Grapefruit Experiment - Cinnamon

Today’s experiment was a marinade made with grapefruit juice and cinnamon.  I did my standard baking gig.  It smelled wonderful while it was baking, and the aromas that filled my apartment when I reduced the marinade to make a sauce.  I also cooked up come carrots in grapefruit juice rather than water (keeping in theme, you know).

I have to report – this was NOT a successful experiment.  While it smelled absolutely delicious, the flavor was not so thrilling.  The cinnamon just overtook the grapefruit and did not pair well with the chicken.  It wasn’t awful, but it was definitely  a miss after two hits.  That’s why it’s an experiment – so I can see what works and what doesn’t.  I might be able to dial down the cinnamon in the marinade, but I think it might still be too much.  I am thinking of maybe trying it with orange juice instead to see if it works, but I don’t hold out much hope.

The carrots, however, were very tasty, having cooked in the grapefruit juice.  I’ll make that again!  But the cinnamon isn’t the best spice to mix with grapefruit…nor chicken apparently.