Recipe type: Cocktail
Author: Jillian
Serves: 1
Refreshing adult beverage with some heat that keeps you sipping.
- 1/2 oz red chili agave nectar or *simple syrup(recipe below)
- 2 oz tequila
- 1 oz fresh lime juice
- ice
- 1-2 Tbsp fresh squeezed pink grapefruit juice
- splash of club soda
- RED CHILI AGAVE or SIMPLE SYRUP
- Take a little 10 oz jelly jar and put in 1 Tbsp less than 1/4 cup chili flakes
- Pour 1 cup boiling water, over crushed red chili flakes
- Steep for 5-10 minutes
- Strain out steeped red chili flakes, reserving hot chili water
- pour water back into 10 oz jelly jar
- Fill the rest of jar with agave nectar, or *simple syrup(about 1/4 cup)
- *If you do not have agave, and are making simple syrup, you will need 1 cup of sugar and 1 cup of water. Boil water and sugar together for about 5 minutes stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved in the water, then use in place of agave
- Mix to combine
- Taste with tip of finger, should be sweet with a bit of lingering heat
- Cool red chili agave or simple syrup in refrigerator for 1 hour
- RUBY RED DEVIL COCKTAIL
- Add tequilla, lime juice and red chili agave to shaker
- Shake vigorously with ice for a couple minutes
- Strain into favorite glass
- Top off with a squeeze of fresh grapefruit juice and a splash of club soda
- Serve with a wedge of lime
- Enjoy
Recipe by Food Filled Life at http://foodfilledlife.com/2012/09/08/ruby-red-devil/