Earl Greyhound - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    Earl Grey-Grapefruit Shrub:
    1 grapefruit
    1 cup white wine vinegar
    1 cup white sugar
    1 Earl Grey tea bag
    Cocktail:
    ice cubes
    1 1/2 fluid ounces vodka
    grapefruit wedge
Preparation
    Zest grapefruit, then section the fruit, cutting it away from the peel and inner membranes. You should have 5 teaspoons zest and 3/4 cup grapefruit sections. Puree zest, sections, and any juices with sugar and vinegar. Add tea bag. Chill, covered, 4 hours to 2 days. Remove tea bag and strain.
    In a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice, combine 2 fluid ounces shrub and vodka. Shake until very cold. Strain into martini glass or an ice-filled old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a grapefruit wedge.

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