Il Pompelmo
Fresh pink grapefruit juice is muddled with thyme and shaken with whisky, grappa and other ingredients to make a gorgeous antioxidant-rich cocktail.
Best Health Magazine, Summer 2009
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Ingredients
- 1 pink grapefruit
- a few sprigs thyme
- 1 1/2 oz Canadian whisky (McGuinness's pick: Danfield's Private Reserve)
- 1/2 oz grappa
- 2 tsp maple syrup
- 2 oz pear nectar
- 2 dashes bitters
- dash egg white for texture (optional)
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Instructions
- Remove skin from grapefruit and cut fruit into quarters. Place all four pieces into a shaker with a sprig of fresh thyme, and muddle it to extract all the juice from the grapefruit and the essence of the thyme.
- Add whisky, grappa, maple syrup and pear nectar. Add bitters and egg white, if using. Fill shaker with ice and shake vigorously.
- Strain and pour into a champagne saucer or other wide-mouthed glass. Garnish with thyme. Serve straight up.
