A couple of nights ago I had some friends visit & what do you do when friends visit?
You make cocktails!
It always seems that whenever cocktails are on the menu, the most popular one is always the classic margarita. Maybe it's the sourness? Maybe it's the freshness? Or maybe the song was right & tequila really does make you happy? Who knows.
Years ago, before I'd tasted a proper margarita, i was always baffled by how something containing tequila was always so popular.
You see, tequila and I have not always been friends. Or even on speaking terms. In fact, I still wholly blame tequila - in it's slammer form - for my barring from the Bunch of Grapes circa 1998, but that's probably as far as I should go with that story (hi mum!)...
Anyway, i digress... Yes! The other night, we made cocktails. Lots of cocktails! And because i'm now over our original issues, we started off with margaritas!
With the help of some of the awesome Truvia, which is a natural sweetener derived from the Stevia leaf (& it's calorie free - score!), i was able to make up a batch of 'sugar' syrup to add to some of them which was especially perfect for one of my friends who as a diabetic, needs to be aware of her sugar intake.
I was asked by the people of Truvia to give it a try in some of our recipes, and as their website had many cocktail recipes (amongst others) i thought we could give it a go. I fancied making a passion fruit margarita for myself the first time as i'd heard they were gorgeous & i love passion fruit. Here's what i did...
