Grapefruit-Lime Cocktail with Ginger and Rosemary
A cold grapefruit-lime cocktail with ginger and rosemary to take you to your favourite beach!
Have you ever sat down in a nice cozy chair on a sandy beach somewhere far far away, having a waiter bringing you a cocktail whenever you ran out of the previous one. If your answer is YES – you’ve got my admiration and a bit of jealousy 😉 . I haven’t done that yet, but it is on my THINGS-TO-DO-BEFORE-I-DIE LIST. Until then, I’m making my own coctails, or if I’m feeling extra adventurous, I’ll go out and order a mojito!
This cocktail I’m showing you today is not a mojito, but it also contains white rum. Yum, right?
Well, being a fan of sunny days and cold drinks, it’s kinda hard to watch out of my window. You guessed it right – it’s raining. Blah…
Luckily, I have a whole fridge of these delicious grapefruit-lime coctails in my fridge.
Let me tell you, where the hidden trick is. It’s all in the ginger and rosemery syrup. It’s a syrup that you can prepare in advance and keep in the fridge for a week, so you’ll have it on hand, whenever you feel like having a drink. It’s a pretty simple syrup. You boil the water with ginger and rosemary let steep and add some honey.
I’m not a fan of super sweet cocktails, unless that’s because of the actual sweetness of the fruit. I normally use honey or unrefined cane sugar, because I love how they make everything taste caramely.
Why do I love this recipe so much? Because it is as delicious in a mocktail version as in the one shown in the recipe. Simply omit white rum or replace it with sparkling water and you got yourself an everyday treat!
Are you thirsty already? I sure am! 🙂
GRAPEFRUIT-LIME COCTAIL WITH GINGER AND ROSEMARY
Ingredients
GINGER AND ROSEMARY SYRUP
- a big chunk of ginger ~30g
- 10 small rosemary stems ~10g
- 4 TBSP honey
GRAPEFRUIT-LIME COCKTAIL
- 2 cups freshly squeezed pink grapefruit juice
- 1 cup lime juice
- 1 cup ginger and rosemary syrup
- 1/2 – 3/4 cup white rum
- abundance of crushed ice
DECORATION
- 4 stems of rosemary
- a slice of pink grapefruit cut in quarters
Instructions
Ginger and rosemary syrup
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Cut ginger in thin slices and vigorously roll rosemary between your hands. Place them in a small saucepan and add 1 cup of water. Cover and bring to a boil, then remove from heat and leave to steep for 20 minutes.
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After 20 minutes add honey.
Grapefruit-Lime Cocktail
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Pour grapefruit and lime juices in 4 glasses. Add ice, almost to the top of the glass. Pour over the ginger and rosemary syrup, and white rum.
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Decorate with stems of rosemary and slices of grapefruit.
Notes
The recipe for the syrup is for 4 glasses. If you are making a batch, you can multiply it.
Mocktail version: Omit the white rum or replace it with sparkling water.
How much honey do you add to the 1 cup of Ginger and Rosemary syrup?
Hi, Andre! I fixed the missing measures. I added 4 tablespoons, but you can add more or less, depending on your taste 🙂 Cheers!
These look so delicious and refreshing, your photographs are gorgeous!
Thank you so much, Isabella 🙂
Gorgeous cocktail!! I would love it if you would link it up to Tipsy Tuesday at Grey is the New Black!
Thank you, Pam! I added it to your list 🙂
Hmm this looks delicious!! Love that color. 😉
Thank you, Angelina! I agree, this color is perfect, I’d even say a little girly 😉
This cocktail looks so refreshing and delicious!
I wanted to thank you for sharing with my NO RULES Weekend Blog Party, and to let you know that I have chosen this post as one of my Monday Special Features. If you’d like to check it out here’s the link: http://lifeasweknowitbypaula.blogspot.com/2016/04/monday-special-features-7.html
Have a great week!
Paula
Thanks a lot for the feature, Paula! I loved joining your party 🙂
how wonderful! And thank you for also adding a non-alcoholic version of that – I will give it a try with the sparkling water, sounds amazing! Blessings!
Lovely to hear that 🙂 Cheers!
This looks crazy refreshing! Did you purchase the crushed ice or make it yourself? What do you recommend?
Thank you, Maren 🙂 I buy ice, because making large quantities would be impossible in a household freezer. I use ice a lot, especially in summer, so that wouldn’t work. Plus, it’s really cheap over here.