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    Home ยป Recipes ยป Holiday ยป Cinco de Mayo ยป Grapefruit Margarita

    LAST UPDATED: July 2, 2018 โ€ข FIRST PUBLISHED: January 23, 2012 By Toni Dash 41 Comments

    Grapefruit Margarita

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    Grapefruit Margaritas
    It’s citrus season but of course in Colorado that’s a moot point. I am fortunate though to have two groups of Snow Bird relations who nest in more temperate citrus regions to wait out the Northern winter’s cold hold on their primary homeland. This leads to unexpected citrus care packages.

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    On a very gray windy day last week a large white box announcing ‘Sunshine From Florida’ arrived care of my local Fed Ex guy. Four large trays of grapefruit and oranges were safely tucked inside. When cutting open the first grapefruit for breakfast the aroma caused instant mouth-watering; fresh, tart and teasing of warm weather. Against the gray palette of yet another windy day, it truly was like the sun came out.

    half a grapefruit
    My earliest recollection of growing citrus fruits was from a set of California grandparents who had a few established trees in their small, well-manicured Oakland backyard. I loved their yard. The beds were bordered with hand set bricks. The grass was always thick and lush, seeming to need nothing other than the natural California sunshine and moisture to thrive. The crowning jewels were the orange and grapefruit trees. When I was fortunate to visit when the trees were in bloom the perfume of the blossoms was almost overwhelming. Even as a small child I loved to sit at their rickety wooden picnic table, underneath an aged wooden lattice woven with grape vines and just inhale. The sweetness of a citrus blossom is intoxicating to say the very least.

    grapefruit juice in a blue glass

    One of the pure joys of citrus season has to be enjoying freshly squeezed juice! In my pile of magazine recipes was one for an untried Grapefruit Margarita. Despite parting the holidays sure I’d never crave another cocktail, the moisture vacancy of our Colorado winter has left me parched and thinking there could not be anything more thirst quenching than this!

    Grapefruit Margaritas from above

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    Grapefruit Margaritas

    Grapefruit Margarita

    A refreshing margarita with the bright flavor of grapefruit!
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    Course: Cocktail
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 5 minutes minutes
    Servings: 1 cocktail (can be multiplied for larger quantities)
    Calories: 236kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    Ingredients

    • 2 ounces tequila (preferably Silver)
    • 1 ounce orange liqueur (I used Citronage which is mid range between Cointreau and Triple Sec; any can be used)
    • 1 ounce grapefruit juice , preferably freshly squeezed
    • ¾ ounce lime juice , freshly squeezed
    • Garnish suggestion: wedges of grapefruit and slices of lime

    Instructions

    • Salting a glass rim: Pour a generous amount of coarse salt into a shallow plate larger than the rim of the glass to be salted. Cut a very shallow line in thin wedge of a lime (about 1/8 inch long). Place the cut on the lime wedge onto the rim of the glass and gently run it the entire perimeter of the glass rim. Turn glass over, place into salt, gently wiggle it back and forth and remove. This should have produced a perfectly lined rim of salt!
    • Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker filled with crushed ice. Shake and pour into a stemmed glass with salted rim* over ice.
    • Alternative method for a larger batch: the original recipe suggests mixing all ingredients in an ice filled pitcher (I’d put the ice in after mixing) and pouring into glasses from the pitcher.

    Notes

    Adapted from In Style magazine (2006)

    Nutrition

    Calories: 236kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 0g | Fat: 0g | Saturated Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 0mg | Sodium: 3mg | Potassium: 45mg | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin C: 14mg
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    Grapefruit Margaritas
    The best way to segment a perfect grapefruit half is with a Grapefruit Knife. With its double sided, serrated edges and gently bent end, the knife makes easy swift pieces. Just run the knife along the inside of each segment side then make a full circle of the outside perimeter between the edge of the segments and the peel. They lift out effortlessly especially if using a pointed end Grapefruit Spoon.

    segmented grapefruit on plate
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    1. LIndsay @ Rosemarried says

      January 26, 2012 at 7:05 am

      All I can say is, HOLY SMOKES TONI I WANT TO DRINK THIS RIGHT NOW. No, really, its gorgeous. And I love Grapefruit, especially with booze.

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