Pickle Brine Margarita

[Celerity]

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1025573-pickle-brine-margarita

https://archive.ph/WDjUq



Ever felt as if your margarita was missing something? Take some inspiration from Heather Rush, a co-owner and bartender at Pine Box Rock Shop, who adds pickle brine for a salty-sweet combination that’s hard to resist and delightfully umami-forward. (The bar, based in a former coffin factory in Bushwick, Brooklyn, keeps the brine on hand for another local classic: the pickleback, a shot of whiskey chased with a shot of brine.) There are plenty of ways to customize your pickle brine margarita, including a dash of habanero hot sauce or by substituting mezcal for tequila, but stick with brine from classic dill pickles, as bread and butter pickles lean too sweet. Just go easy on the salt rim; this cocktail is plenty salty on its own. For those interested in making a batch of pickle brine margaritas, see Tip. —Nikita Richardson



Preparation

Step 1
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice.

Step 2
Add tequila, pickle brine, lime juice, triple sec, granulated sugar and hot sauce, if using. Shake until combined and foamy.

Step 3
If you’d like a salted rim for your glass, moisten the rim of a rocks glass with a lime wedge then dip it in salt to coat. Fill your glass with ice.

Step 4
Strain margarita into the ice-filled glass, garnish with pickle chips or a pickle spear, and serve immediately.

Tip

This recipe batches beautifully: For 8 margaritas, simply use a cup in place of every ounce (1½ cups tequila for the 1½ ounces, ¾ cup triple sec for the ¾ ounce, and so on) and ⅓ cup granulated sugar; add hot sauce to taste. Mix it all together in a large pitcher filled about halfway with ice. Be sure to stir the mixture vigorously to dissolve the sugar, and serve immediately. (You can also combine everything in a bowl or other storage container and measure out cocktails one at a time, agitating the whole mixture before adding a portion to the shaker to ensure you get an even blend of the ingredients.)

[Kali]

1. no

sorry, my margs are fucking perfect.