Vodka based Paloma cocktail with a hint of strawberry and lime.
Vodka Paloma #RSC
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
Ready, Set, Cook! We are challenging each other in one of my favorite cooking groups, to create recipes using a restricted ingredients list (and nothing that is not on the ingredients list) and then have a face-off of recipes among friends. Sound like fun? It is!
We’ve been playing since our mob was encapsulated inside the community at the old Recipezaar. After the forums there went *kaput* we found new digs elsewhere.
All right Sparky, here’s the deal!
Divided into three rounds. May submit up to one recipe per category.
Must use at least one thing from the mains list, and as many from the pantry list, but nothing else.
Round 1 – Categories:
Appetizers/Snacks
Beverages
Side Dishes
Soups/Stews/Chili
Round 1 – Main Ingredients List:
Fresh – Citrus fruits/limes/oranges/grapefruit/tamarind
Coffee/tea
Vodka (flavored)
Cheese/ Gruyere, cream cheese, goat cheese, cheddar
Puff pastry
Chicken
Oxtail
Ground turkey
Green cabbage
Onions
Mushrooms
Broccoli
Round 1 – Pantry List:
Curry
Sesame seeds
Chicken/Beef Broth
Lemon
Parmesan cheese
Olive oil
Garlic
Elbow macaroni/bow-tie pasta
Worcestershire sauce
Croutons
Diced tomatoes
Orange bell pepper
Wild rice
Canned oysters/clams
Olives
Mustard
Jarred roasted red bell peppers
Nuts
Mayonnaise
Salsa
Chutney/preserves
Milk/creams
Sugar
Club soda
Tropical fruit juice
Tea bags/ lose leaf
Fresh herbs
Ground Spices/ cinnamon/cardamom/nutmeg/allspice/cloves/ginger/star anise
Fine salt
Black pepper
You know I will be doing all four categories. And so for my Beverages recipe we have Vodka Paloma. Enjoy!
Let me know what you think in the comments! ~S
Vodka Paloma

Ingredients:
- 2 fluid ounces freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
- 2 fluid ounces strawberry flavored vodka
- 1/2 fluid ounce fresh lime juice
- 2 teaspoons Caster sugar or superfine sugar
- 4 fluid ounces club soda
- crushed ice
- fresh lime wedge
Method:
- Place grapefruit juice, vodka, lime juice and sugar in cocktail shaker with crushed ice (about 1 cup ice).
- Shake vigorously and pour into cocktail glass; top up with club soda.
- Garnish with fresh lime or grapefruit wedge.
From the bar of palatablepastime.com
All My Round One Recipes:
Wild Rice and Mushroom Cabbage Rolls