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Mesilla Valley Cucumber Jalapeño Margarita

By El Restaurante
El Restaurante Magazine Wednesday, March 19, 2025 4:35 PM
Recipe for a margarita made with cucumber

You can find this recipe at El Restaurante. 

Recipe courtesy of La Posta de Mesilla (laposta-de-mesilla.com)

Makes 1 cocktail

1 ½ oz. your favorite 100% Agave Blanco/Silver Tequila

2 cucumber wheels

1-2 jalapeño wheel(s) depending on heat!

1 oz. fresh lime juice

1 ¼ oz. agave nectar

Mesilla Valley honey, green chile salt and chopped pecans, for garnish

In a mixing glass muddle the cucumber, jalapeño, fresh lime juice and agave nectar. Add 100% Agave Silver Tequila and ice. Shake vigorously and pour—muddled cucumber/jalapeños and all—into a “clean” ice filled chile stem margarita glass rimmed with local honey & green chile salt and chopped pecans. Garnish with cucumber & jalapeño wheel dropped in the glass. Add short straw. Salud! Viva La Posta!

El Restaurante
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El Restaurante magazine was founded in 1997, and is read by over 25,000 owners and managers of Mexican and Latin restaurants in the United States. The magazine is published five times per year by Maiden Name Press, LLC in Chicago, Illinois.

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El Restaurante is edited by Kathleen Furore, a veteran journalist. She has been the editor since the magazine was founded. Kathleen can be reached at 708-267-0023 or kfurore@restmex.com.

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