An excellent cocktail all fall and winter long.
Ingredients
Makes 6 servings
Step 1
Bring sugar and 3/4 cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan; stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat. Pour off all but 1 cup simple syrup; refrigerate remaining syrup for another use.
Step 2
Heat syrup in pan almost to a boil; reduce heat to medium. Add cranberries and simmer until they just begin to burst, 2-3 minutes. Let cool in syrup.
Step 3
Place 2 tablespoons drained cranberries and 6 tablespoons cranberry syrup in a large pitcher. Add lemon wedges and orange slices. Using a muddler or wooden spoon, vigorously mash fruit. Stir in gin and Sherry. Let steep for 5 minutes.
Step 4
Strain into a medium pitcher. Fill 3 glasses with crushed ice. Pour half of mixture into a cocktail shaker. Fill with ice; shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Strain into prepared glasses, then mound with more crushed ice. Garnish each with a mint sprig and 3 cranberries. Repeat to make 3 more cocktails.
Omit gin and Sherry and add 1/4 cup tonic or spicy ginger ale.
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Reviews (5)
Back to Topit seems that some of the recipe is left out, how much water do you add? How long do you cook the crandberries?
Anonymous
san francisco, CA
11/27/2014
My family has made this twice now and we really like it for fall nights. It's pretty much Thanksgiving cranberry sauce in alcoholic form. We'll be making this all winter.
Puzzled
Seattle
11/5/2012
I liked this, but it's pretty sweet. I also thought it'd be best as a holiday drink. The cranberry flavor definitely make me think of Thanksgiving or Christmas. But an interesting cocktail1
michaeld33
10/28/2011
Made this twice, once exactly as written and once using frozen blackberries (1 week before they had cranberries in the store!). Both were good - although to be honest, I suspect most peope would be fine with just using cranberry juice. THe blackberry version tasted like jam, which I liked but some might not care for it.
Anonymous
Philadelphia, PA
10/23/2011
Delicious!
annab219
Tampa Bay
10/18/2011
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