NYT recipe please: Spicy Cucumber Margarita

I can't tell if Marg's link works since it automatically opens for me. I just sent a granola link to a friend and it wouldn't open for her. So just in case--since no one wants to be margarita-less:

INGREDIENTS (6 drinks: 1.5 C each)

1 pound Persian cucumbers (about 7cucumbers), roughly chopped

½ cup roughly chopped cilantroleaves and tender stems

⅓ cup granulated sugar

1 ½ teaspoons finely grated freshlime zest plus 1/4 cup lime juice(from about 3 limes)

2 teaspoons minced jalapeño, plusmore diagonal slices for garnish

Sea salt, as needed

6 to 8 ounces white tequila,depending on preferred strength

Ice, as needed

Step 1In a high-speed blender, blend the cucumbers, cilantro, sugar, limezest, lime juice and minced jalapeño until mixture is foamy andblended. (Reserve the lime rinds for Step 3.)

Step 2Pour mixture into a fine-mesh sieve set over a large measuring cup andstrain liquid from solids. (You may want to stir the liquid a bit to speedup the process.) You should have 1 1/2 cups strained liquid; discard thesolids. Stir in a large pinch of salt (about 1/8 teaspoon). Mix strainedcucumber liquid with tequila; set aside or refrigerate for up to 8 hours.

Step 3When ready to serve, rim your glass with salt, if desired. Using thereserved lime rinds, moisten the rim of a rocks glass. Set 3 tablespoonssea salt in a shallow rimmed plate, and dip the moistened rim of eachglass into the salt to coat. Fill glasses with ice.

Step 4Working in batches, shake margaritas in an ice-filled cocktail shaker.Divide among prepared rocks glasses. Set a slice or two of jalapeñodirectly on top of the ice in each glass, as desired for heat, and serveimmediately.

 
Whew hew, didn't know it was already a multi drink recipe. Thank you Marilyn. Love the image, I could get behind a truck like that. :)

The link didn't work for me, but thank you Marg.

 
I guess you already have the recipe. If not, let me know.

We CANNOT wait to have this in a couple of weeks at the beach!!

Also one of my favorite drinks at Elway's in Denver was a Hendrick's cucumber lime martini and I'm sort of looking at this base as a possibility for that--maybe too much sugar, but you never know.

 
Oh. Sorry. I went into it twice to be sure as I don't have a subscription. But when I tried to copy and paste, I could get only part of it. There's always a hitch.

I tried to steer clear of the details, the photo looked too tempting.

 
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