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Succo di Melograno

Pomegranate Juice

Tart, ruby-red juice for the Tintoretto cocktail.

Photograph · Succo di Melograno

The story

What you're tasting

Tart, crimson juice of the pomegranate.

Pomegranate (melograno) has grown in Italy since Roman times. Its juice is used in the Tintoretto cocktail, a Venetian variation of the Bellini named after the Renaissance painter.

Lemons ripening on the branch

The making

How it's made

Used in the Tintoretto cocktail, offering a tart, tannic counterpoint to Prosecco.

In the kitchen

Recipes that call for it

  1. RecipeTintoretto