Pineapple Jalapeño Margaritas
These Pineapple Jalapeño Margaritas are spicy, sweet, and perfectly tart. Pineapple juice and fresh squeezed lime juice are shaken with orange liqueur and tequila, and poured into a spicy salt-rimmed glass.
Servings: 1 drink
Ingredients
- 3 oz pineapple juice, fresh ideal
- 1/2 oz fresh squeezed lime juice (about the juice of 1 lime)
- 1/2 oz Grand Marnier, or other orange liquer
- 1 1/2 oz blanco tequila
- 2 slices jalapeno
- 2 slices lime
- coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Muddle jalapeno and lime slices in a cocktail shaker. Top with ice.
- Add pineapple juice, lime juice, orange liqueur, and tequila. Shake vigorously for at least 10 seconds.
- Wet the rim of your glass with a lime slice. Dip rim in coarse sea salt.
- Add ice, pour drink in to glass. Garnish with jalapeño slice, pineapple leaf, or a slice of fresh pineapple.
Notes
If you don't have a juicer or access to fresh pineapple juice, use a blender!
- Add pineapple, lime juice, Grand Marnier, and tequila to a blender. Blend for no less than 30 seconds.
- Muddle jalapeno and lime slices in a cocktail shaker.
- Strain liquid in to cocktail shaker, and add ice. Shake thoroughly.
- Wet the rim of your glass with a lime slice. Dip rim in coarse sea salt.
- Add ice, pour drink in to glass. Garnish with an extra jalapeno and pineapple slice.