Wood Fired Strawberry Jalapeño Margarita

Cocktail in a wood fired oven? Yes Please! This quick Backyard Session with Eric Wilson puts a wood fired spin on the classic strawberry jalapeño margarita. You still get the heat and the sweet along with the added complexity of caramelized fruit, cedar wood plank and the wood fired smokiness.

RECIPES COOKED IN THIS BACKYARD SESSION

Backyard Sessions is a series we produced with Forno Bravo. We thought it would be fun to cook your classic dinner party in a wood fired oven and in succession.  Once the oven was up to temperature we made sure to use that fire efficiently and move from one dish to the next. Starting with cocktails, then an appetizer, followed by a salad and the main course.  To cap it off we did a low a slow dish that utilized the residual heat as the oven cooled off after cooking was complete.

• Cocktail: Wood Fired Strawberry Jalapeño Margarita
• Appetizer: Cast Iron Seared Wagyu Beef Carpaccio
• Salad: Hot Roasted Orange Cauliflower & Radicchio Salad
• Main Course: Ticket Spike, Al pastor style, Chicken tacos
• Low and Slow: Wood Fired Slow Roasted Tomatoes

Wood Fired Strawberry Jalapeño Margarita

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• Author: Foodterra
• Total Time: 15 minutes
• Yield: serves 2 1x

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Cocktail in a wood fired oven? Yes Please! This quick Backyard Session with Eric Wilson puts a wood fired spin on the classic strawberry jalapeño margarita. You still get the heat and the sweet along with the added complexity of caramelized fruit, cedar wood plank and the wood fired smokiness.

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Ingredients

• 2 limes, cut in half
• ½ orange
• baker’s sugar, for coating citrus and strawberries
• 1 jalapeño, cut in half lengthwise and deseeded
• 5–7 strawberries, hulled
• 3–4 ounces Tequila of choice
• 1 ½ ounces Grand Marnier
• Salt for garnishing the rim of margarita glasses

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Instructions

1. Preheat wood-fired oven to around 700 Degrees
2. Coat the cut side of the orange and limes in baker’s sugar, place on the cedar plank resting on a cast iron pan. Roast in the oven for around 2 minutes just to activate the citrus and it starts to caramelize.
3. Add half the jalapeño and continue roasting for another 1-2 minutes. Use the whole pepper if you like more heat.
4. Coat the strawberries in baker’s sugar and place on the backside of the citrus to protect them from the fire a bit. Roast for another 2-3 minutes.
5. Add ice, jalapeño and the strawberries to a shaker and give it a good initial shake to break it up and distribute the jalapeño flavor.
6. Squeeze in the juice of the citrus, followed by the tequila and Grand Marnier. One more good shake, pour into salt rimmed glasses and enjoy!

Notes

• Soak the cedar plank in water for at least an hour.
• Use a cast iron pan or something to rest the cedar plank on so it won’t burn on oven floor.

• Category: cocktail
• Method: wood-fired

Keywords: Strawberry Jalapeño Margarita, wood-fired