This cocktail is my gift to you. Feel free to do with it what you like. Make it for someone you love, after a romatic home cooked meal. Mix it up for your lips, and your lips alone, curled up with a book. Pass it on to an old drinking buddy, or that new special somebody. Share it with your best friends, or even random Facebook friends. Because whether or not you celebrate Valentines day, one thing’s for sure, February 14th is a great day for a cocktail.
INGREDIENTS
For the cocktail
- 1 1/2 oz gin
- 1/2 oz Amaro Montenegro
- 1/2 oz Aperol
- 1/2 oz lemon juice
- 1/2 oz grenadine
- 1 egg white
- freshly ground cinnamon (for garnish)
For the homemade grenadine
- 1/2 cup pomegranate juice
- 1/2 cup fine baker's sugar
- 1 oz pomegranate molasses
INSTRUCTIONS
For the grenadine
- Add pomegranate juice, sugar, and pomegranate molasses into a small saucepan over very low heat. Stir continuously until sugar dissolves, immediately remove from heat and let cool. Set aside.
For the cocktail
- Add the egg white and the lemon juice to your shaker. When making cocktails that contain egg whites it's always good practice to add the egg whites first. That way, if a little yolk accidentally falls in, you can start over without wasting the other ingredients.
- Add your homemade grenadine, Aperol, Amaro Montenegro, and gin.
- Then dry-shake (shake without ice) for 10 full seconds. This helps the egg white become super frothy, adding to the creamy texture of the drink. Briefly set aside.
- Add ice to a standard old fashioned glass.
- Once your glass is prepped, fill your shaker with ice and shake vigorously for a full 30 seconds.
- Double strain over ice into your old fashioned glass.
- At this point the cocktail is complete. Simply garnish with freshly grated cinnamon over the cocktail, or get festive and make a heart-shaped stencil out of construction paper to use to grate your cinnamon.
(images by HonestlyYUM)
Any advice/tips for the cinnamon heart? Haven’t been able to keep the shape?
Yes, I’m also hoping to get some tips on this. What did you use to grate the cinnamon stick?
Hi! Just tried this with my boyfriend and it came out absolutely perfect! I made him this one, and then I added Fee Brothers original bitters and it gave the cinnamon even more power. Thanks so much, and enjoy the weekend!
this is gorgeous and I love the step by step photos
Happy Valentines day to you too
Betty Bake
I will definitely try this on Valentines Day!
From the homemade grenadine, to the the lovely cinnamon heart, everything looks perfect in this cocktail..I would totally fall in love with it ! Thank you so much
todd this is brilliant! i can’t believe you chiseled a heart-shaped ice cube…so impressed 🙂
Thanks Molly! I just won’t tell you how long it took me 😉
This is so cute! And sounds delicious! I would go for this cocktail any time of the year 🙂
Sweet! Glad you liked it.
Whyyyyyy did I just see this today?!? Dang, this looks SO good. Great recipe!
Hehe, thanks Katrina!!
Happy Valentine’s Day Todd and Karen :)! This drink looks pretty spectacular. Love the heart stencil.
Thank you for the kind sentiments Brandon!! Hope you had a wonderful v-day as well 🙂
Totally gorgeous! I may have to have one of these this weekend!
Awesome! Thanks Gaby 🙂
What a sweet cocktail! I love the heart on top- nice touch. Nice work with the heart shaped ice as well!
Thank you Rachael!!
So, I can just bring this recipe into my local craft cocktail joing and ask them to do it. Right? Ok, then! This sounds and looks divine.
Doooooo it Catherine!! 🙂 Have you tried Amaro Montenegro before?
I am in awe of this drink! It is so preeeeeeeetty! I would LOVE to have one (or 3) of these tomorrow with my Valentine!
Thank you Ashley!! Let’s go with 3 😉
This is lovely! Beautiful colors and redolent taste:)
indeed!
This cocktail is SO up my ally! And such gorgeous pictures, I’m just in awe.
Wow, thank you SO much Nicole!!
I can’t believe you chiseled a heart-shaped ice cube – that is too awesome. And thank you for giving instructions on making grenadine, I can’t wait to try that. These are just lovely, and I can imagine how well those flavors work together – bitter, tangy, floral and aromatic. Mmmm…
Thanks Alanna! Let’s just say the heart cube took a bit of experimenting 😉
I love it…..such a romantic presentation.
Thanks Caroline. xo
This is SO cute! I love that you and Karen are big into mixing up cocktails and as I’m a bit of a novice at it. Loved picking up the tip of making your own stencil for some cocktail art! Also, this looks divine!! x
Thank you Supal!! So happy you’re digging the drinks.