Spicy Apple Cider Margarita
A delicious Fall twist on the classic margarita using jalapeno and lime simple syrup with fresh lime juice, apple cider and tequila!
Equipment
- 1 Juicer
- 1 Pan to boil your simple syrup
Ingredients
- 2 Oz Tequila
- 1 Oz Apple Cider
- 1/2 Oz Triple Sec or Cointreau
- 1/2 Oz Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice Save other half of lime for wedge to garnish and another to rim the glass for salt
Jalapeno Lime Simple Syrup
- 1 Jalapeno Pepper Cut in half and deseeded
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Water
- 1 Lime Zest half the lime or the whole lime if small
Instructions
- Put salt or Mexican Tajin in shallow dish
- Rub the half the rim with lime juice and dip the rim of glass in the Tajin or Salt
- Fill cocktail shaker with ice
- Add the Tequila, Orange Liqueur, Simple Syrup and Fresh Lime Juice and shake for 20 seconds
- Fill a margarita glass with ice and strain your cocktail into the glass
- Squeeze a lime wedge into glass then garnish with an apple wedge
Simple Syrup
- Boil 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar until dissolved about one minute
- Remove from head and add your lime zest and jalapeno pepper to boiling water
- If you like cilantro you can add 1/2 cup cilantro leaves at this point as well. Many people dislike cilantro so I choose to delete it from this recipe
- Muddle the pepper in the water mixture and let steep for one hour
- Strain pepper mixture through a fine mesh strainer and discard the peppers
- This mixture will stay for 2 weeks in the refrigerator
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