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 6 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!
Is this a new recipe you had? It’s altlaucy great for items you have stored or about to buy. You wouldn’t believe that you can make something out of the only ingredients you had. Your photo and plating looks good too, great job!