Spicy Margarita with Tabasco
Ingredients
- 60ml good tequila
- 2-3 dashes of TABASCO Original Red Pepper Sauce – more if you like it spicy
- Chilli salt – equal parts rock salt and chilli powder
- 30ml freshly squeezed lime juice
- 10ml Agave Nectar
- 1 tsp smoked/oven roasted jalapeños
- Ice
Equipment and Method
- Old Fashioned style glass
- Cocktail shaker or glass jar with lid
- Cocktail strainer
- Rub wedge of lime around rim of glass, then place rim of glass on small plate of chili salt
- Tap bottom of glass to remove excess chili salt
- In metal shaker (or glass jar), muddle/crush jalapeños in bottom of shaker
- Add the tequila (Simon uses Herradura plata), lime juice, Agave nectar and TABASCO® Original Red Pepper Sauce
- Add ice and shake hard
- Strain cocktail into rimmed glass, top with ice
- Garnish with a few smoked jalapeños
