No. 41Tequila & Mezcal
Cucumber Pickle Margarita
Muddled cucumber, dill brine, blanco tequila. Garden-cool.
A Cucumber Pickle Margarita pairs fresh muddled cucumber with dill pickle brine, so you taste the cucumber before and after it became a pickle. Blanco tequila, lime, a little orange liqueur and a sprig of fresh dill keep it cool, green and garden-bright. Lighter on the brine than the original, it is the most refreshing margarita on the menu.
21+Updated
Brine2/52 of 5
HeatNonenone
StrengthHigh
- Glass
- rocks glass
- Method
- Shaken
- Time
- 5 min
- Makes
- 1 drink
Ingredients
Make it for
Units
Amounts for 1, in ounces.
- 1 lime wedge (for the rim)
- 1 tbsp dill salt (kosher salt mixed with dried dill, for the rim)
- 4 slices cucumber (English or Persian, plus a ribbon for garnish)
- 1 sprig fresh dill (plus 1 for garnish)
- ¼ oz agave syrup
- 2 oz blanco tequila
- ¾ oz fresh lime juice (about 1 lime)
- ½ oz orange liqueur (such as Cointreau or triple sec)
- ½ oz dill pickle brine (chilled)
- Glass
- rocks glass
- Rim
- dill salt
- Garnish
- cucumber ribbon and dill sprig
How to make it
- Run the lime wedge around the rim of a rocks glass and dip it in dill salt.
- Muddle the cucumber slices, dill sprig and agave syrup in a shaker.
- Add the tequila, lime juice, orange liqueur, brine and a scoop of ice.
- Shake hard for 12 seconds.
- Fill the rimmed glass with fresh ice.
- Double strain into the glass.
- Garnish with a cucumber ribbon and a dill sprig.
Bar tips
- English or Persian cucumbers have thin skins and few seeds, so there is no need to peel them.
- Press the dill gently: muddled too hard, it turns grassy and bitter.
- Shave the ribbon garnish with a vegetable peeler and thread it onto a cocktail pick.
Make it your own
- Add 2 or 3 mint leaves to the muddle for an even cooler finish.
- Swap the tequila for gin for a crisp cucumber-and-dill gin sour.
Drink responsibly. This one is for adults of legal drinking age. Want it without the booze? The zero-proof drinks are just as briny.
Full recipe: dillin.org/recipes/cucumber-pickle-margarita
