Tequila Grapefruit Martini Food

TEQUILA REFRESCA

Steps:

• Fill a goblet or rocks glass with ice cubes. Add the tequila and a dash of Campari to give the drink a slight blush and balance the sweetness of the soda. Top off with the grapefruit soda. Skewer the fruit and stir into the cocktail. Drink.
• Serve with a plate of wedged pineapple, a small bowl of your favorite chili powder, and coarse salt, for dipping.

SILVER-TEQUILA MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker halfway with ice. Add tequila, vermouth, grapefruit juice, and bitters. Cover and shake several times.
• Stir together silver flakes and sugar on a small plate. Run grapefruit wedge along the rim of a chilled martini glass. Dip rim in sugar mixture to evenly coat. Strain tequila mixture into glass, add grapefruit twist, and serve.

GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITA MARTINI

Steps:

• Place superfine sugar, grapefruit and lime juice in cocktail shaker and swirl until sugar mostly dissolves. Pour in tequila, liqueur and at least 4-6 cubes of ice. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Strain in sugar rimmed martini glass and garnish with lime wedge or grapefruit section.

ROSY BOA (TEQUILA, GRAPEFRUIT, POMEGRANATE, ROSE WATER, GINGER BEER COCKTAIL)

Steps:

• Combine salt, paprika, and chile powder in a small bowl. Moisten half of each rim of 8 rocks glasses and dip into chile salt. Set glasses aside.
• Combine grapefruit juice, tequila, pomegranate juice, lime juice, and rose water in a large pitcher or 8-cup measuring glass. Add 1 cup ice and stir until ice is melted and cocktail is very cold. Stir in ginger beer. Fill prepared glasses with ice and divide cocktail among glasses. Garnish with grapefruit wedges and top off with more ginger beer, if desired.
• Grapefruit mixture can be made 8 hours ahead. Stir in ice, then cover and chill. Add ginger beer and prepare glasses just before serving.

TEQUILA MARTINIS

Steps:

• In a pitcher or a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila and the ice cubes and stir or shake 20 times. Place the Triple Sec in a chilled cocktail glass, swirl it around to coat the inside of the glass, and discard it. Strain the tequila into the glass. Thread the twist of lime and the strip of chile onto the cocktail skewer, perch it on the rim of the glass, and serve at once.

TEQUILA AND GRAPEFRUIT JUICE

Steps:

• Fill a highball glass with ice. Add tequila and juice, then top with soda water and garnish with a wedge of lime.

PALOMA

Steps:

• Dip the rim of a highball glass in a bowl of water, shake off the excess, then sprinkle a spoonful of salt onto a plate or saucer and dip the glass into that to coat the rim.
• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice, then add all the remaining ingredients minus the soda water. Shake until the outside of the shaker feels cold, then strain into your prepared glass. Add a few fresh ice cubes and top with soda water to serve. Garnish with the wedge of grapefruit.