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!
