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Chilli and mango margarita recipe

Chilli and mango margarita recipe

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Transform your Christmas party into a Mexican fiesta with this fiery chilli and mango margarita. A quick vanilla and chilli sugar syrup adds heat to the sweet mango juice, while tequila and lime work together to make a Christmas cocktail that really packs a punch. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 15 mins to prepare, plus cooling time
  • 207 calories / serving

Ingredients

  • ice cubes
  • 100ml vodka
  • 100ml (3 1/2fl oz) tequila
  • 400ml (14fl oz) mango juice
  • 2 limes, juiced
  • 150ml (1/4pt) prosecco or sparkling wine

For the vanilla and chilli syrup

  • 1 vanilla pod
  • 125g (4oz) granulated sugar
  • 2 long red chillies, 1 halved
If you don't have any limes, try a lemon instead

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    865kj
    207kcal
    10%
  • Fat

    0g 0%
  • Saturates

    0g 0%
  • Sugars

    17g 19%
  • Salt

    0g 0%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 17.6g Protein 0.3g Fibre 0g

Method

  1. Start by making the syrup. Halve the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds. Put the seeds into a small, heavy bottomed pan along with the sugar and 125ml (4fl oz) of water. Add the halved chilli. Heat the pan over a low heat until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat and boil vigorously for 1 min. Turn off the heat and leave to cool completely. Strain the syrup into a jug.
  2. Put a handful of ice cubes into a large cocktail shaker; and add 4 tbsp of the syrup (you may not need all the syrup but it will keep well in a jam jar in the fridge for 3 months). Add the vodka, tequila, mango juice and the lime juice. Put the lid on the shaker and shake vigorously to combine.
  3. Strain the cocktail into 4 chilled martini glasses and garnish with curls of chilli – to make these, use a potato peeler to peel strips of the whole chilli down its length. Curl around a pencil or a chopstick and add one to each drink.

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