Pomegranate Choctail – Random Recipes #41
Dom’s been drinking too many cocktails recently and in his own words has become obsessed. And now he’s trying to lead us all astray by getting us to make cocktails for Random Recipes this month. Shame on you Dom 😉 Actually, it’s good to have an excuse to make a cocktail, they are rather lush.
Surprisingly, I don’t seem to have many cocktail recipes, so instead of choosing a book randomly, I entered cocktails into Eat Your Books and came up with a chocolate bramble cocktail from Adventures with Chocolate by Paul A Young. I know Dom tells us not to tinker with the recipe, but he should know by now that I’m incapable of following this instruction. In any case, I didn’t have any blackberries or Crème de Mûres, but I did have some pomegranate juice, or juice drink to be more precise. I didn’t even follow Paul’s exact recipe for the chocolate liquor part as it seemed rather sweet and the pomegranate drink was quite sweet enough. However, I did follow his method – more or less.
The cocktails went down a treat – dark and velvety, very adult and not too sweet. If you prefer your drinks sweeter, just add a little more sugar to the chocolate liquor or use a less dark chocolate. CT was rather disappointed I’d only made enough for one each. The chocolate and red pomegranate didn’t quite layer in the way I’d hoped, but I liked the way they swirled together as they slowly mixed; I was reminded of a lava flow.
So it’s cocktails for Random Recipes over at Belleau Kitchen. Dom has upped the anti this month by offering a bottle of vodka as a prize for the best entry.
This also goes off to Baking with Spirit where the theme is Alcohol for Parties. This event from Janine of Cake of the Week is this month hosted by Laura of I’d Much Rather Bake Than …
Chocolate Pomegranate Cocktail
- 25g golden caster sugar
- 40g 80% dark chocolate + a couple of squares to serve
- 50 ml Plymouth gin
- 200 ml pomegranate juice drink
- 10 ml lemon juice
- 4 ice cubes
Prep time: Total time: Yield: 2 glasses
belleau kitchen
22nd July 2014
ooooh, smoooooth! This really does sound particularly lush. I had a cocoa martini last week and that had a glorious deep, dark chocolate undertone and if these are anything like that then they must be as gorgeous as they look. Oh and Im so awfully sorry to have led you astray!… thanks so much for the brilliant entry this month x
Choclette
25th July 2014
You sound so apologetic Dom, I shall just have to forgive you. Chocolate martinis sound good to me.
Kim Carberry
22nd July 2014
Ohh I do love a cocktail…..This sounds and looks very tasty!!
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thank you Kim. Cocktials slip down rather too easily I find 😉
stephi_baybee
22nd July 2014
Oh I haven’t had a cocktail for years, that one looks really yummy. Anything with chocolate in suits me!
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thanks Stephi – in that case you should find plenty to keep you happy on my blog 😉
Catherine
22nd July 2014
Sounds good to me. Blessings, Catherine
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thank you Catherine
The Kitchenmaid
22nd July 2014
You had me at gin and chocolate! I made mine last night, it was so good I was incapable of writing it up (hic!)…
Choclette
25th July 2014
It seems we don’t really need much excuse Lucy and maybe Dom isn’t entirely to blame.
Nayna Kanabar
22nd July 2014
This looks wonderful and very innovative.
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thanks Nayna 🙂
Janice Pattie
22nd July 2014
Looks delightful, I’m a recipe fiddler too and finding this challenge very challenging!
Choclette
25th July 2014
Haha Janice, I don’t think I’ve EVER stuck to the rules on this one.
Nazima Pathan
22nd July 2014
very clever. Lovely idea Choclette
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thank you Nazima. We don’t actually drink very often, so it was quite a treat.
Alison
23rd July 2014
ooh love the look of these, they look gorgeous
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thank you Alison 🙂
GG
23rd July 2014
I do enjoy a cocktail, I bet this is delicious, a perfect summer drink. GG
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thanks GG. Any excuse – isn’t summer wonderful?
Laura Denman
23rd July 2014
This really is different! If there is a cocktail to break through my dislike of alcohol in drinks then it might just be this one – it has chocolate after all and I really like pomegranate juice =)
Choclette
25th July 2014
We hardly every drink Laura, but I do like a good cocktail. Given that alcohol isn’t that great for you, it sounds like a good think that you’re not keen.
Bintu @ Recipes From A Pantry
23rd July 2014
Oh yummmmmmmmmmm. What a nice combo.
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thanks Bintu 🙂
Janine
23rd July 2014
I’ve never had pomegranate in a cocktail, but this one looks pretty good. I love the presentation, too – good enough for the fanciest bars! Thanks for entering BWS.
Choclette
25th July 2014
Thanks Janine – you’ve made my day with that comment 😀