This Paloma Doughnut With Tequila Whipped Cream Should Be Your Next Boozy Breakfast

National Tequila Day (July 24) is around the corner and two Brooklyn-based eateries are proving that you can have it for breakfast.

Aldama has partnered with tequila producer El Tequileño to create a limited-edition doughnut by Fan-Fan Doughnuts. Inspired by Aldama’s Citrus Fizz cocktail, Fan-Fan’s Paloma doughnut is rolled in citrus sugar and filled with grapefruit cream and topped with an El Tequileño tequila homemade whipped cream and fresh orange and lime zest.

Fan-Fan Doughnuts is an artisanal doughnut shop helmed by pastry chef and cookbook author Fany Gerson. Best known for Dough and La Newyorkina, Gerson opened Fan-Fan Doughnuts in 2020. Aldama, the debut from restaurateur and bartender Christopher Reyes and chef and co-owner Gerardo Alcaraz, is an ode to the nightlife of Mexico City.

“It was a blast to partner with two incredible brands like Aldama and El Tequileño to create this delicious and summery dessert,” says Gerson. “The grapefruit flavor in the Citrus Fizz and the cooked agave in the El Tequileño are a perfect pair in a cocktail and in a doughnut – imagine a Paloma you can bite into.”

Aldama x El Tequileño’s The Citrus Fizz doughnut kicked off the ‘boozy doughnut series’ by Fan-Fan Doughnuts. Each month will introduce a new flavor and collaboration between Fan-Fan and a spirits brand. Available now, The Citrus Fizz is $5 at Fan-Fan Doughnuts.