Cucumber-chile Margarita

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 teaspoons red chili powder (not "chili" powder, which has extra ingredients, we use ground ancho)
• 1 teaspoon coarse salt, such as kosher salt (we use mesquite-smoked salt)
• 2 large limes
• 11 -12 ounces english cucumbers
• 2 -3 tablespoons fresh minced jalapenos (more to taste, we use 1 very large jalapeno for two drinks)
• 1/2 cup simple syrup
• 1 cup premium silver tequila, such as patron
• ice cube
• cucumber, slices (optional)
• thin round lime slice (optional)

Recipe

• 1 on a saucer, stir together the ground chile and salt.
• 2 slice limes in half and rub one of the halves around the rim of four cocktail glasses. dunk the wet rims of the glasses into the chile/salt mixture to coat.
• 3 squeeze the lime halves into a small pitcher.
• 4 halve cucumber and cut 4 thin rounds from the center to garnish the glasses. peel remaining cucumber halves and chop coarsely. place cucumber, jalapeno, and simple syrup in blender jar and puree. pour into a pitcher and add the tequila.
• 5 fill salt-rimmed glasses halfway with ice. add margarita mixture and garnish before serving.