For Fall: Marrakesh Express Cocktail

This is one of my all-time favorite cocktails for any season, but it’s particularly nice in fall when you start being able to get pomegranates at the grocery store. The recipe is by Maggie Hoffman, one of my favorite food writers. I replace the simple syrup with maple syrup a lot of times because, as I pointed out in my post on sazeracs, I am mostly too lazy to make simple syrup. And I think it plays well here with the smokiness of the mezcal and the pomegranate’s buttery esters. Technically the egg white puts this in the category of the “flip,” a class of drinks I like because of they’re high on protein and generally low on the booze: heck, add some popcorn and you’ve got snack dinner (not that’s what I’m doing tonight, ahem).