Name: Fake Cod Holiday Mocktail
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 8 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 8 teaspoons pomegranate seeds; 8 teaspoons fresh red currants; 1 cup chopped cranberries; 0.5 cup water; 0.5 cup white sugar; 3 cups popped unsalted popcorn; 0.5 cup dried cranberries; 6 cups tonic water (such as Fentimans), chilled; 1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

Ingredients

8 serv.

8 teaspoons pomegranate seeds
8 teaspoons fresh red currants
1 cup chopped cranberries
0.5 cup water
0.5 cup white sugar
3 cups popped unsalted popcorn
0.5 cup dried cranberries
6 cups tonic water (such as Fentimans), chilled
1 lime, cut into 8 wedges

Instructions

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1 Place 1 teaspoon pomegranate seeds in 8 of the wells in a 16-cube ice tray; drop red currants in remaining 8 wells. Fill wells with water. Freeze into ice cubes, 8 hours to overnight.
2 Combine chopped cranberries, water, and sugar in a saucepan over low heat. Simmer, stirring frequently, until cranberries have completely softened, about 15 minutes.
3 Strain cranberries through a fine mesh sieve, gently pressing the pulp to extract the liquid. Let syrup cool before covering, then refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
4 Use a clean needle to thread popcorn and dried cranberries onto one long food-grade thread. Cut into 8 equal strings.
5 Add 1 pomegranate ice cube and 1 red currant ice cube to each serving glass. Pour 2 tablespoons syrup into each and top with 3/4 cup tonic water. Garnish with a lime wedge and a string of popcorn and cranberries.