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No. 35 · Family Christmas Chaos

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Pomegranate, gin and a secret ingredient: pink peppercorn.

Serves1
GlassChampagne flute
Difficulty2 of 3
Sweet / Strong2 / 2
CostMid
Make-aheadBase batches a day ahead

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz gin
  • 0.75 oz pomegranate juice
  • 0.5 oz elderflower liqueur
  • 0.5 oz fresh lemon juice
  • 2–3 drops pink peppercorn tincture (or 1 lightly crushed pink peppercorn, fine-strained)
  • 2 oz dry sparkling wine
  • Garnish: pomegranate seeds

Build

  1. Shake everything except the sparkling wine with ice.
  2. Fine-strain into the flute.
  3. Top with sparkling wine.
  4. Drop in a few pomegranate seeds.

Zero-proof twin

1.5 oz pomegranate juice, 0.5 oz lemon, 0.5 oz elderflower cordial, NA sparkling wine.

Batch for 8. 12 oz gin, 6 oz pomegranate, 4 oz elderflower, 4 oz lemon, 16 drops tincture; pour 3.25 oz, top each.

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