This cocktail, composed of grenadine, cardamom, fresh mint, and boukha, a Tunisian fig distillate, comes from Jerusalem’s Casino de Paris. Located in a former brothel that’s tucked into a courtyard in the city’s central market, Machane Yehuda, Casino de Paris boasts some of the holy city’s most stupendous sips.
Pomegranate Fig Smash
This irreverently named cocktail, composed of grenadine, cardamom, fresh mint, and boukha, a Tunisian fig distillate, comes from Jerusalem's Casino de Paris.
Yield: makes 1 Cocktail
Ingredients
- 1 oz. boukha (Tunisian spirit made from figs)
- 1 oz. fresh lemon juice
- 1⁄2 oz. grenadine
- Ground cardamom, for garnish
- Mint sprig, for garnish
- Pomegranate seeds, for garnish
Instructions
- Combine boukha, lemon juice, and grenadine in an ice-filled shaker. Shake vigorously and strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Sprinkle with cardamom; garnish with mint sprig and pomegranate seeds.
