Blood Orange Ginger Wellness Shot
This blood orange ginger wellness shot steeps fresh blood orange juice with grated ginger and a squeeze of lemon into four ruby-red 1.5-ounce shots, no juicer needed and ready in 10 minutes. It is the prettiest thing you can pour on a gray winter morning, with a berry-like sweetness that makes the ginger taste friendlier. For something to sip later in the day, try our blood orange spritz, and see what a blood orange is if you are new to the fruit.
Quick answer: Fresh blood orange juice steeped with grated ginger and a squeeze of lemon, giving a deep ruby, berry-sweet 1.5-ounce shot. It takes 10 minutes with no juicer, makes four shots, and is best in winter when blood oranges are in season. The lemon keeps it bright and the ginger adds a warm bite.
Instructions
Cut the blood oranges and lemon in half and squeeze them, catching the seeds with a strainer. Peel and finely grate the ginger.
Stir the grated ginger into the blood orange juice and let it steep for 5 minutes.
Pour the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into a jar, pressing the ginger with a spoon so every drop of juice comes through.
Stir in the lemon juice, and the honey only if your oranges were tart. Taste and adjust.
Pour into four small shot glasses and drink right away, or keep chilled and shake before pouring.
Questions people actually ask
Blood oranges are a winter fruit, with the best fruit usually from about December through April in the Northern Hemisphere. Outside that window, use a regular orange and our triple citrus ginger wellness shot instead.
The color depends on the variety and how ripe the fruit is. Moro blood oranges give the deepest red, Tarocco is much lighter and blushed, and some fruit has barely any pigment. The flavor is still good either way.
Blood oranges are sweet oranges, not grapefruit, and they are not part of the grapefruit, pomelo, Seville orange, and tangelo medication warning. If you take any medication with a grapefruit warning, it is still smart to ask your pharmacist if you are unsure.
Up to 2 days in a sealed jar in the fridge. The color holds up well, but the juice can taste flatter on day two, so drink it fresh if you can.
Yes, if it is 100 percent juice with no added sugar. Fresh gives a livelier flavor, but bottled works when blood oranges are scarce.
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