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Ruby
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Ruby
Photographed in an Urban Bar Retro Optic Coupe 21cl
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Ketel One Vodka |
| 3⁄4 oz | Elderflower liqueur |
| 1⁄2 oz | Bittersweet orange-red aperitivo |
| 3⁄4 oz | Grapefruit juice (ruby red) |
| 3⁄4 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1⁄2 oz | Egg white (pasteurised) or 3 dashes Fee Brothers Fee Foam cocktail foamer or Aquafaba (chickpea water) or Egg white replacement (vegan) |
| 2 drop | Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water) |
Prepare:
- Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
- Prepare garnish of grapefruit zest twist.
How to make:
- SHAKE all ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker.
- DRY SHAKE (without ice).
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
Garnish:
- EXPRESS grapefruit zest twist over cocktail and use as garnish.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Egg white (pasteurised) - Eggs
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
A delicious trio of flavours meets in harmony. Tart ruby grapefruit and lemon, subtle bitterness, and rich elderflower.
Variant:
History:
Adapted from a recipe created in 2016 by Tony Abou-Ganim in Las Vegas, USA.
Nutrition:
One serving of Ruby contains 208 calories
Alcohol content:
- 1.3 standard drinks
- 12.46% alc./vol. (12.46° proof)
- 17.8 grams of pure alcohol
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Used gin, dialed down the elderflower to the same amount as the aperitivo (for which I used Cynar), and added about 3.5 ml of Malört to bump up the grapefruit flavor and add some indefinable intrigue.
Garnished with a nasturtium flower because it's summer and I have a lot of them :)
Anyway at 15ml egg white (about half of one) there should be a decent head on this but neither photo shows that. That looks more like natural aeration from a good shake.
I think I'd prefer it without the foamy top anyway so will probably leave it out but were the photos taken without egg white? Just curious.
Any thoughts on the choice of bitter sweet?