Pomegranate Margarita

This has got to be one of my new favorite drinks!  I have been on a real pomegranate kick lately, so this was right up my alley.  The recipe I found did call for Grand Marnier, but I only had Cointreau and a little less than it called for.  It also called for plain Tequila, but I had lime on hand.  For a bit of garnish/color I added some lime zest and peel as well.  And the last change I made was to use a pomegranate sugar I found for the rims rather than salt.  Since I did make so many little changes I am just going to list the drink as I made it, but I will still put the original recipe link at the bottom.

The color is gorgeous, the taste is smooth and tart/sweet, and it doesn’t have a really strong alcohol flavor which is perfect for me.  This is the sort of drink I could probably drink all night and not even realize I was drinking alcohol until it was too late.  My only regret is that I am now out of Cointreau and can’t make it again every night this week.

 

Serves : 2        Time to make : 5 minutes

Ingredients :

• 3 oz. Cointreau
• 3 oz. Lime Tequila
• 4 oz. Pomegranate juice (like POM)
• 4 oz. fresh lime juice
• 3 oz. simple syrup
• sugar or salt for rim (If you can find it, pomegranate rim sugar)
• limes and pomegranate arils for garnish
• ice

Directions :

1. First make your simple syrup.  Just add equal parts sugar and water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil and allow sugar to dissolve.  Remove from heat, and allow to cool completely.
2. In a cocktail shaker (or you can just stir them together) filled about halfway with ice, combine Cointreau, Tequila, Pomegranate juice, lime juice, and simple syrup.  Put on lid and shake vigorously for a minute to two.
3. Take a wedge of lime and run it around the rim of your glass before dipping in your sugar or salt.  Then strain the contents of your shaker into glasses filled with more ice.
4. Grate a bit of zest into the glasses or add wedges/slices of lime and/or fresh arils.

Recipe from how sweet it is

 

Day 144 : Margarito

With so much on my plate this week I just wanted a nice little something to relax with.  Based on what we had on hand this is what I came up with and I think it suits me perfectly since it combines two of my favorite drinks!  You get the fresh mintyness of the mojito mix, and the sweet/sour of the margarita mix.  Throw in a bit of alcohol and you’re set! lol

Anyway, I better get back to work.  So much to do and so little time to do it in!

Margarito

Serves : 1          Time to make : 3 minutes

Ingredients :

• 3 oz. sweet and sour mix
• 2 oz. mojito mix
• 2 oz. light rum
• 1 oz. cointreau
• ice

Directions :

1. In a shaker filled with ice, combine all ingredients and shake til well mixed and chilled.
2. Strain into a short glass with ice.

Day 125 : Derby Special

On a whim I told Jeff to purchase some cointreau last weekend without really knowing what it was.  I just knew that I had often come across it in my recipe searches and felt aggravated when I didn’t have any.  I remembered it being for things like margaritas is all.  Well it turns out that it is an orange flavored liqueur, and not a cheap one at that!  I already had triple sec on hand which is an orange liqueur but I must admit that the cointreau does taste a bit better…. sweeter maybe.

Since today is Friday I figured it was a good day to have a drink.  I searched through my huge book of drink recipes for those that called for cointreau and suddenly there were a lot fewer than I remembered and those that did call for it also required things like vermouth, brandy, or gin…. none of which we keep on hand.  I came across this one and it was the only one that we had all the ingredients for so that’s the one I chose lol.

The funny thing is that both Jeff and I felt that it tasted rather like a gin type drink in the end.  I was assuming it would be more like a margarita given the ingredients, but it was definitely more like a gin drink and something more for Jeff than I.

Derby Special

Serves : 1                  Time to make : 5 minutes

Ingredients :

• 1 1/2 oz. light rum
• 1/2 oz. cointreau
• 1 oz. orange juice
• 1/2 oz. lime juice
• ice

Directions :

1. Add approximately 4 oz. cracked ice to a blender
2. Pour in light rum, cointreau, orange juice and lime juice.
3. Blend at medium speed until smooth.
4. Pour into a highball glass.