Recipe: Citrus martini

This fun and frivolous gin-based drink is a perfect pre-party starter.

Citrus martini. Picture: Supplied

Ingredients

50ml Musgrave 11 gin
50ml fresh grapefruit juice
15ml fresh lemon Juice
25ml ginger and lemongrass syrup

Ginger and lemongrass syrup

• Place 1 cup sugar and 1 cup of water in a pot and bring to the boil with 6 ginger slices and 1 chopped lemongrass stick.

• Simmer for 10 minutes. Allow to cool.

Method

1. Add all ingredients to a shaker with lots of ice.

2. Shake hard for 10 seconds and double strain into chilled glass.

3. Serve garnished with a dried grapefruit wheel.

Recipe supplied by Musgrave Gin

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