Description
This Cranberry Mocktail is made with homemade cranberry syrup and it's the perfect drink for the holidays! It's really easy to make and you can easily make it in a pitcher for a big crowd!
Ingredients
- 2 oz cranberry juice
- 1 oz freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1/2 oz lemon juice
- 1/2 oz cranberry simple syrup
- ice
- 2-4 oz ginger ale
- Garnish: sugared fresh cranberries, fresh rosemary, lemon slice, or orange slice (optional)
Instructions
- Add cranberry juice, orange juice, lemon juice, and cranberry syrup to a cocktail shaker.
- Add a handful of ice and shake vigorously for 10 seconds until cool to the touch and frothy.
- Fill a double old-fashioned glass with ice and strain the mocktail over the ice.
- Top up the drink with ginger beer and garnish with cranberries, rosemary, a lemon slice, or half an orange slice, and enjoy!
Notes
Sugared cranberries: To make sugared cranberries, simmer ⅓ cup of sugar with ¼ cup of water for 5 minutes. Add washed and dried fresh cranberries into the syrup to coat and spread them on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Let them dry for 10 minutes, sprinkle them with cane sugar, and toss to coat. Let them dry for another 30 minutes before using them to make sure the sugar is sticking to them. You can do the same thing with fresh rosemary.
10 servings pitcher: 20 oz cranberry juice, 10 oz freshly squeezed orange juice, 5 oz freshly squeezed lemon juice, 5 oz cranberry syrup, 20-40 oz ginger ale. Mix everything except ginger ale in a pitcher with ice. Serve over ice and top up each drink with the ginger ale.
The nutritional info is counted without any ginger ale because it may vary a lot based on the brand of ginger ale you use.
