This tangy and refreshing pomegranate mojito is a twist on the classic drink & is served with sweet chilli flavour pistachios for a very grown up snack!
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Since the days of dimly lit English taverns with exposed beams and the culture of barmaids, alcoholic beverages have been served with bar snacks. Be it mead from years long ago or today's fruity cocktails, social drinking begs for snacks that are quick, flavourful and accompany a drinker's chosen tipple.
Pom Wonderful is a sweet-but-sour pomegranate juice drink available in a variety of flavours, but my favourite is pomegranate with cloudy apple. Wonderful Pistachios are flavoured and plain pistachios that perfectly accompany a glass of Pom Wonderful, whether you mix it into a cocktail or enjoy it straight from the bottle.
Pom Wonderful is perfect as a cocktail base. It's both fruity and sour and it's not overly thick as a lot of pomegranate juice can be. It's an ideal texture for mixing with spirits and other cocktail components. This recipe is my version of a classed up mojito. I've swapped the mint for fresh coriander as it works naturally well with pomegranate for a fresh and fruity cocktail you'll love! If you're teetotal or don't fancy the rum, simply omit it. The mixed flavours of the Pom Wonderful make a great base for a mocktail, too!
1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar
2 limes, top and tailed, then quartered
2 shots dark rum
fresh coriander leaves
ice
Pom Wonderful Pomegranate and Cloudy Apple
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Pomegranate Apple & Coriander Mojito
The tangy exotic flavours of Pom Wonderful pomegranate and coriander (cilantro) collide with fresh cloudy apple and dark rum in this recreation of a classic adults-only drink.Served with pots of sweet chilli pistachios, the entire combination is the perfect after-hours treat to rejuvenate a weary, work-worn adult.Since the days of dimly lit English taverns with exposed beams and the culture of barmaids, alcoholic beverages have been served with bar snacks. Be it mead from years long ago or today's fruity cocktails, social drinking begs for snacks that are quick, flavourful and accompany a drinker's chosen tipple.
Pom Wonderful is a sweet-but-sour pomegranate juice drink available in a variety of flavours, but my favourite is pomegranate with cloudy apple. Wonderful Pistachios are flavoured and plain pistachios that perfectly accompany a glass of Pom Wonderful, whether you mix it into a cocktail or enjoy it straight from the bottle.
Pom Wonderful is perfect as a cocktail base. It's both fruity and sour and it's not overly thick as a lot of pomegranate juice can be. It's an ideal texture for mixing with spirits and other cocktail components. This recipe is my version of a classed up mojito. I've swapped the mint for fresh coriander as it works naturally well with pomegranate for a fresh and fruity cocktail you'll love! If you're teetotal or don't fancy the rum, simply omit it. The mixed flavours of the Pom Wonderful make a great base for a mocktail, too!
Ingredients:
For the coriander mojito1 tablespoon caster (superfine) sugar
2 limes, top and tailed, then quartered
2 shots dark rum
fresh coriander leaves
ice
Pom Wonderful Pomegranate and Cloudy Apple
Pomegranate, Apple & Coriander Mojito
Instructions:
- Squeeze 1/2 of the lime into each glass
- Pour in a bit of the Pom Wonderful Pomegranate and Cloudy Apple juice
- Clap the coriander leaves in your hands to gently bruise
- Drop the coriander into the glass and squeeze over another bit of the quartered lime
- Muddle the coriander gently with a muddler, pressing down but not tearing the leaves
- Add one shot of rum to each glass
- Pour over more of the pomegranate and apple juice until it reaches halfway up the glass if you're using a half pint like I did or until the glass is full if you're using a shorter glass
- Top the glass with crushed ice and serve
Oh, this sounds tasty!
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