Description
A refreshing cocktail made with grapefruit juice and gin, garnished with rosemary.
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. You will have leftover syrup that you can use for other cocktails, lemonades, fruit salads and fruit sauces.
- 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 can be adjusted for larger servings.
- Store unused simple syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Drink
- Method: Cocktail
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cocktail
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg