Pink Grapefruit & Vanilla Sour
60ml Noble Bootleggers Australian Contemporary Gin
20ml Freshly squeezed lemon juice
10ml Pink grapefruit & vanilla syrup
1 egg white / or equiv.
Garnish: Lemon or pink grapefruit twist
Add all ingredients into a shaker. Dry shake ingredients without ice. Add ice and shake vigorously. Double strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with either a lemon or pink grapefruit twist.
To make the pink grapefruit and vanilla syrup:
1 x cup caster sugar
125ml water
125ml Freshly squeezed pink grapefuit
Zest of 1 x pink grapefruit
1/2 vanilla bean or 1/2 tsp of vanilla bean paste
Combine sugar, water, pinkgrapefruit juice, zest and vanilla in a small saucepan, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes. Allow mixture to cool before straining through a siev into an airtight container. Syrup is good for up to three weeks in the fridge.