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Picante Pigeon

By Dawn PerryPhotography by Matt Duckor
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Matt Duckor

Be sure to taste your jalapeños before you muddle them. They range far and wide on the heat scale.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 1 Servings

Ingredients

1–2 jalapeño slices
2 teaspoons sugar
2 ounces tequila reposado
2 ounces fresh pink grapefruit juice
1 ounce fresh lime juice
Grapefruit slice (for serving)

Preparation

  1. Muddle jalapeño and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Add tequila, grapefruit juice, and lime juice; fill shaker with ice. Shake until outside of shaker is frosty, about 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass filled with ice and garnish with grapefruit slice.

TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesTequilaJalapeñoChileVegetableGrapefruitCitrusFruitEasyQuickBon Appétit
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