Yesterday the New York Times featured a recipe for a cleverly-named cocktail, which they call “The Market Crash”. As much as alcohol and its particular relation to the present economic situation the world-over is discussed on this Web site, I felt that this one must be added to the cavalcade of crash-cocktails we’ll no doubt continue to enjoy for the next several months (at least). That being said, do you have a recession-themed beverage that you would like to recommend to Culture of Spirits? If so, email it to us by clicking here.

And now, on to that recipe…

The Market Crash

2 ounces dry, filtered sake

1 ounce pomegranate juice

1/2 ounce vermouth bianco (or substitute sweet vermouth)

1/2 ounce orange liqueur

1 mint leaf

4 pomegranate seeds

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour all ingredients, save the pomegranate seeds and mint leaf, into the shaker. Stir rapidly until the outside metal begins to show frost, and strain into a chilled cocktail (martini) glass. Finally, add pomegranate seeds and mint as garnish.

Though in the recipe above it is mentioned that sweet vermouth may be substituted for vermouth bianco, for a bit of added character one might even try substituting Campari.

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