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Fresh Grapefruit Paloma

January 7, 2016 by zenbelly 6 Comments

Happy New Year! Who wants a Paloma?

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Still here? Good. Me, too. After eating way too much sugar over the holidays (per the usual) I am cleaning it up on the food front over here, but am sort of following my own thing. And in my own thing, there is the occasional cocktail.

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Since it’s grapefruit season and I’m trying to avoid any added sugars, the Paloma was the clear choice. If you want a sweeter drink, feel free to add some simple syrup made with honey (equal parts honey and water).

(Yes, I know that alcohol basically turns to sugar. This is why the word occasional exists in the above paragraph.)

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The Paloma can be made with tequila, mescal, or a combination of the two. I prefer the former, since I love a bit of smokiness to counter the sweet-tart grapefruit, but not so much that it overwhelms.

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  • Author: Simone Miller
  • Yield: 1 cocktail
  • Category: Drinks
  • Cuisine: Mexican

Ingredients

  • 1 thin wedge grapefruit
  • coarse salt (if you have smoked salt, adding a bit to your plain salt is a nice touch)
  • 3/4 ounce mescal (or more tequila if you’re not into mescal or can’t find it)
  • 1 ounce tequila blanco
  • 2 ounces 1/4 cup fresh grapefruit juice (or more if you’d like it fruiter)
  • 1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
  • ice
  • club soda

Instructions

  1. Run the grapefruit wedge around the rim of a high ball glass. Dip in salt.
  2. In the glass, combine the mescal, tequila, grapefruit juice and lime juice. Stir well. 
  3. Add ice to fill the glass 3/4 of the way, and then top off with club soda. Garnish with the grapefruit wedge.

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Filed Under: cocktails, TACOS, tequila day Tagged With: boozin with simone, clean cocktails, january cocktails, seasonal cocktails, thirsty thursday, winter cocktails, zenbelly cocktails

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    January 7, 2016 at 10:56 am

    Does this taste good without any alcohol as a mocktail? Are there any changes you would make without the alcohol?

    Reply
    • zenbellyblog says

      January 8, 2016 at 8:03 pm

      Well without any alcohol it’s just grapefruit juice with a little club soda. So if you like grapefruit juice, it’s a great mock tail!

      Reply
  2. doodle jump says

    November 29, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    The Paloma can be made with tequila, mescal, or a combination of the two.

    Reply
  3. Jovany says

    August 7, 2024 at 9:21 pm

    Your sharing is awesome.

    Reply
  4. Constellation Monstera says

    February 25, 2025 at 7:19 pm

    The Paloma can be crafted using tequila, mezcal, or a blend of both.

    Reply
  5. edge surf says

    May 7, 2025 at 7:48 am

    It looks good, I’m ready to give it a try.

    Reply

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