What is a Paloma?
A Paloma is a tequila-based cocktail made with grapefruit soda and lime. I prefer using fresh grapefruit juice, not only for its amazing color but also because the flavor just can’t be matched.
Ingredients needed
The Paloma is genuinely one of the easiest cocktails to make at home. If you have grapefruit juice, tequila and soda water, you’re there. I wanted to amp mine up slightly by adding some fresh ginger and decided to infuse a simple syrup to use to sweeten the drink instead of agave nectar. This alongside the fresh, bitter grapefruit juice created a stunning drink which I would love even without the tequila. In fact, keeping a jug of the grapefruit/ginger mixture in your fridge to mix with soda water makes for the perfect variation of classic lemonade.
Tequila. Use a good quality Reposado tequila for this cocktail. You could use Blanco tequila as well. My favourite is Herradura. Fresh grapefruit. I squeezed my own fresh juice but you could use store-bought grapefruit juice too. Fresh lime juice. Lemon can be substituted. Club soda/soda water. Ice, to serve. For the ginger syrup: The ginger syrup is optional but adds such great flavor to the finished cocktail. All you need for it is sugar, water and fresh ginger. If you prefer to omit the ginger syrup, add a squirt of agave or sweetener of your choice to taste.
How to make a Paloma
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