Pink Grapefruit Fizz
A sweet and tart fizzy drink that is both beautiful and refreshing.
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice
- sparkling water
- 1-2 ounces of gin (optional)
- grenadine (optional)
- grapefruit wedges and mint leaves (optional garnish)
Instructions
- Bring 1 cup of water to a boil in a small saucepan
- Once the water is boiling, whisk in 1 cup of granulated sugar
- Continue whisking until the sugar is completely dissolved
- Remove the simple syrup from the heat and whisk in the fresh grapefruit juice
- Allow the grapefruit simple syrup to cool to room temperature
- Fill a glass half full with ice
- Add enough grapefruit simple syrup to come half way up the side of the glass
- Fill the rest of the glass with sparkling water
- Add a splash of grenadine syrup (optional)
- Garnish with grapefruit wedges and fresh mint leaves