Lift your glass and revisit a time when it's okay to simply relax and enjoy! It's okay, if it is only Thursday.
Isle of Pines Cocktail
Makes 4
Recipe from Bon Appetit
Ingredients:
1/2 cup pomegranate juice
1 tablespoon sugar
1 cup white rum
1/2 cup fresh grapefruit juice
Ice cubes
Directions:
Bring pomegranate juice and sugar to boil in heavy small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Boil until reduced to 1/4 cup, about 5 minutes. Cool syrup.
Pour 2 tablespoons syrup, 1/2 cup rum, and 1/4 cup grapefruit juice into cocktail shaker. Fill with ice; shake vigorously. Strain into 2 martini glasses. Repeat to make 2 more drinks.
Enjoy!
51 comments:
Looks beautiful-Happy Thursday:@)
Cheers. Diane
To a beautiful Thursday! Cheers!
Sounds and looks pretty good for a healthy Thursday drink.
Mmmm, I'll bet it's delicious! Thank you!
This sounds LOVELY and so chic! I love grapefruit juice in cocktails-- it goes so well with alcohol!
Cheers! You would fit right into our beautiful city with its "joie de vivre" and renowned "5 à 7" ritual.
It must be 5 p.m. somewhere!!
Best,
Bonnie
Lovely color!
Loved the shot! ;)
Crying into my Pellegrino and bookmarking this for a future cocktail hour!
It's snowing now. This cocktail cheers me up. And I didn't even need to drink it! Well, it is a bit too early now...
A gorgeous lovely cocktail!
sounds light, tasty and tangy!
A lovely, healthy cocktail! Love pomegranate juice and drink it everyday! Just need to add a little rum and grapefruit juice. :) Cheers!
Yum. My goal is to drink more cocktails this year! This will help!
You & your stunning coktails, Velva!
This one is a real beauty & a real tasty one too!
Yummie!
so bright and tangy, cheers!
YUM YUM YUM Velva! I saw the pic you tweeted and it was divine, too!
:)
Valerie
You always have the best cocktails!
definitely saving this one for the weekend! Thanks for sharing the recipe, it looks delicious!
I'll be right over witha glass! Could I get a doggie bottle? haha
Cheers. I want a glass too...
It looks like a perfect sweet and tart cocktail. Cheers :)
Cor! That looks great!
All we need is a lovely sunny day to go with it in the U.K (-;
Mmmmmm! And it's pretty too!
Where's a good sunset when you need one?
I usually prefer white wine to a cocktail, but I would definitely make an exception in this case. Oh my, that looks delicious.
Oh Velva, if you come to visit--we must have these!!! : )
another wonderful cocktail and wow what a picture
Sounds delicious! I'm usually a Chardonnay person but love a good cocktail on occasion. This one would certainly make for one of those occasions :)
Refreshing combo of grapefruit and pomogrante is sweet. Love the photo, makes me want to grab and drink it up.
Luv the citrus overtones... Perfect this time of year... Wishing I could reach thru the screen about now and take a sip!
I love the philosophy of celebrating simply a beautiful Thursday! :-) Gorgeous!
Now that Valentine's is on its way, this is a perfect way to begin a very romantic evening.
It sounds great! Cheers!
WOW, I am ready for one right now!
Summer in a glass! Perfect way to conjure summer
I sure hope if I ever get over there to visit you, that you're going to serve me one of your killer cocktails, Velva!
This one is divine.
This has made me seriously thirsty! What a gorgeous looking cocktail! I could drink this right now. It's ok if it's Friday though, right? :)
Magda
Long week (sigh). This is just what I need! Enjoy your weekend, Velva!
Grapefruit AND pom? Hellagood.
Velva,
Yum! Gorgeous photo. I knew there was something special about Thursdays.
Carol
Oh my word, Velva, this sounds so refreshing with the grapefruit juice. I love the idea of making a pomegranate syrup - yum!
And now...it's SATURDAY! Even better! YUM
Luscious and delicious!
This is my kind of drink! Now all I need is a beach and some sun:) Can you send some up north and the drink too?...lol
Dang, La Diva just LOVES a nice, tart cocktail! This sounds delish! Pom juice rocks, doesn't it? (By the way, Costco offers a pure pomegranate juice at less than $7 for a 64 oz. jug, cheaper than POM.)
YUMMY! I could enjoy one (or two or three) of these every single day!
I love everything about this cocktail, Velva. The name of it, the color of it, and the fact that it calls for rum....my personal favorite.
This drink sounds amazing! I really enjoy cocktails with grapefruit and adding pomegranate is s stunner! I want to make this sometime soon.
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