- 10/7/2024
Our pumpkin margaritas combine pumpkin pie filling, pumpkin spice syrup, and aged reposado tequila for a perfectly mixed autumnal blend cocktail.
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00:00Hi, it's Camille and Cody with Muddling Memories.
00:02We are ready for sweater weather.
00:04We are ready for autumn.
00:06There's a cool, crisp breeze in the air
00:08and we are ready to show you
00:09how to make the perfect margarita for this season.
00:13So we're gonna start with our pumpkin spice syrup.
00:16We have our pot.
00:17We have our hot plate here.
00:19So we're gonna cook this
00:20and we're gonna add our ingredients as we go.
00:22We'll tell you what we have.
00:23So first off, of course,
00:25for any syrup, you need some sort of sweetener.
00:26So this is our sugar.
00:27We're gonna add that directly into our pot.
00:29Next up, we're gonna add in our cinnamon.
00:32We're gonna add about five sticks directly in.
00:35Next up, of course,
00:35you can't make pumpkin spice syrup without pumpkin.
00:38So we have our pumpkin puree.
00:40And this is the stuff straight out of the can, right, Cody?
00:42It is, yeah.
00:43So this is what you would make
00:43if you're making like pumpkin pie or pumpkin cheesecake.
00:46It's not very sweet,
00:48but it has a delicious pumpkin essence.
00:50So we added that directly into our pot.
00:53Grated ginger.
00:54Fresh ginger makes all the difference in the world.
00:57That's gonna add that little bit of kick,
00:58a little bit of spice, and a little bit of heat.
01:01So we're gonna add our nutmeg.
01:02And then, of course-
01:03And this is all fresh grated.
01:04Like we have it very nice for you,
01:05but everything is fresh.
01:06When in doubt, go fresh if you can, right?
01:09Yeah, 100%.
01:10And so this is also fresh.
01:11This is fresh clove that we're gonna add.
01:12That warming element that you desperately want
01:16during pumpkin season.
01:17We have our water.
01:18So we turn this on
01:19and we're gonna bring this to a little bit of a boil.
01:21Camille's gonna just stir it around
01:23to marry all the ingredients in there.
01:24Yeah, so Cody, like essentially what we're doing right now
01:27is we're making a simple syrup.
01:29That's like flavored.
01:30Correct.
01:31So the syrup itself is really just like sugar to water,
01:33say equal parts.
01:34And then we're just adding a flavor to it.
01:36So, you know, if let's say you don't like clove,
01:39let's say you don't like nutmeg,
01:40you can really just keep it pumpkin and cinnamon, you know?
01:43It's up to you.
01:44And I mean, honestly, truthfully, this can go,
01:48I mean, and you'll see later the way it comes out
01:50when we're finished, but this can go in your coffees,
01:53this can go in your teas.
01:54It doesn't have to be this cocktail.
01:55Syrups like this have such a lovely shelf life
01:57for the refrigerator.
01:58And this is also a really great thing
01:59to make the day of a holiday,
02:01because not only do you have a delicious syrup
02:03to add into your cocktails or your coffee or tea,
02:07but your whole house will smell like this.
02:08So you can leave it up on the stove
02:10and then you have this beautiful fragrance
02:13of pumpkin spice just throughout the house.
02:15We boiled our syrup.
02:17We're gonna actually bring it down to a simmer
02:19for about four or five minutes.
02:21Once it's fully simmered,
02:22we're gonna take it off the plate.
02:24We're gonna allow it to cool for about 20 to 30 minutes
02:27to come to room temp.
02:28Then we're gonna strain it through either a cheesecloth
02:30or any kind of strainer that you have,
02:32just to get all those bigger pieces,
02:34like the cinnamon sticks,
02:35and if there's any ginger that's lingering around.
02:37Wanna clarify this syrup a little bit.
02:38So I'm gonna take this off.
02:40We're gonna bring this over
02:41and we're gonna get it bottled and ready to go.
02:43We have cooled, strained,
02:45and bottled our pumpkin spice syrup,
02:47and it has this beautiful caramel golden color to it.
02:50Before we get started on producing the margarita,
02:53we need to garnish the glass the right way.
02:55And of course, margaritas always are elevated
02:57with a little bit of salt,
02:58but this one's special
02:59because we have a little bit of the cinnamon salt rim.
03:01So essentially the lime juice
03:02is really just acting as the binder for the cinnamon salt.
03:07And I know cinnamon salt sounds a little weird,
03:09but it actually, with this cocktail
03:11and all the sweetness from the syrup,
03:13as well as from the orange liqueur that we're gonna put in,
03:17it really is lovely and balanced.
03:18So we're gonna start building our cocktail in our shakers,
03:21and this is a three-piece shaker right here.
03:22So it has three pieces.
03:23We have our cap, we have our strainer,
03:26and then of course we have our shaker tin.
03:28So we're gonna build our drink
03:29directly into our shaker tin to start.
03:32Tequila, margarita.
03:34Oh my goodness, my favorite spirit.
03:37So we're actually using a reposado tequila for this recipe.
03:40Reposado means rested.
03:42So it means that it's had some time to sit
03:44and age a little bit more than a blanco tequila.
03:46Of course you can use blanco, it works,
03:48but we chose reposado because it goes really nicely
03:51with the spices and the flavors
03:53within the syrup that we're using.
03:55Okay, so we've added our tequila, and tequila loves lime.
03:59Loves lime, best friends.
04:00So we're gonna add a half an ounce of lime juice
04:02in with our margarita.
04:04I'm gonna squeeze, you can use a squeezer.
04:06Yeah, I'm gonna use the squeezer,
04:07and it's really important when you're using a lime
04:09or a lemon, make sure it's face down
04:11whenever you're using a hand juicer
04:13so that all the juice goes down and not up in your eyes.
04:17So we're gonna squeeze that out.
04:19The great thing about limes too
04:20is that one lime usually yields about one ounce of liquid.
04:23So cut it in half, you get half and half,
04:25which makes two drinks, which is great.
04:27All right, so we've added our lime,
04:28we've added in our tequila.
04:30We're gonna add in our pumpkin
04:32because this is a pumpkin margarita.
04:34So we have our pumpkin puree here,
04:37and we're gonna do about a tablespoon
04:39directly into the shaker.
04:40It's like a heaping spoonful, basically.
04:41Yeah, it's like a good-sized spoonful of pumpkin.
04:44And this is just your regular canned pumpkin,
04:46which is great.
04:48And then lastly, we're gonna add in our-
04:51Orange liqueur.
04:52Orange liqueur. Yep.
04:53So we're gonna do our orange liqueur.
04:56We're gonna pour that about half an ounce
04:59directly into our shaker.
05:01And then do you mind if I give you some as well?
05:04All right, great.
05:05All right, so the star of the show
05:07is our pumpkin spice syrup.
05:09We're gonna be adding a little under an ounce of this
05:11directly into our shaker.
05:13And this is what's gonna give it that delicious pumpkin
05:15and baking spice flavor.
05:17And if I can pour some in for you.
05:20Yep.
05:21Oh my goodness, look at that.
05:22How pretty.
05:23Yeah, and can you smell it?
05:24Oh.
05:25Yeah, it's just, that's everything you want for the fall.
05:28Add in our ice.
05:29We're gonna give this a good shape.
05:30We're gonna add some dilution to our cocktail.
05:32Dilution's really important because dilution
05:34is what helps balance all those notes
05:36of sweet, sour, and spirit.
05:39It just brings them all down a notch
05:40and just balances them out.
05:42We also need ice or glass, too.
05:44Very important.
05:45So, fresh ice.
05:47Always fresh ice into our glass.
05:48We don't call what's a dirty dump,
05:50which is shaking and then dumping all of the ice
05:53that's been shaken into the glass.
05:55Because again, it's gonna be diluted and watered down.
05:57All right, so fun part.
05:58This is our workout for the day.
06:00We get to shake our cocktails.
06:03You ready for it?
06:03Yeah, let's do it.
06:04Give it a little tap.
06:06Here we go.
06:10Gotta make sure your tin is frosty.
06:11That's how you know that it's ready to drink.
06:14It's also important to make sure
06:15that the ice bounces back and forth between the shaker.
06:18You don't wanna shake like this.
06:19You also don't wanna shake like this.
06:21Right, you want it to knock against the top and the bottom.
06:24Pretty hard.
06:25That's what breaks down the ice.
06:25That'll break down the ice.
06:27All right, so we're gonna crack open our shaker.
06:29Oh my goodness.
06:30I'm so ready for this. You can already smell it.
06:31Beautiful color.
06:33I mean. Look at that.
06:34So now that we have these beautiful pumpkin margaritas
06:36just sitting there waiting for us to enjoy,
06:39we also just need to garnish them
06:40because they have to look as pretty as they're gonna taste.
06:43So we're gonna take some lime wheels
06:44and we're gonna put those either on the top of the glass
06:47or you can drop it inside, whichever you prefer.
06:49I like to just notch it and put it on the top.
06:52Yeah, and what we did with the lime, right,
06:53is we've taken a-
06:54Yeah, so you cut the lime-
06:56Through the belly, and then we cut a little slit
06:58just to make sure that the lime can sit nicely in the glass.
07:02Correct.
07:03And then of course, to reinforce those baking spices,
07:06we have to add in our cinnamon stick.
07:09Aromatic, looks beautiful, and as it sits in the drink,
07:13you also get a little bit more of that cinnamon note.
07:15And this is our pumpkin margarita.
07:17Yours looks beautiful, by the way.
07:18So does yours, Cook.
07:20Yum.
07:21Cheers. Cheers.
07:22Enjoy.
07:23Happy fall, guys.
07:24This looks amazing.
07:25Okay, that is, it's actually ridiculous.
07:31This is-
07:32Tastes like pumpkin pie with tequila.
07:33Let's sit on the couch.
07:35Let's take a blanket.
07:36Let's start a fire.
07:37Let's put on a scary movie
07:38and let's drink this pumpkin margarita.
07:40Sounds amazing.
07:41Let's do it.
07:42Cheers.
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