The Pomander Cocktail

A cocktail in front of a clove orange with a clove orange rose ice cube.

5 from 3 votes

This whisky cocktail includes orange liqueur, honey, fresh orange and lemon juice steeped in cloves and cinnamon sticks to create the most elegant Christmas cocktail of the season.

Prep Time2

Steeping Time1

Total Time1 2

Course: Drinks

Cuisine: International

Diet: Gluten Free

Servings: cocktail

Calories: 312kcal

Author: Genevieve Morrison

Equipment

1 container with a lid - that holds at least 10 ounces
1 strainer
1 cocktail shaker

Ingredients

For The Spiced Orange Mixer

4 oz. Cointreau - or Grand Marnier
4 oz. orange juice - freshly-squeezed
2 oz. lemon juice - freshly-squeezed
2 tsp. honey
4 cinnamon sticks
2 tbsp. cloves

For the Cocktail

2 oz. whisky
2 oz. spiced orange mixer

Instructions

Make the spiced orange mixer. In a container with a lid, add 4 oz. Cointreau, 4 oz. fresh-squeezed orange juice, and 2 oz. fresh squeezed lemon juice with 2 tsp. honey. Add 2 heaping tbsp. cloves and 4 cinnamon sticks. Give it a little stir and refrigerate for 24 hours.
Once mixer is ready, strain cloves and cinnamon.
To make the cocktail, Add 2 oz. whisky to a cocktail shaker with ice.
Add 2 oz. spiced orange mixer and shake vigorously. Pour and serve.

Notes

The recipe for spiced orange mixer makes enough for 5 cocktails.

To make the clove orange rose ice cubes, see this post.

If you don't want to juice oranges, you can get away with using bottled orange juice but it won’t have that fresh-squeezed magic. When it comes to bottled lemon juice though, that’s a hard “no.” Never use bottled lemon juice in cocktails, or they’ll taste far too bitter.

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