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| Grapefruit and lemon crush |
“Just how long are you away for?” asked Teen V for
the third time in as many minutes, “and when are you getting back?”
I was surprised by the interest Teen V was taking in
our plans to attend a friend’s book launch, but then the penny dropped, a
complicated social web was being planned around us going away.
So whilst whist we were busy sipping fizz and
generally mooching around Teen V was entertaining her friends. Post Glandular
Fever she is still being careful and so had made a grapefruit crush cocktail for them all, inspired by the Guardian food section picnic section a few weeks ago.
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| Grapefruit and lemons ready to juice |
For all of you interested in the history and
pageantry of this country the launch was for a book called, KEEPERS which is an
excellent record of Britain.
KEEPERS
The
Ancient Officers of Britain
produced by Alistair Bruce, Julian Calder and Mark
Cator, documents all the ancient offices held by people in the Nation and is
superbly theatrical and wonderfully British.
It has a dramatic portrait of the Queen in crown and
cloak amongst the heathers in the highlands of Scotland on the front cover that
caused quite a stir last week when it was released to coincide with the 60th
Anniversary of her coronation!
If you are interested here is a link to their
website-
Pre the launch we nipped into Orso for a sneaky Bellini.
As much as I adore a Bellini I was taken by the grapefruit and campari cocktail.
It made me think how easy it would be to adapt the grapefruit crush drink that
Teen V has got hooked on.
I wouldn’t
normally post a drink recipe however this is worthy as it is both healthy and
delicious. It works on its own, or with fizzy water for a non alcoholic
cocktail or even with a dash of proseccio for an alternative cocktail. Perfect
to for a summer evening gathering or a long lazy breakfast- depending what you
put with it!!
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| Grapefruit crush with a sprig of mint |
GRAPEFRUIT CRUSH
Makes
around 1 litre
Takes
a few minutes to prepare
INGREDIENTS:
Juice of 2 pink grapefruits
Juice on 1 lemon
¾ litre of fizzy or still water- or proseccio
3-4 tbsp honey
Handful of mint leaves
Crushed ice
A few mint leaves to decorate with.
WHAT TO DO:
1. Cut
in half, then juice all the fruit collecting it in a big jug. Stir in the honey
and mix until dissolved.
2. Add
the mint leaves and ice cubes then you can serve as a thick smoothie like drink
straight away, or mix with fizzy water for a long refreshing summer drink, or
for a more alcoholic version pour half a glass full of the grapefruit drink and
top up with cava, proseccio or champagne.
The recipe was from a tasty love story a lovely blog I have just discovered and featured
in the Guardian Cook section
http://atastylovestory.com/
So thank you a
tasty love story this is delicious.
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| Mint |
