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Spicy Cucumber Margarita
This is a great cool and crisp alternative to the traditional margarita, perfect for the summer
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 1 jalapeño or chili pepper
- 1 lime
- 4 oz tequila
- 4 oz cucumber juice
- 2 oz triple sec or orange juice
- 2 mint leaves or cilantro leaves chopped
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
Instructions
- Blend the cucumber, roughly chopped, jalapeno, and lime juice until mostly liquid and strain into a measuring cup
- Wet the rim of the 2 glasses with a lime wedge and dip into the salt in a shallow dish
- To a cocktail shaker add ice, cucumber juice, tequila and triple sec and shake
- Add mint or cilantro leaves and sugar, lightly muddle in the bottom of the glass
- Add ice to the glasses, pour the margarita over ice. Top with extra lime wedge
