Recipes

Pomegranate Sour Mocktail

Pomegranate Sour Mocktail Pomegranate Sour Mocktail (Gabriel Cabrera)

Ingredients

  • ---FOR THE CINNAMON VANILLA SYRUP---
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • 5 cinnamon sticks
  • ½ vanilla bean, split in half
  • ---FOR THE COCKTAIL---
  • ½ cup pomegranate juice
  • 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp orgeat syrup
  • ½ tbsp cinnamon vanilla syrup (above)
  • ½ tsp aromatic or orange bitters
  • ¼ tsp cocktail foamer
  • Ice
  • 1 maraschino cherry, to garnish

Directions

  1. Cinnamon Vanilla Syrup: Place all ingredients in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low and simmer until reduced by half. Let cool, then transfer to a clean glass jar to store (no need to strain). This syrup will keep in the fridge for about 1 week.
  2. Cocktail: Place the pomegranate juice, lemon juice, orgeat syrup, cinnamon vanilla syrup, bitters and cocktail foamer in a shaker and dry shake for about 30 seconds. Add ice to the shaker and shake again for a minute or two until the shaker turns frosty.
  3. Strain into a chilled glass and garnish with a maraschino cherry.

Excerpted from Mood Drinks by Gabriel Cabrera. Copyright © 2025 Gabriel Cabrera. Photographs by Gabriel Cabrera. Published by Appetite by Random House®, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.