For those who’re going for a gold tequila, I like to recommend 100% agave.

Is triple sec the identical as Cointreau?

Not precisely. Each are a sort of orange liqueur, and Cointreau is a sort of triple sec, however there are variations.

If a recipe requires triple sec, then you should use Cointreau, but when a recipe requires Cointreau, then it’s beneficial that you just use Cointreau, and never any random kind of triple sec, to get the flavors supposed within the recipe.

Triple sec is cheaper than Cointreau however can be decrease high quality. Cointreau is advanced and has a stronger but smoother taste than triple sec.

Due to the sturdy mango taste on this cocktail, the orange liqueur isn’t as essential, so you should use whichever you favor.

Should I take advantage of tequila?

The signature substances in margaritas are tequila, triple sec and lime juice.

However there’s at all times room to mess around with the substances. This citrusy Gin Margarita was made particularly for many who don’t take care of tequila.

Rum goes nicely with mango, so you possibly can give it a attempt. I haven’t tasted it, however I’d love to listen to the way it seems for those who do.

Maple syrup in a margarita?

Sure, that will sound uncommon, but it surely completely sweetens this cocktail and pairs nicely with mango.

It doesn’t have a powerful maple style for those who don’t use one of many extra intense maple grades. Even for those who use a dark-grade maple syrup, I doubt you’d be capable to style the maple (although I haven’t tried it, so I can’t say for positive!).

I really like utilizing pure sweeteners in my cocktail recipes. You may even use coconut sugar in some recipes, like this Dawa Drink.

Gluten-free and vegan

In accordance with Barnivore, solely 4% of tequila manufacturers aren’t vegan.

To make sure you’re shopping for the precise model, learn the producer’s web site to make sure there aren’t any substances objectionable to your vegan way of life.

Most triple sec manufacturers are vegan-friendly, which means they haven’t been made with animal merchandise, and utilizing the Barnivore information above, we see that Marie and Brizard Triple Sec Liqueurs are not vegan.

Cointreau is vegan and gluten-free, and most manufacturers of triple sec are as nicely. However at all times google no matter model earlier than shopping for, simply to ensure.

Additionally, the entire substances on this margarita are gluten-free because of the distillation course of.

Pure, distilled tequila constructed from blue agave is taken into account gluten-free. Even when it’s combined with different sugar, it’s protected for individuals with celiac illness.

Sweetener

You may simply make easy syrup for those who’d relatively not use maple syrup. You simply want 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of sugar. Dissolve the sugar in boiling water till it’s clear. Let it cool and put it in a sealed container and refrigerate.

Extra refreshing drinks

If it’s warming up in your neck of the woods, any considered one of these drinks will enable you calm down!

Non-alcoholic drinks

I hope you’ll love this mango margarita as a lot as we do! For those who attempt it, please remark under so we will hear the way it went. Thanks. 🙂

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• Prep Time: 5 min
• Cook dinner Time: 0 min
• Prepared in: 5 min
• Yield: 1

Elements

Rim:

• Sea salt
• Lime wedge

Mangorita:

• .5 oz (1 tablespoon) triple sec or Cointreau
• 2 oz (1/4 cup) tequila
• .75 oz (1 ½ tablespoons) lime juice
• 2 oz (56 grams) frozen mango
• 1 teaspoon maple syrup or easy syrup
• 1/4 cup ice

Garnish:

• Mint
• Lime wedge

Instructions

Rim the glass:

1. The recipe yields ½ cup (excluding the ice). So choose a glass on the smaller facet. Place some sea salt in a shallow dish.
2. Take a lime wedge and use it to run throughout the rim of the glass. Be certain that it’s moist all the way in which across the rim.
3. Dip the moist rim of the glass into the salt to coat the glass in salt.

Make the mangorita:

4. Add all of the margarita substances however the ice to a blender. Mix on excessive till nicely mixed and no chunks of mango stay.
5. Add the ice and mix.
6. Garnish with mint and a lime wedge, if desired.

Recipe by Texanerin Baking | www.texanerin.com