Grapefruit Cocktail
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Grapefruit Cocktail

Ingredients

  • 2 grapefruit
  • 6 green cherries
  • 1/3 cup sugar
  • smilax, or fern leaves

Directions

  1. Peel the grapefruit, remove the white part and the tough membrane, leaving the fruit.
  2. Cut with the scissors into one- inch cubes.
  3. Place in a bowl], add the sugar and allow to stand in a cold place for one hour.
  4. Arrange the servings in six sherbet glasses.
  5. Place one green cherry on the top of each and garnish the plate with smilax or a fern leaf.
  6. Stand the sherbet glasses on a paper doily on a small serving plate.
  7. Arrange a bit of the green leaf under the sherbet glass (on top of the doily) so that the green color will be visible through the glass.

Other Information

Author: Louise Bennett Weaver, Helen Cowles LeCron

Source: A Thousand Ways To Please a Husband (1917-01-01)

Category: Dessert

Ingredients: grapefruit, cherry, sugar, smilax

Equipment: measuring cups, knife

See Also

Mixed Fruit Preserves

Author: Yorkraft Inc

Source: Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking (1960-01-01)

Category: Sauce

Ingredients: cherry, raspberry, apricot, sugar

Equipment: measuring cups, knife, stove, pot

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