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1 cocktail
5 minutes

Ingredients

  • Salt or Tajín seasoning for the rim
  • 1 small jalapeño or serrano pepper slice plus more for garnish
  • 2 ounces blanco tequila
  • 2 ounces fresh grapefruit juice
  • 1/2 ounce lime juice
  • 1/4 ounce simple syrup adjust to taste
  • 2 ounces sparkling water
  • 1 to 2 dashes hot sauce optional
  • Grapefruit wedge to garnish, optional

Instructions

  • Rim the glass with lime and Tajín seasoning or salt. Add ice.
  • Muddle the pepper slice in a shaker for spice.
    Muddling a jalapeño pepper slice in a glass for a Spicy Paloma.
  • Add your tequila, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and syrup into the shaker with ice. Shake well and strain mixture into the rimmed glass.
    Pouring a Spicy Paloma from a cocktail shaker into a salt-rimmed glass.
  • Add the sparkling water gently into the glass, and for an extra kick, a couple of dashes of hot sauce.
  • Stir gently, then garnish with a grapefruit wedge and pepper slice.
    Spicy Paloma cocktail in a salt-rimmed glass with a gold straw.

Nutrition

Calories: 184kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g