DDD #161 – Pomegranate Prosecco Fizz Cocktail & Mocktail

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Just an easy, breezy cocktail for the holidays that I could not get motivated to post until today. Covid lethargy is real!

So – this will be a New Year’s cocktail. There is a mocktail version, too. Click the image below to watch.

Pomegranate Prosecco Fizz Cocktail

Makes 1 drink

INGREDIENTS

Ice

2 ounces pomegranate juice

1 ounce vodka

1 tsp simple syrup

4-6 ounces Prosecco or champagne

Pomegranate seeds for garnish

Cranberries for garnish

Mint or rosemary sprigs for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Combine the pomegranate juice, vodka, and simple syrup in a glass full of ice. Top with Prosecco & garnish with cranberries, pomegranate seeds & a sprig of either rosemary or mint.

Enjoy!

Happy New Year!

Pomegranate Fizz Mocktail

Just mix some berry seltzer (like La Croix) & pomegranate juice on ice to taste & garnish the same as the cocktail.

DDD #46 – St. Germain Gin Fizz Cocktail

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St. Germain Gin Fizz Cocktail

Makes one real cocktail or two minis

INGREDIENTS

2 oz gin

1 oz St. Germain

1 oz fresh squeezed lemon juice

1 oz club soda

1/2 oz simple syrup

Garnish options: sliced cucumber, mint sprigs, cracked pepper

DIRECTIONS

Shake the gin, St. Germain, lemon juice & simple syrup in ice for 30 seconds.  Pour into glasses filled with ice & cucumber slices.  Top with club soda & garnish with cucumber & mint.

Consume!  Make more!

Lime Gin Fizz Cocktail

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It has been so friggin’ hot here in LA that a sparkly, bubbly citrus cocktail sounds delicious – as early as lunch.  Gin is a great hot weather liquor as it goes with citrus so well.   This is easy & uses ingredients that are not exotic & goes down like candy.  I used a lemon sugar rim intended for Lemon Drop cocktails but it worked very well.

 

Lime Gin Fizz

1 cocktail

INGREDIENTS

1/2 ounce fresh lime juice

1/2 ounce simple syrup (I used bottled but recipes for it are HERE)

2 ounces gin

2 ounces seltzer water or club soda

Some sort of sugar for the rim (optional)

Lime wedges for garnish

DIRECTIONS

Wet the glass & dip the rim in sugar.  Shake the lime juice, simple syrup & gin with ice for a good 30 seconds to a minute or more.  Fill the glass with ice & pour the chilled gin mix on top.  Add the seltzer & garnish with lime wedge.

Chug it & make another!

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