The one and only Oprah made Pomegranate Juice and the Pomegranate martini super popular on her show in the Fall of 2005. Her website has had typographical problems with the recipes, though, in our opinion. So, here's our suggestions based on what we served at the recent Red Lite Night in the Thrid Ward
Here is the basic STRONG one you might get in most bars and nightclubs, the POM is just barely for color and flavor on the first one, like a Sex In the City Cosmo almost, but with POM instead of cranberry:
2 oz citrus flavor vodka
1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
1/4 oz fresh pomegranate juice, such as POM brand
1 oz simple syrup (sugar water)
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange peel, and serve.
This is the Oprah version which is a lot weaker (or probably it's a typo and should be ozs instead of cups?):
* 1 1/2 cups pomegranate juice
* 2 oz. Absolute Citron vodka
* 1 oz. Cointreau (orange) liquor
* Cup of ice
* Optional: Splash of sparkling water
* Optional: Squeeze of lemon
Shake ingredients in a shaker (except sparkling water) and put in chilled martini glasses. Put pomegranate fruit into glass as garnish.
Actually we prefer equal amounts of vodka and pomegranate juice, that seems to make it just strong enough so OUR own is a variation on both martinis:
2 oz citrus vodka
2 oz fresh pomegranate juice
a squeeze of fresh lemon juice
Shake all ingredients well with ice and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with orange peel, and DRINK to your health.
