Easy Christmas cocktails: how to make a festive pomegranate sparkler

You're sick to death of sickly sweet mulled wine and you've already over done it on the negronis. But there are more parties to come and more Christmas dinners to plough through.

What you need is a new Christmas cocktail. Something refreshing, easy to drink but with a bit of a kick. A drink that can be made with booze or, if you really have overdone it, with soda water.

We enlisted the help of Missy Flynn, founder of Bodega Rita's and all round cocktail genius, to concoct a special festive cocktail recipe for us.

Watch the video above to see how it's done and you'll find the ingredients below.

Pomegranate sparkle

Ingredients

1 teaspoon honey

20ml reduced pomegranate juice infused with star anise and cinnamon

25ml gin

Sparkling wine

To garnish

Lemon slices

Mint

To serve

Champagne flutes