POMijito
It’s POM Summer Menu Series time again!
This week I was charged with making a cocktail and I instantly knew what I wanted to make-a Pomegranate Mojito or what I lovingly named it, a POMijito!
Ingredients:
-3 large mint leaves
-2 TBSP of sugar
-Juice of 2 limes
-1 jigger of Rum
-1 jigger of POM Wonderful
-Ice
-Splash of 7-Up
Instructions:
-Muddle together the mint and 1 TBSP of sugar-just enough to get the oils of the mint on the sugar-no need to pulverize it (it’s tempting!)
-Add the mint/sugar mixture to a glass.
-Add remaining sugar, rum, lime juice, and POM Wonderful to the glass and stir well.
-Add ice and top off with 7-Up (or Sprite or Sierra Mist). Garnish with mint (optional).
-Enjoy!
My sister claims to be a Mojito expert and even did a blind taste testing with multiple friends of 7-Up vs. simple syrup and 7-Up won hands down. I DECLARE that my sister *IS* a Mojito expert. This was awesome. It was very refreshing and just the thing for a 4th of July BBQ-which is exactly what we had.
You can check out all the other lovely ladies that are participating in the POM Summer Menu Series:
Danica’s Daily
Fitness and Spice
Kitchen Confidante
Next week, I’ll be making a POMerific salad!
Category: Gluten Free, Recipes | Tags: mint, mojito, POM Wonderful, pomegranate 5 comments »
The POM summer series is pretty sweet. I checked out the other recipes for this week and noticed that if you combine them they make a whole meal. Genius!
Seeing this made me remember that I wanted to make the Granita you created, and just five minutes ago I mixed it up and put it in the freezer. Looking forward to a cold treat in a few hours!
I LOVE how simple this recipe is! It looks so refreshing too! Now if I only thought to use a “jigger” when I made my cocktail – I LOVE saying that – so fun! Thanks for giving me some fancy “bartending lingo” I can now use whenever I whip up a cocktail
that looks like a cup of wonderful. thanks for sharing!
I’ll gladly have one (or two, or three) of that, thank you very much. Yum! I love mojitos, and this looks so very good – never thought about using 7up before, but I can now see why you would!!! Fantastic!