Cooking Lesson #921: South-Of-The-Border Paloma Cocktail

…from the Perspectives’ Kitchen

How you doin’? It’s Happy Hour South-of-the Border Style!
 
One of the most classic Mexican cocktails is the Paloma! This easy bubbly cocktail combines tequila with grapefruit to make a simple sour that’s sweet tart and refreshing. It’s perfect for happy hour drinks, or water it down and it could be a brunch punch, too. The Paloma is traditionally made with grapefruit juice and soda water.  (See ChefSecret)
 
 
Prep time:  5 minutes
Yield:  1 cocktail
 
Ingredients
Flaky sea salt & grapefruit wedge, for the garnish
2 ounces tequila blanco
1/2 ounce fresh squeezed lime juice
2 ounces fresh squeezed grapefruit juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1 ounce soda water
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Directions
1.    Cut a notch in the grapefruit wedge, then run the grapefruit around the rim of a glass.
2.    Dip the edge of the rim into a plate of flaky sea salt.
3.    To the glass, add the tequila, lime juice, grapefruit juice and simple syrup and stir until combined.
4.    Fill the glass with clear ice.
5.    Top with soda water and serve!

ChefSecret:  You can easily substitute the fresh grapefruit juice and soda with 3-ounces of Squirt.  Squirt is a grapefruit flavored soda.

Quip of the Day:  A Mexican man sneaks across the border to watch his favorite football team play and makes it all the way to the stadium. He doesn't have tickets,  so he finds a large pole to climb up on and jumps down into the top of the bleachers to get a bird’s-eye view of the game.
After the game was over, his buddies back in Mexico ask him how the game was…  he replies: "I don't know why you all don't think Americans are nice. As soon as I sat down everyone turned around, looked at me, and started singing 'Jose, can you see?'"
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