Grapefruit Sangrita With Chipotle and Honey Recipe

Daniel Gritzer
Grapefruit Sangrita With Chipotle and Honey Recipe
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  • Yield:Makes 1 shot sangrita
  • Active time:5 minutes
  • Total time:5 minutes plus chilling
This recipe appears in:
Ditch the Salt and Lime: Sangrita Is What Your Tequila Needs

[Photograph: Vicky Wasik]

Chasing a shot of tequila with lime is routine. But with good tequila, the best way to enjoy it is not as a shot, but sipped with sangrita—a bright, tart, spicy fruit drink—on the side. While the original was made with sour oranges and pomegranate, this one blends bitter grapefruit juice with honey and smoky chipotle chili powder. The combination is deep, complex, and perfect alongside a high-quality silver tequila.

Ingredients

  • 2 ounces (60ml) fresh juice from 1 red grapefruit
  • 1/2 ounce (15ml) fresh juice from 1 lime
  • 1/2 ounce (15ml) honey
  • Pinch chipotle chili powder
  • Kosher salt

Directions

  1. 1.

    In a small bowl, combine grapefruit juice, lime juice, honey, and chipotle chili powder and stir until honey is thoroughly combined. Season very lightly with salt, then taste and adjust any ingredients as desired. Chill in the refrigerator or by stirring with ice briefly and then straining. Serve in a shot glass alongside a good-quality silver tequila.

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Daniel Gritzer
Culinary Director

Daniel cooked for years in some of New York's top American, Italian and French restaurants - starting at the age of 13, when he began staging at the legendary restaurant Chanterelle. He spent nearly a year working on organic farms in Europe, where he harvested almonds and Padron peppers in Spain, shepherded a flock of more than 200 sheep in Italy, and made charcuterie in France. When not working on, thinking about, cooking and eating food, he blows off steam (and calories) as an instructor of capoeira, the Afro-Brazilian martial art.

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