This Paloma recipe is made with fresh grapefruit juice, tequila & club soda. I suggest making it with a relaxed attitude too - but that's up to you.
Somehow the rest of the world has gotten it wrong - it’s the Paloma, not the Margarita, that tops Mexico’s tequila-based cocktail list. (Make no mistake, I'm Team Margarita too. I'm just saying we've got the tequila pecking order backwards.)
This Paloma recipes uses fresh grapefruit juice. You'll need:
- Kosher salt
- tequila or mescal
- fresh grapefruit
- simple syrup
- fresh lime
- club soda
- Ice
You can make it with grapefruit-flavored soda like many of the folks in Mexico do, but you’ll want to make sure the soda is made with real grapefruit and real sugar.
Want to make a Paloma with grapefruit soda? Pro tip from my friend Kate of Hola Jalapeno: you'll need Squirt soda. Also: you still need grapefruit juice.
Kate's Paloma recipe calls for Squirt grapefruit soda (ideally Mexican Squirt) but fresh grapefruit too. A side-by-side comparison could be in order.
Either way, once you try this refreshing authentic cocktail, you may lose the desire to waste away in Margaritaville. At least on Paloma day, anyway.
You’ll still want to find your lost shaker of salt, though. You need it for the rim.
Paloma with Fresh Grapefruit Juice
Ingredients
- Kosher salt
- 1 Grapefruit wedge
- 2 ounces tequila or mescal
- 3 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 ounces simple syrup
- Squeeze of lime juice
- Club soda
- Ice
Instructions
- Pour some Kosher salt on a small plate. Rub the rim of a highball glass with the grapefruit wedge and then dip it in the salt.
- Combine the tequila, grapefruit juice, simple syrup and a squeeze of lime juice in the glass and stir.
- Fill with ice, and top with club soda. Garnish with the grapefruit wedge.
Notes
Nutrition
photos by Katie Roletto
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