- Today we're making one of my
no, it's awkward.
Today we're making
(loud banging)
no, that was bad too, John.
Today we're making one of my favorite cocktails ever,
it's a paloma.
In case you don't know,
a paloma is fresh grapefruit juice, tequila,
a little sugar, a little lime,
salt, ice, soda water, that's it.
So few things coming together
to make a symphony of flavors
that will just delight your palate.
Okay, let's get started.
Starting off by removing a little bit of this peel,
it's gonna be so easy to do that before we juice it.
So just remove a thin slice.
You don't wanna get too much of the pith,
which you know is bitter.
There we go.
And we can do a couple more just for reserve.
Beautiful, okay, I have this nice thin peel.
We'll come to that later, let's get to juicing.
Ah, look at that color.
Doesn't it impart a beautiful pink color to our cocktail?
Regular grapefruits will work too though.
Now I'm gonna warn you,
one thing I will not abide by
is grapefruit juice out of a bottle.
It has to be fresh, they're totally different.
When you get a bottled grapefruit juice,
it doesn't taste the same.
There's a lot of science magic that goes behind it.
So just get a grapefruit, juice it,
you'll be very happy, trust me.
And yes, I will be straining this,
no one wants all those seeds.
Whenever I have a party
or I'm making a cocktail for friends
and I'm salting rims, people are like,
"Whoa, how'd you get that salted rim effect?"
And like, let me take you through this, it's real simple.
Just get a little bit of juice on there,
I just used what's left over from the grapefruit juice.
The salt, I like to use Maldon sea salt.
Look at those beautiful pieces of salt.
Oh okay, now we're going to just get that juice
onto the rim, it'll be our glue, dunk it in.
There we go, beautiful salted rim.
Hmm, I can taste the alcohol already.
Okay, put this aside.
Two ounces of grapefruit juice right into the glass.
Remember, it's fresh grapefruit juice.
Okay, I need a tablespoon of lime juice.
So let's cut that lime.
About half of a lime for the juice,
you can measure it up if you want to.
I'm gonna live on the edge.
Wonderful, hmm.
Okay, two ounces of tequila.
Use like a nice silver tequila.
(popping)
Hmm, taste that agave already.
So, two ounces.
And now we have a sugar.
So for a little bit of sweetness,
you can either add in a teaspoon of fine sugar
or a nice splash of simple syrup.
Simple syrup is the easiest thing to make.
So just take an equal part of water and sugar
into a saucepan, bring it to a quick boil to dissolve,
off the heat, pour it into a container sealed in the fridge
or use it right away.
You can also infuse it with like botanicals,
with kumquats, with some grapefruit juice,
whatever you want.
All right, so I'm gonna give a nice splash, there we go.
Just a little bit of ice.
Kind of overfilled this, I'm gonna have to take a si, shh.
♪ I wanna be happy ♪
(clicking tongue)
That's good.
Now, stir it.
♪ Day and night ♪
♪ Wanna be all right ♪
Just stir gently.
♪ Gonna be ♪
♪ I ♪
Now either a splash or two ounces of soda water
it kinda depends on how strong you want it.
I'm adding in a little bit less than an ounce.
One final stir, there we go
and it's ready to enjoy, except for the garnish.
What about that garnish?
Let's come back to our nice thin slices of peel.
You could just drop one in,
totally acceptable, it'll look nice.
But I'm going to use a little cocktail garnish pin
and snake it through here, back and forth,
just like I'm sewing.
There we go, nice and pretty across the top,
ready to enjoy.
And if you don't wanna have this sticking out,
you can just pop it in like that, perfect.
♪ Wanna be all right ♪
♪ Warm and bright ♪
Hmm, oh my gosh.
I mean this is like, is this even a cocktail
or is it just health water?
I can't tell.
Don't gulp this down like it's water,
even though it tastes like the most delicious water
you've ever drank in your life.
Okay, this is so nice.
The tequila, you barely taste it, it's dangerous.
I'm gonna be honest with you.
It tastes just like grapefruit juice.
Hmm, with like a little bit something extra.
And that something extra is tequila.
(chuckling)
Thanks so much for watching,
I hope you get to make this,
enjoy it with friends or by yourself.
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