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Grapefruit soda makes a great cocktail mixer, adding acidity, sweetness and slight effervescence to a finished drink. For this refreshing summer cooler, Las Perlas general manager, Raul Yrastorza, combines the tangy soda with blanco tequila, fresh dill and muddled cucumber.
2 oz. blanco tequila
3/4 oz. fresh lime juice
1 bottle grapefruit soda, like Jarritos
1 fresh dill sprig
2 cucumber wheels
Ice cubes
Tools: shaker, muddler, strainer
Glass: Collins
Garnish: kosher salt, dill sprig, 3 cucumber wheels
In the base of a shaker, muddle the cucumber wheels and dill. Add tequila and lime juice and shake briefly with ice. Strain
(do not double strain)
into an ice-filled Collins glass. Place two cucumber slices against the walls of the Collins glass and then fill with soda.
Top with two pinches of salt and then garnish with a long dill sprig and float the last cucumber wheel on top.
Raul Yrastorza, Las Perlas, Los Angeles
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For more on LA's cocktail scene, check out "A Star Is Re-Born" in the July/August 2010 issue.
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