Paloma cocktail

Paloma cocktail

Transport yourself to a cantina in Mexico with our paloma recipe – a tequila cocktail with pink grapefruit and lime. It’s the perfect drink for a Mexican feast.

Paloma cocktail

If you’re a tequila fanatic, you’ll love our classic margarita cocktail too.

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Transport yourself to a cantina in Mexico with our paloma recipe – a tequila cocktail with pink grapefruit and lime. It’s the perfect drink for a Mexican feast.

If you’re a tequila fanatic, you’ll love our classic margarita cocktail too.

Ingredients

  • 50ml tequila, such as Patrón Reposado
  • 10ml fresh lime juice (about ½ lime), plus an (optional) wedge to wet the glass rim
  • 10ml agave syrup
  • 200ml bottle Franklin & Sons Pink Grapefruit Soda (or a mixture of 60ml fresh grapefruit juice and 140ml regular soda water)
  • Pink grapefruit slice or wedge to serve
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Method

  1. Rim a tumbler with salt (optional) by wetting the rim with a lime wedge, then dipping it in a saucer of salt. Fill the tumbler with ice, add the tequila, lime juice and agave syrup, then stir well.
  2. Top up with Franklin & Sons Pink Grapefruit Soda (or a mixture of fresh grapefruit and juice and soda water), then garnish with a slice or wedge of grapefruit and serve.

Recipe from Franklin & Sons.

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