Cranberry Syrup For Cocktails Food

CRANBERRY COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Cran-Rosemary Sparkler
• For each drink, muddle 4 cranberries, 1 sprig rosemary and 3/4 ounce maple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Add 2 ounces gin and 3/4 ounce each cranberry juice and sweet vermouth. Add ice and shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled coupe glass. Top with champagne; garnish with rosemary.
• Cranberry Kir Royale
• For each drink, combine 1 ounce cranberry juice and 1/2 ounce creme de cassis in a flute. Add a cranberry and top with champagne.
• NYC Cosmopolitan
• For each drink, combine 1 1/4 ounces each vodka and simple syrup, 3/4 ounce fresh lime juice and 1/4 ounce each citrus vodka, orange liqueur and cranberry juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice and shake vigorously, then strain into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with an orange twist.

CRANBERRY COCKTAILS

Steps:

• For the vodka cocktail, stir together cranberry simple syrup, vodka, and seltzer. Add ice and garnish with lemon.
• For the wine cocktail, add cranberry simple syrup to wine.

CRANBERRY SYRUP

Steps:

• Bring cranberry juice to a boil in a non-reactive saucepan until juice has reduced by 75% into a syrup, about 20 minutes. Pour a spoonful of syrup onto a plate and drag a spoon through it. If the line holds, the syrup is done.
• Transfer syrup to a jar with a tight-fitting lid and refrigerate.

CRANBERRY SYRUP FOR COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Equal parts of sugar and water are warmed until dissolved, then add two parts of cranberries. Simmer for a couple of minutes, let it cool, then strain through cloth.
• Can also be replaced with simple syrup and cranberry juice.
• Store in refrigerator up to two weeks. If it last that long.

LIZZIE'S CRANBERRY COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Bring the orange juice and cranberries to a boil in a large pot until the berries just begin to burst. Strain the juice through a fine mesh sieve and let cool to room temperature.
• Pour 2 to 3 tablespoons of the juice into each of 4 flutes. Top with the champagne and garnish with frozen cranberries.

CRANBERRY SIMPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• Dissolve sugar in water in a saucepan over medium heat. Add cranberries and simmer on low until cranberries have softened but before they begin to pop, about 15 minutes. Cool, strain, and refrigerate.

CRANBERRY SIMPLE SYRUP

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring cranberries, sugar, and water to a simmer over medium. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook until cranberries are tender but haven't burst, 10 minutes. Let cool, then strain through a fine-mesh sieve. Discard cranberries.

SIMPLE SYRUP - CRANBERRY ORANGE FOR CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place all ingredients EXCEPT ice cubes in a medium sauce pan.
• Bring to a boil, turn down the heat to med-high.
• Cook for 2 minutes or until sugar is dissolved.
• Remove from the heat and pour through a wire mesh strainer, pressing berries with the back of a spoon to release their juices.
• Discard solids.
• Stir in 1/2 C ice cubes to cool.
• Freeze for 20 minutes to further cool.
• Add 1 - 2 Tablespoons to your favorite sparkling wine. I love Prosecco.
• Float a few frozen cranberries in the glass and watch them dance in the bubbles!