Ruby grapefruit, pineapple and lime margarita mocktail

Show off your mixologist skills with this delightful mocktail – bottoms up! - by Better Homes and Gardens

Recipes from Better Homes and Gardens & New Idea

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups ruby grapefruit juice

• 1 cup pineapple juice

• Juice of 2 limes

• 1/2 cup sugar syrup

• 2 Tbsp grenadine

• 4 cups ice

• 1 lime wedge

• 2 Tbsp pink sanding sugar

• Extra 4-6 lime wedges, to garnish

• Pineapple leaves, to serve

• Pineapple chunks, to serve

Note: To make sugar syrup, put 2 cups each of sugar and water in a medium saucepan over a medium heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves, then simmer for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool completely.

Method

Put juices, sugar syrup, grenadine and ice in a blender and pulse until smooth. Rub lime wedge around rim of martini glasses, then dip each in sanding sugar.
Cut a notch into extra lime wedges, then arrange on toothpicks with 1 pineapple leaf and 1 pineapple chunk.
Divide drink between glasses, then balance garnishes on rim to serve.