The inspiration for this margarita comes from Latin markets where tropical fruit is served fresh with salt and chili powder, tantalizing your sweet, salty and spicy senses. It is a classic margarita sweetened with pineapple and spiced with ginger.

Earls Pineapple Ginger Margarita

Ingredients

1 oz Ginger syrup (see recipe below)

1 oz Fresh lime juice

4-5 Pineapple chunks (approx. 1 oz)

2 oz El Jimador Blanco Tequila

Method

Into a mixing glass, measure ginger syrup, lime Juice, pineapple chunks and El Jimador Blanco. Using a pestle or back of wooden spoon muddle until juice has escaped from pineapple. Top the mixing glass full with ice and seal with a stainless steel shaking tin. Shake vigorously 12 times to mix ingredients. Strain over fresh ice into a double rocks glass with a half rim of sweet and spicy rim mix. Garnish with a fresh pineapple chunk that’s top has been dipped in the sweet and spicy rim.

Ginger syrup

Ingredients

12 oz water

8 oz ginger sliced into ¼ inch coins, do not peel

7 tsp sugar

6 Tbsp honey

Method

In a medium saucepan bring water, ginger, sugar and honey to a simmer. Immediately remove from heat as soon as sugar has dissolved. Puree, using a handheld blender. Strain through a fine mesh sieve into an appropriately sized container with lid, discard ginger pulp. Allow to cool uncovered to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate up to a maximum of 9 days.

Sweet and Spicy Rim

Ingredients

3 parts sugar

1 part salt

Dash of cayenne pepper

Method

Toss all ingredients together.