Chicago Deep Dish (The Dark Cherry Sour)

Name: Chicago Deep Dish (The Dark Cherry Sour)
Prep time: 8 min
Total time: 8 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 oz dark cherry juice (tart cherry, not sweet); 1.5 oz pomegranate juice; 0.75 oz fresh lemon juice; 0.5 oz simple syrup; 2 oz sparkling water; Black sugar or dark brown sugar, for rim; 1 large clear ice cube; Blood orange slice and fresh cherry, for garnish

A bold dark cherry and pomegranate sour mocktail with a black sugar rim — Chicago's intensity in a glass. Ready in 8 minutes.

By Larry Leo | Prep: 8 min | Servings: 1 | Difficulty: Medium

Chicago Deep Dish mocktail in a rocks glass with deep garnet cherry color, black sugar rim, and blood orange garnish

Ingredients

2 oz dark cherry juice (tart cherry, not sweet)
1.5 oz pomegranate juice
0.75 oz fresh lemon juice
0.5 oz simple syrup
2 oz sparkling water
Black sugar or dark brown sugar, for rim
1 large clear ice cube
Blood orange slice and fresh cherry, for garnish

Instructions

Prepare the rim: spread black sugar on a small plate. Run a lemon wedge around the rim of a rocks glass and dip into the sugar.
Place one large clear ice cube in the glass.
In a shaker with ice, combine tart cherry juice, pomegranate juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup.
Shake hard for 12 seconds.
Strain into the prepared glass over the large ice cube.
Top with sparkling water, pouring gently.
Garnish with a blood orange slice and a fresh cherry on a cocktail pick.
Serve immediately — the deep garnet color is the whole vibe.

Category: city-signatures

Tags: chicago, cherry, pomegranate, city-signature, bold, sour, dark