Cucumber Mezcal shooters

Refreshing and perfect to serve on a hot summer day by the pool or as a pre-lunch or dinner mood lifter that is quick and easy to prepare ahead of time. These shooters were created to impress the guests at one of the last pre-pandemic Pebble Beach Food & Wine festivals. We had been advised to have 2000 “tastes” on hand. Since we were near the entrance and had huge portraits above our display table, I knew we would be swamped. Something fast, simple, but with big impact was the order of the day.

Almost all of the other restaurant and bar staffs working near us were underwhelmed when I said we were serving shooters, but soon there was a line out the door and people were coming back for seconds and thirds and more.