Breakfast

Grapefruit juice (vai pamelo)

A fresh, slightly bitter juice, pressed from juicy grapefruits and sweetened with a little sugar. It is a simple, refreshing drink, served chilled at breakfast or alongside a meal.

10 min
4 servings
Easy
Budget-friendly
🇦🇸 American Samoa

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Ingredients

4 Grapefruits
100 g Caster sugar
200 ml Water
6 Ice cubes

Nutrition facts

199 kcal per serving

Carbohydrates: 45 g
of which sugars: 41.5 g
Fiber: 2 g

Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.

Instructions

In a small saucepan, heat the water with the sugar for a few minutes until dissolved, then let it cool to make a syrup.
Cut the grapefruits in half and squeeze them by hand or with a juicer to collect about 500 ml of juice.
Strain the juice to remove the seeds and the largest fibres.
Mix the juice with the cooled syrup, tasting as you go to adjust the sweetness to the fruit.
Serve very cold over ice, with a grapefruit slice on the rim of the glass.