Pomegranate Mohitos

Each year our team fearures at least one special cocktail for parties or intimate get togethers. We enjoy a few mini appitizers and drinks that are robust in flavor and color. This crimson and fuchsia colored cocktail is simple and sumptious. Since it is not easy to have only one, we add a bit of extra club soda, like in a spritzer, to keep these cocktails light and bubbly. This holiday recipe is from the winter issue of Coastal Living Magazine. My chef trained daughter, who has cooked in the Coastal Living Test Kitchen, assured me that everything in that kitchen is state of the art perfection.

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We often add our own twists to recipes, but not this one. Pomegranates are at their peak in wintertime.

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Pomegranate Mohitos

Ingredients:

4 cups pomegranate juice (We use Pom)

1 cup fresh lime juice

1 cup chilled simple syrup

2 cups fresh mint leaves

2 limes, sliced

2 cups light rum

Chilled Club soda

Method:

Pour pomegranate juice, lime juice, and simple syrup into a large pitcher.

Stir in mint leaves, cover with plastic wrap, and refridgerate overnight.

Strain mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a clean pitcher.

Decorate a tray with with lime slices.

Stir rum into mint infused pomegranate mixture.

Fill 12 glasses with ice, and divide mohitos among the glasses.

Leave enough room for a generous splash of club soda, and serve.

Makes 12 drinks.

Brenda C. Hill
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