How FUN that Cinco de Mayo falls on a weekend!! Time for a Fiesta!!
Who doesn’t love an excuse to eat guacamole and drink cerveza or margaritas??
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in style
The mortar and pestle carved from volcanic rock is among the world’s oldest kitchen tools.
Molcajete Available at Williams-Sonoma $49.95
Here is a guacamole recipe from Williams-Sonoma that uses the molcajete:
This recipe calls for preparing the guacamole in a molcajete, a mortar and pestle carved from volcanic rock. One of the world’s oldest kitchen tools, it was used by the Aztecs in Mexico for grinding corn into flour.
Ingredients:
- 1 ripe tomato, finely chopped
- 2 Tbs. diced white onion
- 2 serrano chilies, finely chopped
- 1 Tbs. fresh lime juice
- 1/2 tsp. minced garlic
- 1/2 tsp. sea salt, plus more as needed
- 2 large avocados, preferably Haas
- 2 Tbs. finely minced fresh cilantro
For the garnish:
- 1 Tbs. small fresh cilantro leaves (optional)
- 1 Tbs. finely chopped white onion (optional)
- 1 Tbs. finely chopped ripe tomato (optional)
Directions:
Their top-shelf mixer makes a knockout margarita. Their exclusive mixes are handcrafted in small batches for fresh flavor. Just add your favorite tequila to create your perfect margarita: on the rocks, blended or straight up.
- Made with premium, high-quality fruit juices, organic agave syrup and other all-natural ingredients.
- Key Lime blends tangy key lime with a splash of tangerine juice.
- Mango-Passion Fruit mixes tropical Magdalena River mango and yellow passion fruit with a shot of lime.
- Strawberry blends sweet, ripe strawberries with tangy lime juice.
- Can also be used to create flavorful virgin cocktails, sorbets and Mexican-style aguas frescas.
- 33.3 fl. oz. (makes 8-10 margaritas).
- Made in USA.
- A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.
Margaritas make the party – and their margarita salts add the finishing touch to a knockout margarita. Run a lime wedge along the rim of your glass, dip the moistened rim in the salt and let the fiesta begin!
- Made with Pacific sea salt and other all-natural flavors.
- Classic is made of pure sea salt for a classic style margarita.
- Chili Lime blends sea salt, cane sugar and new mexico, ancho and jalapeño chilies for a spicy, sweet garnish.
- Lime combines sea salt, cane sugar and lime for a sweet, tangy finish.
- 7 oz.
- Made in USA.
- A Williams-Sonoma exclusive.
Here is their handy cocktail rimmer to make adding pretty salt or sugar to a drink rim so much easier!
When margaritas are on the menu, no bar should be without this handy cocktail rimmer. Separated into two sections—one for the salt or sugar, the other for the liquid that makes the ingredients stick.
- Durable plastic construction.
- Sized to accommodate a wide range of glasses – from martini to margarita.
- Unit fits together for easy storage.
- Dishwasher safe. $12.95 at Williams-Sonoma
Cinco de Mayo is annually observed on May 5, the anniversary of a victory in 1862 in the fight for independence from French forces. It is a festival of Mexican pride and heritage in the United States.
It’s the best time to celebrate Mexican pride and culture, and one the foremost days to get down and party in Boston.
So, put on a Sombrero and go FIESTA!!
Enjoy!!