Pink Grapefruit Arak Cocktail
Author Notes: This is more or less a ubiquitous summer drink here in Israel, by the sea and even inland, poolside. It is so popular in the capital that its often called the Jerusalem cocktail. It is made using simple local ingredients: pink grapefruit and arak. When the grapefruits are sweet enough people often make this without syrup, but I like it more with the undertone of a gentle chamomille simple syrup. Its really perfect on a breezy summer evening. —nogaga
Serves: a large grapefruit can easilly serve 4
Chamomille Simple Syrup
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1
part sugar
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2
parts water
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dried chamomille flowers or a bag of chamomille tea
Arak Grapefruit Concoction
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Juice of one big juicy pink grapefruit
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a good arak
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a few sprigs of mint
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seltzer
- Quickly simmer the syrup with the chamomille leaves, strain and leave to cool
- Juice the grapefruit.
- For every serving I blend: two muddled mint leaves, a twelfth chamomille syrup, a third arak, 4 parts fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice, 2 parts (more or less) seltzer
- Garnish with a few mint leaves.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Poolside Cocktail
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Soda Fountain Recipe
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This looks great and I'd love to try, but I'm not familiar with mixology amounts (I.e., the proportions listed). For every cocktail, should I fill a glass one-third full of arak, add a splash of chamomile syrup, and then fill up the rest of the glass with seltzer and grapefruit in a 2:1 ratio?
I am a big fan of arak and look forward to trying this. I wish I was in Jerusalem to drink it, though!
I hope you enjoy it, and come visit!
Thanks, nogaga! It'll probably be a couple years until we're back in Israel. Til then I'll enjoy lovely Israeli drinks!
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