Artificial Food Coloring Free Paleo Paloma
This bright, citrusy cocktail is everything a warm-weather drink should be — tart, a little salty, lightly sweet, and completely refreshing. Every drop of color and flavor here comes from real ingredients: fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice, lime juice, blanco tequila, and a quick honey syrup you whip up in about two minutes on the stovetop. That matters more than you might think, because plenty of bottled cocktail mixers and flavored sparkling waters sneak in synthetic dyes to achieve that pretty pink hue. Here, the gorgeous blush tone is entirely natural, straight from the grapefruit itself. The honey syrup adds a floral sweetness that plays beautifully against the salt rim and the fizz of chilled sparkling water. It comes together in one shaker with no special equipment and no questionable additives — just clean, whole ingredients doing all the work. Serve it immediately over ice with a grapefruit wedge and it looks like something you'd pay twelve dollars for at a rooftop bar.
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2 servings
For the honey syrup
- 3 tbsp honey
- 3 tbsp water
For the cocktail
- 4 oz blanco tequila
- ¾ cup fresh grapefruit juice (from about 1 large grapefruit)
- 2 tbsp fresh lime juice (from about 1 lime)
- ¼ tsp fine sea salt, plus more for the rim
- 1 cup sparkling water, chilled
- ice cubes, as needed
For serving
- 2 grapefruit wedges or slices (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Combine the honey and water in a small saucepan over medium-low heat, stirring until the honey is fully dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and let the syrup cool for 5 minutes until no longer steaming.
- 2
Spread a thin layer of fine sea salt on a small plate. Run a grapefruit wedge around the rim of each highball glass, then press the rim into the salt to coat.
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