Amsterdam Restaurant Blog - May-day drinking and grapefruit goodness

I’m not sure grapefruits are ever really in season in northern Europe, but according to Google they’re in season winter through June in the places they are grown (seemingly various states of America) so I thought I’d take advantage of the end of the crop. What it is the season for, however, is daytime, alfresco drinking. And that’s where this simple, refreshing little cocktail comes in: stolen by me from a New York Times article on the subject.

For people who like their drinks metric, here are the quantities I used:

60 ml gin
60 ml grapefruit juice
15 ml St Germain
Quarter of a lime, squeezed
Shake with ice, strain into a martini glass and serve with a sage leaf.

Still experiencing grapefruit cravings, I went on to make an Ottolenghi recipe of chicken thighs marinated in harissa and yoghurt, with a grapefruit and rocket salad, and a warm reduction of grapefruit juice, lemon juice, what should have been maple syrup but was actually treacle, star anise and cinnamon.

In one afternoon, I worked my way through four grapefruits, two lemons and a lime. I officially can’t catch a cold for a year.

May-day drinking and grapefruit goodness

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