This delightful adult beverage is a bit too simple to consume. Even the beer drinkers at family reunions in the summer request seconds!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 12 |
| Yield: | 72 ounces |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- 4 large cucumbers, divided
- 1 (750 milliliter) bottle silver tequila (such as Jose Cuervo®), chilled
- 16 fluid ounces key lime juice (such as Nellie and Joe’s), chilled
- 1 lime wedge
- margarita salt
- crushed ice
Instructions
- Combine water and sugar in a saucepan over medium heat; stir until sugar has dissolved, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from heat and pour into a container. Place simple syrup in the freezer to quickly chill, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, peel 3 cucumbers and place into a juicer; process to yield about 2 cups juice. Run through a strainer to remove excess pulp. Combine cucumber juice, tequila, lime juice, and chilled simple syrup in a large pitcher. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Slice remaining cucumber for garnish. Moisten rims of glasses using lime wedge. Pour salt into a small plate and dip each glass to coat rims. Place about 3/4 cup ice into a cocktail shaker. Stir cucumber mixture, pour some into the shaker, and shake for 10 seconds. Pour into prepared glasses. Repeat with remaining mixture. Garnish glasses with cucumber slices.
- No juicer? I made this same recipe in a blender before I owned a juicer. Place 1/2 of each of the cucumbers (peeled, seeded, and cut into small chunks), tequila, lime juice, and simple syrup in a blender. Blend until smooth. Strain through a sieve into a pitcher. Repeat with remaining ingredients.