Last night I went to a Very Important board meeting at Dorado, a delightful Mexican restaurant. Best part? BYOB. Ceeg and I both brought margaritas: mine were pre-mixed, hers were easily mixed. Essi brought beer and diet Squirt. Cort brought wine and tequila. That's a lot of liquor for quatro chicas.
The clear winner? Tequila (preferably dark...we had both) + diet Squirt = PALOMA.
Here's the recipe:
For a refreshing, thirst quenching tequila cocktail, the Paloma is definitely at the top of the list and it's a favorite in Mexico. It's a light, fruity drink with a fizz and one of the smoothest tequila drinks out there. Almost any blanco tequila works well in combination with the grapefruit and you may also see this cocktail with grapefruit juice and a splash of soda instead of a grapefruit soda like Squirt.
Ingredients:
- 2 oz blanco or reposado tequila
- 6 oz fresh grapefruit soda
- 1/2 oz lime juice
- salt for rimming (optional)
Preparation:
- Rim a collins glass with salt.
- Fill the glass with ice and add the tequila and lime juice.
- Top it off with grapefruit soda.
Delicious. Seriously. Also? Best part? 2 points for 2 ounces of tequila. That's it!
Dorado also featured some fantastic duck nachos and queso fundido. I had the grilled tilapia with asparagus and black beans. And we finished it off with tres leches cake. Aye caramba!
The grilled fish and the Palomas saved the night for me. I had just a few of the nachos and just a bite of the fundido...just enough. I had planned for the night to be a killer, but I calculated that I actually ate 30.5 for the dinner. Success!
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