Dove-ish Recipe

Make the honey-vanilla syrup (if not prepared)

Combine 1/2 cup honey, 1/2 cup hot water and the scraped seeds from 1/2 a vanilla bean (or 1 tsp pure vanilla extract) in a jar. Stir until honey dissolves. Chill before use. Keeps refrigerated up to 2 weeks.

Make grapefruit cordial (if not prepared)

If you don't have grapefruit cordial, make a quick cordial: combine 1 cup fresh pink grapefruit juice, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 2 tbsp water in a saucepan. Warm gently, stirring until sugar dissolves. Cool and strain. For more depth, add a small pinch of salt or 1 tsp grapefruit zest while warming, then strain. Chill before use.

Chill a coupe or Nick & Nora glass by filling with ice water while you prepare the cocktail.

Add 2 oz Altos Blanco tequila, 1/2 oz dry sherry, 3/4 oz grapefruit cordial, 1/2 oz honey-vanilla syrup, 1/2 oz fresh lime juice and 2 dashes grapefruit bitters into a cocktail shaker.

Fill the shaker with ice (about 1 cup or enough to nearly full). Secure the lid and shake vigorously for 12–15 seconds until the outside of the shaker is very cold and slightly frosted.

Discard the ice water from the chilled glass. Fine-strain the cocktail into the chilled coupe or Nick & Nora glass to remove small ice shards and any pulp.

Express the oils of a grapefruit twist over the drink by holding the twist skin-side down above the glass and giving it a quick snap; optionally flame the peel briefly to add perfume, then rub the rim with the peel and drop it into the drink (or perch a wheel on the rim).

Serve immediately.