Spicy Margarita

Spicy Margarita

Ingredients

  • 6 tbsp of sugar
  • 3 oz of water
  • 1 pinch of salt
  • 2 count of jalapeños
  • 1 tsp of lime zest
  • 1 tsp of lemon zest
  • 2 oz of lime juice
  • 2 oz of lemon juice
  • 2 oz of tequila blanco or reposado
  • 2 oz of sour mix
  • 3/4 oz of orange liqueur
  • 1 wheel of jalapeñogarnish

Method

For the Sour Mix

  1. Heat 6 tablespoons sugar, 3 ounces water, and pinch table salt in small saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, until sugar has dissolved, about 2 minutes; do not boil.
  2. Off heat, stir in 1 finely chopped jalapeño, 1 teaspoon grated lime zest, and 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest and let cool completely, about 30 minutes.
  3. Stir in 2 ounces lime juice and 2 ounces lemon juice. Strain sour mix through fine-mesh strainer into airtight container, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. (You should have about 8 ounces sour mix, enough for 4 cocktails. Sour mix can be refrigerated for up to 1 week.)

For the Cocktail

  1. Add 2 ounces blanco or reposado tequila, 2 ounces sour mix, and ¾ ounce orange liqueur to cocktail shaker, then fill with ice.
  2. Shake mixture until just combined and chilled, about 5 seconds. Double-strain cocktail into prepared glass half-filled with ice. Top with additional ice and garnish with jalapeño slices.