I am not saying these two things are related, but my houseguests have been here for 3 days, and I mixed up a lot of cocktails last night. I originally found this pin on Pinterest, and I would like to thank the people at We Are Not Martha for one great drink.
Place cranberries, sugar, and water in a medium saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Then lower the heat to medium-low and continue to cook for about 10 minutes before the berries start bursting. Remove from heat.
Once the berry mixture has cooled some, strain the cranberry syrup into a bowl and set the cranberries aside to use as garnish. If you prefer, you can keep the mixture in the fridge for a couple hours or overnight before straining (we couldn’t wait that long).
Put about 10 mint leaves and a tablespoon of lime juice in each glass. With the back of a wooden spoon or a muddler mash the mint.
Put crushed ice in each glass and pour 2 oz. (~2 shots) of the cranberry syrup and 2 oz. (~2 shots) of rum into each glass.
Top off each glass with soda water. Sprinkle some of the saved cranberries on top for garnish.
*The original recipe made 2 cocktails (clearly not enough), so my simple syrup recipe above has been altered and makes 5-6 cocktails.
I am an educator. I am a little crafty; I like to make cupcakes, and I love projects. As my husband will tell you, these interests can quickly grow out of control when working on teacher gifts and class activities.
I love this! We were the houseguests and voila! Thanks! Have a great holiday.
Did you make cocktails for your host? They definitely made everyone happier at my house. We even did non-alcoholic versions, which tasted yummy. Merry Christmas to you too!
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Yummy! I'd like to try this!
I love this! We were the houseguests and voila! Thanks! Have a great holiday.
Did you make cocktails for your host? They definitely made everyone happier at my house. We even did non-alcoholic versions, which tasted yummy. Merry Christmas to you too!