Recipes

Pomegranate Fig Smash

December 3, 2014

The Arab Spring — This irreverently named cocktail, composed of grenadine, cardamom, fresh mint, and boukha, a Tunisian fig distillate, comes from Casino de Paris. Located in a former brothel that’s tucked into a courtyard in Jerusalem’s central market, Machane Yehuda, Casino de Paris boasts some of the holy city’s most stupendous sips.Andre Baranowski

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.

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.