Name: Pomegranate Cocktail
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1/2 cup fresh pomegranate juice (from about two 11-ounce pomegranates); 1/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon orange-flower water*; 2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds; 2 750-ml bottles chilled Prosecco

Recipe information

Yield
Serves 8

Ingredients

1/2 cup fresh pomegranate juice (from about two 11-ounce pomegranates)

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon orange-flower water*

2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds

2 750-ml bottles chilled Prosecco

Preparation

Step 1
Bring juice and sugar to boil in medium saucepan over high heat, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil 1 minute. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until mixture thickens and reduces to 1/4 cup, about 5 minutes longer. Remove from heat and stir in orange-flower water. Refrigerate syrup until cold, about 1 hour. (Syrup can be made 1 week ahead. Cover and keep refrigerated.)
Step 2
Place pomegranate seeds in plastic bag and freeze 1 hour.
Step 3
Pour 1 1/2 teaspoons syrup into each of eight 8-ounce Champagne flutes. Fill flutes with Prosecco; stir gently. Float a few frozen seeds in each glass and serve.
Step 4
*A flavoring extract available at liquor stores and in the liquor or specialty foods section of some supermarkets.

TagsCocktail Alcohol Beverages Prosecco Sparkling Wine Wine Pomegranate Fruit Quick Easy 5 Ingredients or Fewer Simmer Bon Appétit

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