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The Love Spell Cocktail

February 8, 2016 by Leave a Comment

The Love Spell Cocktail

Happy almost Valentine’s Day! I made us a cocktail. Whether you’re pro or con this most controversial of holidays, you can drink something a little fancy in celebration (or protest).

I happen to be very pro-Valentine’s Day. I just really love the notion and have always looked forward to it, even in elementary school when you had to give everyone in your class a valentine, and junior/high school when you hoped someone would send you a rose or a candy-gram (only my mom did, wahhh!). This Valentine’s Day marks the 11th year Sean and I have been a couple. Cheesy, yes, but whatever. He went out with me and my girlfriends to get Mexican food. I still remember what I wore that night and how many times I changed my clothes before going with a silky, aqua camisole trimmed with lime green lace (does anyone remember when this was an acceptable choice of top circa 2005? oof), whiskered jeans, a velour cropped blazer, and a really busted-up pair of converse…vv en vogue.

Now, we happily stay in on Valentine’s Day and usually order-in, open a bottle of wine, or shake up a few cocktails. This year we’re mixing up a couple of these, what I’m calling The Love Spell (because I’m a cheeseball and because they’re kind of the same color of that criminally fragrant Victoria’s Secret scent that was all the rage in the mid-2000’s). The cocktail gets its mauve color from a mixture of creme de violet and ruby-hued pomegranate juice. An egg white gives this cocktail a lush foam that I find so luxurious and fancy as hell. This cocktail shakes up to be tart, fruity, a little floral, a little sweet, and dangerously easy to drink.

The Love Spell Cocktail

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The Love Spell Cocktail
 
This lush floral cocktail gets its color from a mixture of Creme de Violet and pomegranate.
Author: Cindy
Serves: 1

Ingredients
  • 1 egg white
  • 2 ounces pomegranate juice
  • 1 ounce of vodka
  • ½ ounce creme de violet
  • ½ ounce pomegranate syrup*
  • 1 teaspoon lemon
  • 2 dashes bitters
  • 1 cup ice
  • *pomegranate syrup:
  • ½ cup pomegranate juice
  • ½ cup sugar
Instructions
  1. Add the egg white to a cocktail shaker, cover with the lid and shake for 15 seconds. Add the remaining ingredients, including the ice, and shake vigorously for 30-40 seconds. Strain into a cocktail glass (I used a coupe glass).
  2. *Pomegranate Syrup:
  3. Combine the juice and sugar in a saucepan, heat over medium high, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Bring the syrup to a boil and cook for 60 seconds. Remove from the heat and pour into a glass jar to cool. Once cooled, cover and refrigerate. The syrup should keep, covered, in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks.
Notes
This recipe is written to make 1 cocktail, you can easily double the ingredients and shake it in the same shaker, just strain into 2 glasses.
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Filed Under: beverage, holiday Tagged With: cocktail, creme de violet, egg white, foam, lemon, love spell, pomegranate, valentine's day, vodka

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Comments

  1. Mariana @TheCandidKitchen

    February 8, 2016 at 5:19 am

    It is definitely a controversial holiday! I try not to give in to it but find it too hard! I have tried in the past to make my own pomegranate syrup so I will definitely try this when I make another batch of the syrup!

    Reply
  2. Katrina

    February 8, 2016 at 5:53 am

    I love the name of this!! And it sounds super good too! Yum!

    Reply
  3. Liz @ Floating Kitchen

    February 8, 2016 at 12:09 pm

    I love you. Please be my Valentine. That is all.

    Reply
  4. Micah Tjeerdsma

    February 8, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    Where did you find the heart confetti?? SO adorable!!

    Reply
  5. Nicole

    February 8, 2016 at 12:15 pm

    These are SO PRETTY and I love the glasses you served them in. I have sort of been obsessed with the heart confetti you used every since you posted the teaser pics. They are just lovely. I DO remember when the silky camisole with lace was cool and lime green was really having a moment. Obvi, Sean approved! Congrats, you two 🙂

    Reply
    • Cindy

      February 10, 2016 at 8:16 pm

      Thanks, Nicole!! <3

      Reply
  6. Eden Passante

    March 21, 2016 at 4:36 pm

    Look at that color! So beautiful and I love the glasses you’re using!

    Reply
    • Cindy

      March 23, 2016 at 7:33 am

      Thanks, Eden!!

      Reply

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