Fresh Blueberry Margaritas
Funny thing, blueberries. Because they’re really not very blue at all. On the outside their skins ripen to a reverse sunset of shades, from fuchsia to deep indigo so dark it’s almost black. Quite stunning if you really look at them up close. When crushed, blended, or mixed into something, however, that color transforms, staining whatever drink, dessert, or concoction it touches distinctly purple. All that color comes from the skins, and the precise intensity of the color depends on the amount and the preparation used.
But in this case, I didn’t quite expect the color to be quite so… magenta.
I mean, really, doesn’t it looked like I dumped half a bottle of hot pink food coloring into my glass? But no, that color is entirely au-naturale.
It makes you want to second guess calling them blueberries in the first place.
But I admit that blue-actually-purple-sometimes-hot-pink-berries doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
This amazing wild blueberry sea salt is what inspired this bold beverage. I picked up a bag on our recent Princess Cruise to Alaska, utterly intrigued by the idea of blueberry salt. Blueberries abound in Alaska, where the long summer days and cooler temperatures allow berries to thrive. When we were there in May it was a bit early in the season to actually go blueberry picking (wouldn’t that make a fun cruise excursion?) but that didn’t stop us from indulging whenever we could, from blueberry rhubarb bread pudding on our fishing trip to a delightfully refreshing blueberry lemon sorbet as a palette cleanser between courses. And while we also consumed some unique and memorable cocktails and margaritas, blueberry was notably absent. Princess has a reputation for incorporating the local flavor into their food and drink menus, so I thought this blueberry margarita would round things out nicely.
Not to mention it’s drop dead gorgeous.
(In case you missed them, you can read all about our Alaskan cruise here and here.)
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