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

Uncut Gem
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Glass:

Serve in a Coupe glass

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

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Prepare:

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

How to make:

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

Garnish:

Garnish with skewered raspberry.

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

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. (38.43° proof)
18.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Sally Morgan

6th December at 19:19

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?