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Uncut Gem

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

Difford’s Guide

Discerning Drinkers (5)

Measurements in:

Serves:

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Ingredients
1 2/3 fl oz	New make spirit
2/3 fl oz	Giffard Crème de Framboise
5/6 fl oz	Pomegranate juice
2 drop	Saline solution (20g sea salt to 80g water) or merest pinch of s

How to make

Glassware

Serve in a Coupe glass

Prepare

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of skewered raspberry.

Method

STIR all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish

Garnish with skewered raspberry.

Flavour Profile

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

Health & Nutrition

Nutrition:

One serving of Uncut Gem contains 199 calories

Alcohol content:

1.3 standard drinks
19.22% alc./vol. (38.43° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

History

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

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.

Cocktail of the day:

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Comments & Discussion

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Sally Morgan Premium Member 37w

I'm sure the original is lovely - but I was looking for an emergency cocktail to lift our spirits (see what I did there?) during a power cut and substituted 1/4 grenadine and 3/4 lime for the fresh pomegranate juice and a blended whisky for the (I'm sure infinitely superior) New Make Spirit and it worked out ok (wish I could say as much for our fried central heating controls!). Perhaps my version is a Powercut Gem?