Pumpkin Margaritas Prove That Margs Are For More Than Just Summertime

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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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