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La Cigua: A Spicy Margarita

Recipe: Tomer Blechman , Theodora , Brooklyn

Photo: Melissa Horn

June 19, 2024

Quench that summer thirst with Theodora’s spicy margarita, which first brings the heat and then cools things off with fresh cucumber juice.

Ingredients

1 oz. tequila
1 oz. mezcal
3/4 oz. fresh cucumber juice
3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
1/2 oz. simple syrup (1:1)
5 dashes spicy tincture (Theodora uses Scrappy's Fire)

Tools:shaker, strainer
Glass:rocks
Garnish:chile salt rim

Preparation

Add all of the ingredients to a shaker with ice and shake vigorously. Strain over fresh ice in the chile salt-rimmed glass.
Chile Salt1 part salt, 1 part dried ground chipotle, and 1 part chili powder.

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