Name: Uncut Gem
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 50 ml New make spirit; 20 ml Raspberry liqueur; 25 ml Pomegranate juice; 2 Saline solution 4:1

Serve in a

Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 2/3 fl oz	Monkey Shoulder Fresh Monkey
2/3 fl oz	Giffard Crème de Framboise
5/6 fl oz	Pomegranate juice
2 drop	Saline solution 4:1 (20g sea salt to 80g water)
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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Coupe glass.
Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry.
STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

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Strength & taste guide:

Gentle

Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

Jody's original recipe is stirred but if using freshly pressed pomegranate juice then the cocktail will be cloudy anyway and I prefer this fruity and funky cocktail enlivened by a good shake. I also like it served on-the-rocks.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2023 by Jody Buchan, Monkey Shoulder Brand Ambassador, UK North.

Nutrition:

One serving of Uncut Gem contains 199 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.22% alc./vol. (38.44° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

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