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Grapefruit Cocktail

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New Zealand

Known as a New Zealand recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 1 tablespoon of sherry
  2. Grapefruit

Possible health benefits

General information, not medical advice.

  1. Grapefruit High in vitamin C

    High in vitamin C · 38 mg per 100 g, 48% of the reference intake per 100 g

    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of blood vessels.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of bones.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of cartilage.
    11 more authorised claims
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of gums.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of teeth.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal functioning of the nervous system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to normal psychological function.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the normal function of the immune system.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the protection of cells from oxidative stress.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.
    • Vitamin C contributes to the regeneration of the reduced form of vitamin E.
    • Vitamin C increases iron absorption.

    Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, is a water-soluble nutrient found in some foods. In the body, it acts as an antioxidant, helping to protect cells from the damage caused by free radicals. NIH fact sheet

    Nutrients per 100 g of “Grapefruit, raw”, USDA FoodData Central.

Claims: EU Register of health claims (Regulation (EU) No 432/2012, © European Union, CC BY 4.0), shown only where the ingredient meets the claim's conditions (Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006). Nutrients: USDA FoodData Central (CC0). Facts: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements (public domain).

Method

  1. Halves of grapefruit with sections loosened and, when possible, membranes removed.
  2. Serve chilled.
  3. 1.
  4. With 1 tablespoon of sherry.
  5. 2.
  6. With cherry garnish.
  7. 3.
  8. With mint.

Plating

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Credit

From Whitcombe's everyday cookery (1956), printed page 30, digitised by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/every-day-cookery-with-pressure-cooking-1956

What was changed: Read by machine from the book's scanned text into ingredients and method. The title's capitals were tidied; spelling and scanning errors are left as they are.