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I don't make a lot of cocktails on Vegetarianized.com (this is also a great drink without alcohol too!), but a version of this refreshing drink recently caught my attention at one of my favorite, local restaurants. I brought it in-season by replacing the usually lime juice of a mint julep with ruby red grapefruit juice, and added a spicy ginger component using both ginger beer and a candied ginger garnish. You can make your own ginger beer (it's super easy!) using my recipe for one of my other favorite drinks, Dark 'N Stormy. One drink isn't without any nutritional merit: it's "Low In" fat, saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol and "High In" vitamin C.
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Ginger Grapefruit Julep
May 12, 2015
30 min or less active, drink, gluten-free, spring, vegan, winter
I don't make a lot of cocktails on Vegetarianized.com (this is also a great drink without alcohol too!), but a version of this refreshing drink recently caught my attention at one of my favorite, local restaurants. I brought it in-season by replacing the usually lime juice of a mint julep with ruby red grapefruit juice, and added a spicy ginger component using both ginger beer and a candied ginger garnish. You can make your own ginger beer (it's super easy!) using my recipe for one of my other favorite drinks, Dark 'N Stormy. One drink isn't without any nutritional merit: it's "Low In" fat, saturated fat, sodium and cholesterol and "High In" vitamin C.Information
Servings: 2
Time: About 10 minutes active; 90 minutes total
Price: About $7.20 total; $3.60 per drink
Nutrition (per serving):
Calories: 209.7
Protein: .49g
Fat: .1g
Saturated fat: 0g
Carbohydrates: 26.4g
Fiber: 0g
Sodium: 5.8mg
Cholesterol: 0mg
High In:
Good Source:
Low In:
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup plus 2/3 cup sugar
- 5 sprigs fresh mint, divided
- 3-4 oz piece fresh ginger, the wider the better
- 1 large grapefruit, juiced
- 3 oz bourbon, optional
- 4 oz ginger beer
- crushed ice
Preparation
- In a small pot, heat 1 cup of water with 3/4 cup of sugar over medium heat until dissolved. Remove from the heat and add 3 mint sprigs. Let steep 30 minutes, or longer if you have time.
- Meanwhile, peel and slice the ginger into 1/4" coins and add to 2 cups of water in a small pot. Heat over medium heat, cover and cook 30 minutes.
- Pull the ginger out and into a colander to drain. Place the water back on the heat and add the remaining sugar. Stir until dissolved and then reduce 20 minutes.
- Add the ginger coins to the syrup and boil, stirring occasionally, until the liquid is almost completely evaporated, about 20-30 minutes more. Remove the coins to a cooling rack.
- Add the grapefruit juice, bourbon (if using), ginger beer and 3 oz mint syrup to a large glass filled with crushed ice. Mix well and then distribute among the glasses. Garnish with a candied ginger coin and mint sprig stuck with a toothpick.
