Recipe

Make Ultimate Grapefruit Cordial

1. Combine grapefruit peels with sugar in a medium bowl. Slightly muddle to release the oils and integrate with sugar. Set aside.
2. In a medium saucepan, toast cloves and allspice berries on medium heat until fragrant (about 3–4 minutes). Slowly add in grapefruit juice, then the sugar with peels and the citric acid. Simmer on medium-low, stirring frequently until sugars are dissolved, about 10–15 minutes.
3. Let cool and strain out solids. Bottle and refrigerate for up to 3 months.

Make Saline Solution

1. Boil water in a kettle to yield the 1/2 cup needed.
2. To a non-reactive container, add the hot water. Stir in the salt and mix until it has dissolved completely.
3. Let cool; bottle and store at room temperature. This saline solution is shelf stable.

Make Zero Hero

1. In a mixing glass, combine all ingredients but the grapefruit twist.
2. Add enough ice to cover the liquid in the mixing glass, plus a bit more.
3. Stir with a bar spoon for 10–15 seconds until well chilled.
4. Strain through a Hawthorne strainer into a 5 1/2-oz. coupe glass.
5. Garnish with the grapefruit peel.