Fruit Cup Cocktail Recipe from Bar Agricole | Tasting Table
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1 drink
Ingredients
  • ¼ cup ginger, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup raw sugar, such as Demerara
  • ¼ cup water
  • Ice
  • 1½ ounces dry London gin, such as Broker's
  • ¾ ounce fresh lemon juice
  • ¾ ounce Vergano Americano, or another red vermouth
  • 1 dash each of orange and Angostura bitters
  • Seltzer
  • Mint sprig and grapefruit zest for garnish
Directions
  1. Make the ginger solution: In a blender, combine ginger, raw sugar and water. Purée until smooth.
  2. Make the drink: In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, combine gin, lemon juice, vermouth, ¼ ounce of the prepared ginger solution and bitters. Shake well. Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with seltzer. Garnish with a shrub of mint and a broad stripe of grapefruit zest. Serve.