Name: Franklin Road bloodbath
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1 beetroot, peeled; 45 millilitre gin (west winds cutlass); 15 millilitre lemon juice; 15 millilitre sugar syrup; 1 drop balsamic reduction; ice; white pepper, to garnish

Franklin Road bloodbath

Kate Rose from Mea Culpa's bloodbath cocktail is full of beetroot and lemon, but it isn't healthy. Photography by Mike Rooke.

Ingredients

1 beetroot, peeled

45 millilitre gin (west winds cutlass)

15 millilitre lemon juice

15 millilitre sugar syrup

1 drop balsamic reduction

ice

white pepper, to garnish

Method

1.Put beetroot through an electric juicer.

2.Put 30ml of beetroot juice in a cocktail shaker with gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and balsamic. Add ice and shake quickly then fine strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with a crack of white pepper.

My main squeeze – I cannot stress enough the importance of using freshly squeezed citrus rather than bottled. The difference in taste is just astounding. I strain the pith off of the citrus juice by passing it through a sieve for two reasons; the first is that pith gives a bitter taste and the second is that the juice will keep longer. Lemon and lime juice will keep for 24 hours, while grapefruit and orange should be juiced right before you need them.
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