Sangrita - The Mexican Kitchen

Sometimes Mexican cookbooks just have the boring things you can get out of any webpage. Burrito. Taco. Quesadilla. But then, sometimes, you find the truly special cookbooks that reach deeper, into the interesting things that Mexicans actually eat much of the time. Do we really think that people in Mexico eat tacos every single day, for every meal?

Here's a sample recipe from this great cookbook - their Sangrita. This is a tomato juice blend that you serve with tequila - one sip of one, one sip of the other!

Ingredients
1 lb tomatoes, peeled, seeded, chopped
1/2 cup orange juice
4 tbsp freshly squeezed lime juice
1 small onion, chopped
1/2 tsp granulated sugar
6 small fresh green chillies, seeded and chopped
salt
2 oz aged tequila per person

Put the tomatoes, orange juice, lime juice, chopped onion, granulated sugar, and chopped green chillies into a food processor.

Process the mixture until very smooth.

Pour into a jug and chill well.

To serve, pour into small glasses, around 6 tbsp per portion. Pour tequila into separate small glasses. Drink the two alternately.

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