Salty Dog Cocktail
The salty dog cocktail boasts of a unique flavour profile, balancing the tartness of grapefruit with a savoury element like the salt rim. Created with minimal ingredients - typically gin or vodka, fresh grapefruit juice and a salted rim, it is usually served in a highball glass over ice, with the savoury rim providing distinctive taste that mellows the citrusy bite.
Ingredients
Serves1- Check off ingredients
- 30mL London dry gin
- 120mL fresh grapefruit juice
- 2for the rim salt
- for garnish Grapefruit slice
- Ice cubes
Method
- Step 1
Pour the salt onto a saucer, moisten the rim of a chilled rocks or highball glass with a grapefruit slice or a damp towel before dipping it into the salt.
- Step 2
In a mixing glass, combine the London dry gin and grapefruit juice.
- Step 3
Fill with ice and stir vigorously for around 20-30 seconds until the mixture is completely chilled.
- Step 4
Strain the drink into a prepared salt-rimmed glass filled with more ice, garnish with a grapefruit slice and serve.
Tips & Suggestions
Preparation Tip 1
For the rim, use coarse sea salt or fleur de sel to enable the best texture and a prominent salty flavour.
Preparation Tip 2
Consider using pink grapefruit juice as a slightly sweeter and more visually appealing alternative to white grapefruit juice.
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