Pomegranate Margarita

Name: Pomegranate Margarita
Total time: PT0D0H0M
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients: 1 ⁄ 2 oz. pomegranate juice, plus more for rimming the glass; Pinch of salt, plus more for rimming the glass; 3 oz. blanco tequila; 1 oz. lime juice; 1 tbsp. pomegranate molasses; 1 ⁄ 2 oz. pomegranate liqueur (like PAMA); 1 ⁄ 4 oz. pomegranate concentrate (optional); Pomegranate seeds for garnish

Serves
makes 1 Cocktail

MACKENZIE SMITH

This richly flavored pomegranate margarita is just as good sipped on a cold day in front of a roaring fire as it is on a balmy afternoon spent on a tropical beach. To deepen the pomegranate flavor, add a little pomegranate concentrate; for a lighter drink, leave it out.

Ingredients

¹⁄₂ oz. pomegranate juice, plus more for rimming the glass
Pinch of salt, plus more for rimming the glass
3 oz. blanco tequila
1 oz. lime juice
1 tbsp. pomegranate molasses
¹⁄₂ oz. pomegranate liqueur (like PAMA)
¹⁄₄ oz. pomegranate concentrate (optional)
Pomegranate seeds for garnish

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Instructions

Step 1

Pour pomegranate juice to a depth of about ¼ inch in a bowl wide enough to fit the rim of your glass. Pour salt into a bowl of similar size. For each cocktail, dip the rim of the glass in pomegranate juice, and then in salt, to make a salt-encrusted rim. Fill each glass with crushed ice.

Step 2

Combine all ingredients in a strainer filled with ice. Shake thoroughly, and strain into the salt-rimmed, ice-filled glass. Garnish with pomegranate seeds.