Margarita De Pepino De Xcaret (cucumber Margaritas)

Total Time: 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium cucumber, peeled,seeds removed
• 1 cup lime juice (mexican or key lime preferred)
• 4 ounces cointreau liqueur
• 2 ounces simple syrup
• 6 ounces tequila
• ground dried chile pequins (cayenne ok)
• kosher salt
• lime wedge

Recipe

• 1 note: to prepare a simple syrup, mix one part water with 2 parts sugar and bring to a boil in a saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar; remove from heat and allow to cool.
• 2 place cucumber, lime juice, cointreau, simple syrup, and tequila in blender and process until smooth.
• 3 mix ground chile or cayenne with salt; run lime wedge around rim of margarita glasses, and holding glass inverted, dust the wet part on the outside with salt/chile mixture until rim is coated (this keep salt out of drink by not dipping into the salt).
• 4 pour drink mix into glasses, and garnish with lime wedges.
• 5 serve with ice, if desired.