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Featured Recipe
Cucumber Margarita
Ingredients
- The Real Dill Cucumber Margarita Mix
- Tequila or Mezcal (or both, double anyone?)
- Salt/Tajín
- Fresh lime
- Fresh cucumber
- Ice
Options:
- N.A. tequila/mezcal of your choice
- Lime flavored sparkling water
- Mexican cerveza
Instructions
- Combine 3 oz Cucumber Margarita Mix with 1.5 oz tequila in a shaker with ice & shake well
- Pour into a salt or Tajín rimmed glass with ice
- Garnish with lime & fresh cucumber
Switch it up!
- Add 1 oz The Real Dill Pickle Juice for a pickle margarita
- Use mezcal instead of tequila for a mezcalita
- Add 1 oz of orange liqueur for a sweeter option
- Make it bubbly with your favorite lime flavored sparkling water or Mexican beer