- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 3 tablespoons water
- 1/4 cup golden raisins
- 1/4 cup dark rum
- 3 red, pink, or white grapefruit
- 1 tablespoon sliced almonds, toasted
- Bring sugar and water to a boil in a very small saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then boil 1 minute. Stir together raisins, rum, and sugar syrup in a small bowl and let raisins plump, covered, at room temperature overnight.
- Cut peel from grapefruit, including all white pith, with a sharp knife and cut sections free from membranes. Put sections in a serving bowl and pour rum-raisin syrup over them.
- Serve sprinkled with almonds.