Tim Love's Jalapeno Cucumber Margarita |
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Prep Time: 5 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 5 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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From his restaurant, Lonesome Dove, Fort Worth, Texas. Ingredients:
8 1/8 inches slices jalapenos |
8 1/8 inches slices cucumbers |
1/4 cup sugar |
8 ounces cointreau liqueur or 8 ounces orange juice |
10 ounces milagro silver tequila |
2 limes, juice of |
4 lime wedges |
1 large ice cube |
kosher salt |
Directions:
1. Using a mortar and pestle, grind 4 slices jalepeno, 4 slices cucumber into 1/4 cup sugar. Pour mixture into a shaker. Add tequila, Cointreau and lime juice. Fill shaker with ice and shake heavily. Rub rim of 4 highball glasses with lime wedges and coat with salt. Fill with ice. Give the shaker one more shake and strain contents into each glass. Garnish with jalapeno and cucumber slices.
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