It's been a year since I started this blog! Whoa, weird. It doesn't feel that long. For this current infusion, we decided to do something a bit different and infuse tequila. Tequila has been our drink of choice this summer, and who doesn't like strawberries?
2 C. silver tequila
1 lb strawberries
1 lime
Wash and slice the strawberries. Use a microplane to zest the lime, avoiding the white pith. Combine in a glass jar with the tequila. Let sit in a cool dark place for 2 weeks. Normally we keep ours in the cupboard, but it's been ridiculously hot in our apartment lately, so I kept the infusion in the fridge. Maybe it doesn't matter, but I didn't want to risk ruining the batch.
Seriously, get a good microplane. One of my favorite kitchen tools.
After 2 weeks, the berries will have lost their color and be ghostly white. Filter the liquid through a sieve, and then again through a funnel using a coffee filter. Store in the refrigerator.
So, strawberry tequila=WIN. It's delicious. It didn't need any added sweetener. It was already lightly sweet and smooth. It can be sipped on it's own over ice, but it makes excellent strawberry margaritas. We muddled fresh strawberries in a glass, added equal parts strawberry tequila and regular silver tequila, lime juice, and Cointreau. They were amazing. I want to start a new batch this week and have it on hand for the rest of summer.
(Our strawberry lime margarita. Please pardon the bad photo. I was busy drinking and eating ceviche.)
