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Pomegranate Polecat
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MOREYes, the alcohol content can influence the pairing. Lighter cocktails often pair well with lighter dishes, while stronger cocktails may complement heartier, more robust foods.
Pomegranate Polecat
Moderate ABV ( between 15% and 20% ), Balanced and approachable.
*Note that dilution and other factors like type and temperature of ice are not considered in this upfront calculation.
almond biscotti or pomegranate cheesecake
Fruity, sweet, and rich
- White Rum 4 cl
- Amaretto Almond Liqueur 1.50 cl
- Sweet Sherry 1.5 cl
- Pomegranate Juice 4.5 cl
- Caster Sugar 1 tsp
Any Glass of your Choice
pomegranate polecaPomegranate Polecat is a popular Rum cocktail containing a combinations of White Rum,Amaretto Almond Liqueur,Sweet Sherry,Pomegranate Juice,Caster Sugar .Served using Any Glass of your ChoicePomegranate Polecat Ingredients
White Rum,Amaretto Almond Liqueur,Sweet Sherry,Pomegranate Juice,Caster Sugar,
Pomegranate Polecat Recipe
Shake and strain into an old-fashioned glass three-quarters filled with broken ice.
White Rum
In the making of Rum, the produce of the fermentation and distillation process of molasses is a transparent spirit, which is then aged in vats or barrels and the end result of the ageing is Rum.
White Rum differs from Dark Rum in this process of ageing, while to produce a Dark Rum, the distillate is aged in a large charred oak barrel, White Rum is aged in big stainless still barrels.
There are no legal categorisatoin of Rums and it's just a matter of practice that dark rum is used in cooking or is drunk straight or with a Cola , white rums are mostly used in cocktails.Amaretto Almond Liqueur
Amaretto is a liqueur, a sweet Italian liqueur that originated in Saronno. There are different brands and each have their slight variations and ingredients vary from apricot kernel, bitter almonds, peach stones or almonds, all these are natural sources of the benzaldehyde that brings the almond flavour to the liqueur. Amaretto usually contains a 21% to 48% Alcohol by Volume.
Amaretto liqueur can be drunk straight or used as an ingredient in mixed drinks, or with coffee.
The name Amaretto originated from the Italian word amaro, meaning bitter. Amaretto's bitterness is derived from the drupe kernel and although the bitterness of Amaretto tends to be mild, sweeteners and at time sweet almonds are added to enhance the flavour of the final product.Sweet Sherry
Sherry is a fortified wine of Spanish origin. This is a fortified wine made from the white palomino grapes that grow near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain. The name Sherry is the anglicisation of Xérès (Jerez).
Sherry is produced in several styles including light sherries like Manzanilla and fino, similar to white table wines, and darker and heavier wines such as Amontillado and oloroso, that are allowed to oxidise as they age in barrels.
Sherry is fortified with grape spirit after the fermentation is complete, where as Port, a similar wine from Portugal is fortified half way through the fermentation which stops further fermentation of sugar into alcohol. Thus, Port is sweeter and Sherry is usually Dry and sweetness if any is added later.
So, Dry Sherry is essentially the wine which has completed fermentation and has little to no sugar from the grapes left in it.
There are naturally sweet Sherry too, Moscatel, made from the grapes by the same name and they are produced like Port, that is, fermentation is stopped mid way, and there is Pedro Ximénez too.Pomegranate Juice
Pomegranate Juice is the juice of the pomegranate fruit, with a sweet and sour, musty, fruity aromatic flavour and an astringent mouthfeel. However fresh pomegranate tastes vastly different from Pomegranate Juice since the juice is "flash" pasteurised before bottling, which means heating at high temperatures of 90-95 ° C for 45 seconds, the juice flavours are altered by the heat. Be careful when deciding whether you would need fresh pomegranate or juice in your drink based on the demand of the cocktail.
Caster Sugar
Caster Sugar is finely ground granulated sugar. It is not as fine a powdered confectioners' sugar and has a little grit to it. It is somewhere between confectioners' sugar and granulated sugar, and melts in mouth with a mild spicy feel to the tongue
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