Sunday, February 8, 2009

Wasting Away in NE Portland

For the last year or two I've had a fascination with cocktails. That's not to say I didn't enjoy them before that, it's just that I never thought much about them. The place that raised my awareness was the now closed Taqueria Nueve and their assortment of margaritas. They had a half a dozen or so margarita choices and a couple of other house cocktails that were well worth trying (and I did).

With the internet it's pretty easy to find an overwhelming amount of information and opinion on whatever topic you happen to be interested in at the moment. A Google Search for "Margarita Recipe" returns 221,000 results in 0.18 seconds. This includes sites devoted to margaritas, recipes for margarita cheese cake, margaritas made with beer and of course Slurpees..er frozen margaritas.

Taqueria Neuve House Margarita Clone
2 oz Blanco Tequila
1/2 oz Triple Sec
1 oz lime juice
1/8 orange
1 sugar cube

Muddle orange and sugar together
add ice and the rest of the ingredients
Shake and strain into a highball glass, filled with ice and with a salted rim