The new year is often a time to set new goals, and maybe this year you choose to swear off alcohol — or just take a break from it after one too many hot buttered rums during the holidays.
Cheers!
Pomegranate Sour
Ingredients:
Ginger (muddled)
½ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce lime juice
½ ounce simple syrup
2 ounces pomegranate juice
Egg white
Pomegranate seeds
Method:
Dry shake the ingredients (that means no ice). Then add ice, and strain twice. Serve in a pretty coupe or martini glass, and pop the pomegranate seeds on top for a pretty garnish. (To turn this into a cocktail, add whiskey.)
Ferry Sunrise
Ingredients:
4 ounces orange Dry Soda
2 ounces cranberry juice
1/2 ounce vanilla simple syrup
Method:
Combine all ingredients in a shaker tin. Swirl for 10 to 15 seconds so the drink has a chance to chill and the flavors combine. Serve over ice, or strain and serve in a martini glass with orange zest as garnish.
Harvest Moon
Ingredients:
4 blackberries, muddled
2 ounces grapefruit juice
Grapefruit slice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
Club soda
Method:
Muddle blackberries in glass. Add ice, simple syrup, and grapefruit juice to the berries, and top with club soda. Use grapefruit to garnish the glass.
Spiced Apple
Ingredients:
11/2 ounces spicy ginger syrup
1 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce raw honey
Sparkling cider
Garnish with star anise and apple wheels
Method:
Combine spicy ginger syrup, lemon juice, and honey in glass. Top with sparkling cider. Garnish with star anise and apple wheel.
