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Grapefruit G&T With Cardamom Cordial
The warm silky flavour of cardamom cordial, the freshly squeezed grapefruit and gin along with the fizzy Tonic water blends together to create a delicious citrus cocktail.
This refreshing cocktail is a perfect day time drink for a hot sunny day. It is exciting and full of flavour making it a brilliant drink to impress guests.
Ingredients
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Cardamom Cordial
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1 1/2 tablespoons Cardamom Pods
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200 grams (7 ounces) sugar
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275 millilitres (9 fluid ounce) water
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For the Cocktail
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50 millilitres (2 fluid ounce) cardamom cordial
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125 millilitres (4 fluid ounce) grapefruit juice
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75 millilitres (3 fluid ounce) Gin of your choice
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Tonic water of your choice to top up
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Grapefruit peel
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Two sprigs fresh mint
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Instructions
- 1 To make the Cardamom Cordial
- 2 Split the Cardamom Pods and slightly crush cardamom seeds.
- 3 Add the sugar and water to a saucepan. Gently heat, without boiling, until the sugar has dissolved.
- 4 Add the cardamom seeds to the pan. Lower the heat to a simmer and let it steep for 15 mins. Turn off the heat and let the syrup cool. Strain through a fine mesh strainer into a container and store in the fridge for up to a month.
- 5 To make the Cocktail
- 6 Use a vegetable peeler to peel a part of the grapefruit skin off. Then using a sharp knife slice the peel julienne. Alternatively, you could use a julienne peeler. This will be used to garnish the cocktail.
- 7 Pour the cardamom cordial, grapefruit juice and gin over ice in a cocktail mixer and shake to combine.
- 8 Using a strainer, divide the mixture into two glasses filled with fresh ice.
- 9 Top up with your desired amount of Tonic water and garnish with grapefruit peel for a refreshing cocktail
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