Tim Love's Jalapeno Cucumber Margarita

From his restaurant, Lonesome Dove, Fort Worth, Texas.

• Ready In: 5 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 8 1⁄8 inches  slices  jalapenos
• 8 1⁄8 inches  slices cucumbers
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 8  ounces Cointreau liqueur or 8  ounces  orange juice
• 10  ounces  milagro silver  tequila
• 2  limes, juice of
• 4  lime wedges
• 1  large  ice cube
•  kosher salt

Directions

1. Using a mortar and pestle, grind 4 slices jalepeno, 4 slices cucumber into 1/4 cup sugar. Pour mixture into a shaker. Add tequila, Cointreau and lime juice. Fill shaker with ice and shake heavily. Rub rim of 4 highball glasses with lime wedges and coat with salt. Fill with ice. Give the shaker one more shake and strain contents into each glass. Garnish with jalapeno and cucumber slices.