I Could Drink a Peach For Hours

Long Winded Instructions

That moment when you make a drink that is inspired by a cringe inducing Nicholas Cage scene. How was that? Did I do a meme? Did I do it right? Anyways, welcome to another stellar post about a cocktail. This could be stellar, but I actually don’t know yet. The whole premise was the Nicholas Cage thing and I dispensed with that in the first sentence. So, who knows what will come of this?

Let’s not worry about what’s stellar and what’s sub-par, and let’s just discuss this delicious drink. You see, it’s a lot like a peach margarita. It’s like we took a regular margarita and added some pureed peach in there. Sound good? Well, it is.

Start with a blender. Remove the pit of a peach and throw the whole thing in there. Not the pit, mind you. That’s why I had you remove it. You can toss that in the trash, or maybe plant it so you can have a nice peach tree after several years of careful nurturing. Now juice one lime into the blender as well. You want a nice juicy lime. If you find you have a dry lime, you may have to juice a second one. Now puree your peach and lime juice until it’s relatively smooth. This is already looking pretty good, but we haven’t even gotten to the booze yet.

Pour your puree out of your blender and into your shaker. Add the tequila and Grand Marnier (or triple sec) and some ice. Shake it like nobody’s watching.

Prepare a margarita glass with some nice ice. Strain your cocktail now into your glass. Add a nice lime wedge for garnish!

Well there ya go. It’s not at all clear what Nicholas Cage was referring to in the linked scene, right? He’s so subtle about it, you might not know that he’s using peach as a metaphor for… this cocktail, of course! Which, you could easily enjoy for an hour.

Nailed it.