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Rosemary Grapefruit Gimlet

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Rosemary Grapefruit Gimlet

Ingredients

  • 1.5oz Gin
  • 0.5oz Dry Vermouth
  • 0.75oz Rosemary Grapefruit Olerosaccharum**
  • 0.75oz Lime Juice

**Rosemary Grapefruit Oleosaccharum

  • 1.5 cups refined sugar
  • Peels of 4 pink grapefruits, with all pith removed (juice grapefruits for next recipe)
  • 1 Sprig Rosemary

Directions

  1. Shake all ingredients and strain into a coupe glass.
  2. Garnish with rosemary sprig.

For Rosemary Grapefruit Oleosaccharum:

  1. In a mason jar or zip top bag - combine and mix the sugar and grapefruit peels until peels are coated.
  2. Pour mixture and any loose sugar into a large zip top or vacuum seal bag. Seal so that no remaining air is inside the bag.
  3. Pour Grapefruit oil infused simple syrup and peels through a fine mesh strainer into a glass container, reserving the liquid. Peels can be composted or used in marmalade or cut into strips and candied.
  4. Refrigerate liquid for 2 weeks to a month.