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Regina Schrambling
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In a cocktail shaker, add 1 cherry, 1 half-wheel of grapefruit and the sugar. Muddle until the sugar dissolves. Add the gin, amaro, lemon juice and ice. Cover and shake vigorously until well chilled, about 15 seconds. Strain into an ice-filled lowball glass, and garnish with the remaining cherry and grapefruit half.
You aren't muddling the sugar, you are muddling the fruit. The process releases the flavors of the fresh ingredients (in this case grapefruit and cherry) so that they bind with the alcohol. I'm uncertain what you are referring to with regards to the 1/2 grapefruit wheel being from the "middle of the fruit." Either way, this process/recipe is pretty standard, not really odd at all.
No sour grapes(fruit) here! I had lemons and oranges, followed the proportions exactly, and holy saint Juniper, this drink is so good!
Didn’t have grapefruit but blood orange was a great substitute!
You want a thick slice of grapefruit from the middle of the fruit, sliced in half? Seems like having that in the way would make muddling the sugar pretty hard, especially in the bottom of a tall cocktail shaker. Why not muddle the sugar in the liquids first, then put in the ice and the grapefruit and the cherry before shaking? Mind you, I haven't tried this, it just seemed odd.
Tried this. Delicious. However had to use orange as grapefruit interferes dramatically with the metabolism of half the medications I take. This is a well known problem with grapefruit.
I made this with Giffard crème de pamplemousse instead of a fresh piece of grapefruit, and it worked beautifully
A solid recipe. Made with Amaro Nonino and ruby red grapefruits and it’s the perfect balance of sweet/tart/bitter.
Particularly tasty w Cynar, the Italian artichoke (!) amaro
Particularly good w Cynar. Also, brown or jaggery sugar adds more character than the white stuff-
This is amazing with bourbon (1 ingredient short of a paper plane!), and I can definitely second blood orange works amazingly well if you don’t have grapefruit on hand.
A spritz of club soda livens it up a bit-
Great drink! I didn't have the grapefruit- just used a bit of lemon. Used Luxardo cherries though, and so good....
Ok but not great. Too easy to drink quickly. Made with muddled orange (only, no cherry), no sugar, bar spoon of cherry syrup, served w 1 cherry.
Tried this. Delicious. However had to use orange as grapefruit interferes dramatically with the metabolism of half the medications I take. This is a well known problem with grapefruit.
Luxardo cherries are expensive! I don't want to use one for muddling so I use 2 teaspoons of the syrup from the jar instead of the cherry and the sugar. Muddle with the grapefruit and mix the rest of the drink as the recipe says (Averna Amaro). Turns out delicious!
Made with Amaro Meletti. Delicious with the right amount of bitterness!
omitted the sugar and loved it!
We adore this drink, and perfected it for 2 drinks. Use half a grapefruit, cut off the wheel, and cut in half: one half per drink as the recipe calls for. Use the rest of the half grapefruit for muddling, but cut it into quarters so it muddles easily. Otherwise follow the recipe doubling for two. Then you have the other half of a grapefruit to make another round! This drink is exceptional!
Nice flavor! Made with Amaro Abano and it is nicely spiced. Sweetness was right level for me. I wonder if anyone has tried adding egg white?
This drink is fantastic. I used brandied cherries instead of maraschino as I find them far more tasty and I added a few extra to each glass along with a wee splash of the "cherry brandy" they soaked in. I also cut the half grapefruit wheel used for muddling into quarters so they would fit better in the shaker. My grapefruit was huge! I have made this several times and love it. Jeanie, if you don't put the grapefruit in to muddle, you don't release all the lovely oils into the drink.
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