Spicy Mezcal Margarita
Description
This spicy mezcal margarita combines smoky mezcal and spicy jalapeños with orange and lime juice for a deliciously refreshing margarita with a kick.
Ingredients
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1 tablespoon white sugar
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1 teaspoon kosher salt
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1 lime wedge
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1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and roughly chopped
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1 1/2 teaspoons white sugar
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1/2 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
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1/4 cup mezcal
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3 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
Directions
1
Combine 1 tablespoon sugar with salt on a small shallow plate. Moisten rims of two 8-inch glasses with a wedge of lime, dip the moistened glass rims into sugar mixture. Fill the glasses with ice, if desired.
2
Place jalapeño and 1 1/2 teaspoons sugar in a cocktail shaker and mash with a cocktail muddler until sugar dissolved and jalapeño juiced. Pour in orange juice, mezcal, and lime juice; fill with ice. Cover and shake until the outside of the shaker has frosted, about 30 seconds. Strain into the prepared glasses.