Pomegranate Smack Cocktail Recipe
June 10th, 2008 | Published in Beverage Recipes, Cocktail Recipes, Recipes
photo manny Rodriguez
The Smack showcases the exotic and seductive taste of pomegranate molasses — one of the decade’s new super ingredients in everything from salad dressing to cheesecake—in a seductive , tangy cocktail that’s just perfect for a winter party. This memorable martini was created by the gifted bartenders at Serafina Osteria & Enoteca in Seattle.
Makes 1.
Glass: Chilled Martini
- 3 ounces vodka
- 1 tablespoon pomegranate molasses
- 1/2 ounce fresh-squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon simple syrup
- Optional: splash of soda water
- Kumquat or star fruit slice for garnish
- Pomegranate molasses and sugar for the rim
- Use your finger to smear a thin coating of the pomegranate molasses on the rim of the glass.
- Press rim into a saucer of sugar.
- Shake pomegranate molasses, lemon juice and simple syrup in shaker with ice.
- Strain into glass.
- Garnish.
