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hello and welcome. please come in, take a seat and allow me to blow your freakin’ mind. i’m gonna make your spring and summer a much nicer place with this little gem of a cocktail. bri and i found ourselves sipping on something really similar this past weekend and i immediately exclaimed, “i gotta make this for my food post.” she agreed, as did my husband…and if he can get on board with it, well then, i know you will!
what you’ll need:
• 1 ruby red grapefruit
• 1/4 cup of sweetened lime juice. (pssst…if you like your drinks super sweet, bump it up to half a cup)
• 3 oz tequila
• club soda
• handful of key limes (but limes will do, if you can’t find these little cuties)
• margarita salt – moving forward it will be known as marguerite salt
what to do:
• juice the grapefruit into a cocktail shaker (you should end up with about half a cup)
• add the sweetened lime juice, tequila and a handful of ice and shake it!
• in the meantime, cut the limes into wedges and run one of the wedges over the rim of two glasses
• coat the glasses in marguerite salt
then…
• fill each glass with ice and divide the liquid between the two glasses
• top off both glasses with club soda. stir, then a squeeze and plunk of a lime in each.
*that’s it! you’re done. so easy, so delicious. would love to sit and chat, but i’m off to make one for myself. how early is too early to drink this?
{ column + photos by jen gotch, design by designlovefest – want more recipes? go here! }
22 Comments
Add your own1. morgan @ {xoxo, me} | April 19th, 2012 at 8:28 am
Oh goodness. This sounds like heaven in a glass. Can’t wait to make it!
2. amy | April 19th, 2012 at 8:51 am
i’m on board with anything that’s got tequila in it. def making myself one of these this weekend! or maybe tonight.
3. nichole | April 19th, 2012 at 8:54 am
OMG. I have the ingredients to make this now. How am I going to wait until a reasonable cocktail hour?
4. adele | April 19th, 2012 at 8:59 am
Cocktail time…my favourite time of day!!
Adore grapefruit in cocktails…this looks fab!
Happy Thursday hun xoxo
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5. Sarah | April 19th, 2012 at 10:39 am
Yum! I love grapefruit, so this looks totally delicious!
6. esther | April 19th, 2012 at 11:40 am
Where oh where did you get those adorable glasses?!
7. Kasia | April 19th, 2012 at 1:09 pm
Ooh I love those glasses, where are they from?
8. amy | April 19th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
I also have to know where those glasses came from. They’re great.
9. Anita | April 19th, 2012 at 2:40 pm
I have everything BUT the grapefruit. I can’t wait to try it!
10. Ana | April 19th, 2012 at 2:43 pm
Love these photographs—beautiful work, Jen! Now that it’s getting hotter in Austin we’ve been drinking Palomas and El Pepinos like nobody’s business. This looks delightful.
11. jen | April 19th, 2012 at 3:16 pm
hi gals. the glasses were a SCORE at the long beach swap meet several years ago. they’re real winners!
12. Marie | April 19th, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Yum! A mini-vacation in a glass!
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13. Adina | Gluten Free Travelette | April 19th, 2012 at 5:51 pm
Looks yummy! How did you get the name? Happens to be my middle name actually!
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That looks yummy and refreshing, and i love the typeface you used! Anyone know what typeface it is? I love the swirlies in the M & the T!
17. Stacey | April 20th, 2012 at 8:45 am
cute glassses!
where are they from?
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sounds amazing! consider my mind blown. beautiful photos too, Jen!
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