Pomegranate-Mint Fizz

Name: Pomegranate-Mint Fizz
Yield: Makes 8 Cocktails
Ingredients: ¼ cup simple sugar syrup; 3 cups pure pomegranate juice; ¾ cup plain seltzer or sparkling water; ¼ cup loosely packed mint leaves; 1 cup currant vodka or other berry vodka; Mint sprigs, for garnish

Preparation info

Makes
8
Cocktails

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gourmet Game Night

By Cynthia Nims

Published 2010

About

So you didn’t make a mint at The Game of Life and retire to Millionaire Estates? No worries, you can get a dose of the green stuff here. Refreshing, colorful, and quick to make, this cocktail has easy-breezy flavors that all your guests will love.

Ingredients

3 cups pure pomegranate juice
¼ cup loosely packed mint leaves
1 cu

Drinks
Gluten-free
Vegan

Method

About 1 hour before serving, pour the pomegranate juice into a cocktail pitcher. Rub the mint leaves between the palms of your hands for a few seconds and add them to the juice. Stir to mix and refrigerate.

Just before serving, add the vodka, seltzer, and simple syrup to the pitcher and stir to mix. Half-fill 8 tumblers with ice, pour the fizz over (through a small sieve to hold back th