Emeril's Layered Margaritas - Strawberry and Mango

Ingredients

Strawberry puree

• 2 pints strawberries, hulled and sliced
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Mango Puree

• 6 mangoes, seeded, peeled and sliced
• 1/2 lemon, juice of
• 2 tablespoons sugar

Margarita

• 1 (12 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate
• 1 1/2 cups premium 100 percent agave tequila
• 3/4 cup Grand Marnier or triple sec
• ice
• 8 lime wedges
• 1/2 cup coarse salt
• 1 cup strawberry puree, recipe follows
• 1 cup mango puree, recipe follows
• 4 strawberries
• 4 slices mangoes

Directions

1. 1

   Strawberry Puree:

2. 2

   Combine ingredients in a blender. Puree until smooth. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, just until the mixture will puree. Puree should be thick.

3. 3

   Mango Puree: Combine ingredients in a blender. Puree until smooth. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, just until the mixture will puree smoothly. Puree should be thick.

4. 4

   In a blender, combine limeade, tequila, and Grand Marnier. Fill with ice and blend until smooth.

5. 5

   Place the coarse salt in a shall dish or saucer. Wet the rim of 4 glasses with a lime wedge and dip the glass into the salt to coat.

6. 6

   Pour about 1/4 cup of the margarita into each glass. Top with about 1/4 cup of the strawberry puree. Top with more margarita followed by the mango puree. Top with the remaining margarita.

7. 7

   Garnish with a strawberry on the rim of the glass and a slice of mango.