Cranberry-Mint Infusion

"From Sunset magazine. "Mint tea and cranberry syrup combine in a glowing aperitif.""
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
8
Serves:
12
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ingredients

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directions

  • In a small bowl, pour 4 cups of boiling water over mint leaves. Let steep for 10 minutes. Strain and cool.
  • Meanwhile, in a 1-2 quart saucepan, over medium-high heat, bring to a boil cranberrries, sugar and 1 cup of water. Remove from heat. Cool then strain.
  • To make one cocktail, combine 1/3 cup fresh mint tea, 2 tablespoons cranberry syrup, 1 tablespoon limoncello, 2 tablespoons vodka and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass.
  • Garnish with a fresh sprig of mint.

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Reviews

  1. This was wonderful; kinda like a cosmopolitan. I have fresh mint in my garden but I bet you could use a mint tea bag to make the mint tea. I used cranberries to make the syrup. Very good!
     
  2. I made a half batch of this with a slight change, cranberries are hard to get here so I used craisins to make the syrup. I was a little worried about the mint in this as I'm not a mint fan but the flavour of it was very subtle. The drink was very refreshing, a great one for summer by the pool!
     
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