Ingredient
Pomegranate
Fresh seeds for jewelled garnish, juice or grenadine for that deep ruby colour — pomegranate is the most photogenic winter cocktail fruit.
Flavour profile
Pomegranate is the rare ingredient that does aesthetics and flavour equally well. The seeds make a perfect winter garnish — a small spoonful in a martini glass looks like jewels — and the juice gives a deep, slightly tannic red that no other fruit quite matches. Use fresh juice if you can; bottled “pomegranate juice” is usually heavily diluted unless the label says otherwise.
Recipes featuring pomegranate
Pomegranate Christmas Martini
A jewel-bright Christmas martini with vodka, fresh pomegranate juice, lime and triple sec, finished with glistening pomegranate seeds.
Spiced Pomegranate Punch
Ruby pomegranate juice warmed with orange, cinnamon and star anise, lightly sweetened with honey for a festive alcohol-free punch.