Pink grapefruit juice replaces cranberry.
Why you are pouring this tonight
The Grapefruit Cosmo is the Cosmopolitan with fresh pink grapefruit juice replacing the cranberry. Vodka, pink grapefruit, lime, triple sec. Slightly less sweet, slightly more bitter, slightly more interesting than the original. The drink for somebody who has graduated from the regular Cosmo and would now like something with more edges.
Use fresh-squeezed pink grapefruit, never the bottled stuff. Use a clean vodka (Belvedere, Grey Goose). Cointreau for the triple sec, never the cheap supermarket version. Fresh lime. Shake hard with ice for twelve seconds, double-strain into a chilled coupe, grapefruit twist expressed over the surface. Pair with brunch, citrus desserts, blue cheese, a Saturday morning that has nowhere to be.
What changes from the Cosmopolitan
Cranberry juice out, pink grapefruit juice in.
What to pour it alongside
Grilled fish, oysters, prawn cocktail.
The recipe
Ingredients
Method
- Add all to a shaker with ice. Shake hard.
- Fine-strain into a chilled coupe.
- Garnish with a strip of grapefruit peel.
Nutrition
Want the classic? Our Cosmopolitan recipe is here.
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