Paloma by The Sea
A spiked seltzer cocktail using butterfly pea flower for a beautiful shade of purple and blue!
Servings: 1 cocktail
Cost: $5
Ingredients
Paloma by The Sea
- 2 1/2 ounces grapefruit juice fresh squeezed
- 1 ounce tequila
- 1/2 ounce lime juice
- 1/4 ounce butterfly pea simple syrup follow the recipe below
- 1 can spiked salter to top off the cocktail
Butterfly Pea Flower Simple Syrup
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp dried butterfly pea flower
Instructions
Butterfly Pea Flower Simple Syrup
- In a small sauce pan, on low heat simmer the water and sugar together.
- Add in the butterfly pea flowers and watch the simple syrup turn a rich shade of blue.
- Simmer for 10 minutes so the color can absord into the simple syrup.
- Add more dried flowers if you don't achieve a nice shade of blue.
Paloma by the Sea
- In a glass, add the lime, tequila simple syrup and grapefruit juice and stir.
- The cocktail will turn pruple because of the lime juice acid, so pretty!
- Add in two butterfly pea flower ice cubes.
- Top the cocktail with sparkling spiked seltzer in grapefruit!
Nutrition
Calories: 489kcal | Carbohydrates: 109g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Sodium: 9mg | Potassium: 115mg | Sugar: 108g | Vitamin C: 23mg | Iron: 1mg