Ingredients
2 tequila
1 cointreau
1/4 fresh mango, peeled and chopped
1/2 cup fresh orange juice
1/2 key or mexican lime, juice only
1 cup ice, crushed
2 slice key or mexican lime (garnish)
Directions
Combine tequila, Cointreau, mango, orange juice, lime juice and ice
in a blender and blend until slushy. Serve in large martini glasses.
& Robb Walsh
Servings: 2 servings
Mango Key Lime Margaritas Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Alcohol; Beverages; Cocktail; Drink; Fruit
The History of Recipes
Recipes as a concept can be found way back into the far past, in truth as far back into history as pharonic Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. Interesting though that maybe, generally, these early recipes were just very simple hieroglyphic recipes for meal preparation.
In an interesting twist, the most ancient recipe in existence, according to experts in ancient history is a collection of stone tablets in Sumerian describing the preparation of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as making drinkers feel blissful and exhilarated. Progressing into Roman times 25BC a roman called Apicius assembled a collection of scripts which described recipes enjoyed by wealthy roman citizens. In his publication, he recounts how the roman meals were divided into starters, main course and afters, a very modern way of dining. Aspicius also recounts how the Romans made use of a wide range of herbs, including some that we all recognise such as thyme, rue and asafoetida. Continuing our culinary historical journey, we have a couple of interesting cookery books which were published in the fourteenth century ; a book entitled `Forme of Cury`, and another titled `Curye on Inglish`. Amusingly, they are not about the curry that we all know today, but rather accounts of the types of meals enjoyed by the rich people of those days. Later on, in the 15th century, knights returning from the crusades brought back many new foods and spices from Arab cooking, including spices like parsley and basil. These new spices and herbs led to an increase in manuscripts on cooking, most of which still exist in private cookery archives. Over the succeeding few centuries, the upper-class families of Wesstern Europe tried to serve the most extravagent meals, and as a consequence, the best chefs and their recipe collections increased in prestige. Even so, it was during the nineteenth century that cooking and recipe books became really popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Merritt Farmer in the US, dedicated the best years of their lives to assembling, verifying, and writing down recipes for their fellow cooks to enjoy. When we get to the twentieth century, cooking books are increasing in popularity as a result of more people being able to read, people having increased free time and a general increase in wealth. |
We hope you enjoy this Mango Key Lime Margaritas recipe.
