Grapefruit Citrus Cooler Food

GRAPEFRUIT CITRUS COOLER

Steps:

• In large punch bowl or pitcher, combine juices and sugar; mix well.
• Just before serving, add club soda; stir gently. Serve over ice.

GRAPEFRUIT COOLER

Steps:

• Mix the honey with 1/2 cup water in a sealed container. Shake until integrated. (You will have extra syrup. Refrigerated, it will keep for a week.)
• Heat the sugar with 2 cups water over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Let cool. Mix this syrup with grapefruit zest in a container. Cover, shake briskly, and refrigerate for 24 hours. Strain out zest and store syrup in refrigerator. (You will have extra syrup. Refrigerated, it will keep for a week.)
• Place 1/4 ounce of the honey syrup and 1/2 ounce of the grapefruit syrup in a cocktail shaker with the vodka, lemon juice, bitters and mint. Muddle the mint at the bottom. Fill the shaker halfway with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with grapefruit twist.

CITRUS COOLER

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the grapefruit juice, orange juice, lime juice and ginger ale. Serve in two chilled glasses over ice. Garnish with lime and orange slices if desired.

GRAPEFRUIT COOLER

Steps:

• In a pitcher half-filled with ice cubes, stir together juice and seltzer or soda and garnish with mint.

CITRUS COOLER

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• Stir 1 cup water and sugar in small saucepan over medium-low heat until sugar dissolves. Bring to boil. transfer syrup to pitcher and chill until cold. Add orange juice, grapefruit juice, lime juice, and lemon juice to pitcher and stir to blend. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.) Fill 4 glasses with ice. Pour citrus cooler over and serve.

CITRUS COOLERS

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine 4 cups of the water with the sugar, star anise, ginger and mint.
• Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and let stand for 30 minutes. Strain the syrup and refrigerate.
• In a very large pitcher or bowl, stir together the grapefruit, orange and lime juices. Stir in the syrup and the remaining 4 cups of water. Serve over ice.

GINGER ALE CITRUS COOLER

Steps:

• Make a simple syrup out of sugar/Splenda and water (not the club soda), and juices by stirring over low heat until mixture boils.
• Chill mixture, and gently stir in club soda (if using) as well as the ginger ale just prior to serving (adding these at this point helps retain more carbonation/bubbles).
• Serve in a punch bowl or in glasses over ice (freezing small pieces of fresh oranges or grapefruit in ice is an extra touch).