Description
A refreshing grapefruit and gin cocktail, perfect for warm days.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice (about 8 ounces, from about 2 grapefruits)
- 4 ounces gin (about ½ cup)
- large ice cubes
- 2 fresh rosemary sprigs (for garnish)
- 2 grapefruit slices (for garnish)
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup water
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, combine ½ cup sugar with ½ cup water.
- Heat over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves completely. Let it cool. It keeps for months in the fridge in an airtight glass container.
- Have ready 1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice, from about 2 grapefruits, and strain the juice to remove seeds and excess pulp.
- Pour juice into two highball glasses.
- Add 4 ounces gin, dividing equally, and simple syrup if using, just a small amount like 1 teaspoon at first.
- Add a large piece of ice. Stir well and taste; adjust sweetness or dilution as needed. Serve immediately.
- If making a large pitcher, simply double or triple the amount of ingredients depending on the size of your pitcher.
- Garnish with 2 fresh rosemary sprigs and 2 grapefruit slices.
Notes
- This recipe makes a delicious cocktail base that can be adapted with other fruits.
- Sweetness can be adjusted based on preference by altering the amount of syrup used.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 180
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 18g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg