Ombre Papaya Mocktail
A layered non-alcoholic drink of papaya nectar, simple syrup, seltzer and grenadine with colored-sugar rimmed glasses.
Ingredients
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | water |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | sugar |
| 2 cups | 480 ml | papaya nectar, chilled |
| 12 oz | 340 g | seltzer water, chilled |
| 4 teaspoons | 20 ml | grenadine |
| 4 | glasses | |
| — | light corn syrup (optional) | |
| — | purple and pink sugar (optional) |
Instructions
- Start by making a simple syrup. Mix the water and sugar in a small pot and heat over medium/low heat until the sugar is dissolved and the syrup starts to thicken. Set aside to cool.
- Pour a bit of corn syrup into a bowl and some colored sugar into another bowl. Lightly dip the top of each glass into the corn syrup and then immediately into the colored sugar. Make sure not to get too much corn syrup on the glasses or it will run down the side of the glass.
- Put 1/2 cup papaya nectar in each glass.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the simple syrup to each glass.
- Fill the rest of the glasses with seltzer water.
- Add a teaspoon of grenadine to each glass.