On Cranberry Pond

Name: On Cranberry Pond
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1.5 ounces vodka; .5 ounce bourbon; 3 drops orange bitters; 1.5 ounces cranberry juice; .5 ounce simple syrup; 1 tsp Seedlip Spice #94; 2 ounces sparkling wine

December 29, 2024

Servings: 1 Total Time: 5 mins Difficulty: Beginner

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On Cranberry Pond

Author: Amanda Nicholson

Difficulty: Beginner Prep Time 5 mins Total Time 5 mins

Servings: 1

Best Season: Fall, Winter

Description

My husband (and co-chef) and I came up with this recipe one Canadian Thanksgiving. I was noodling on ideas for a fall inspired cocktail and came up with the majority of the recipe. While taste testing (hardest part of our job), he suggested adding a half ounce of bourbon. I was skeptical at first, till I tried it. It really rounded out the edges and created a complex, yet very quaffable cocktail. So much so I even let him name it. I think he did pretty good. What do you think?

Ingredients

1.5 ounces vodka
0.5 ounce bourbon
3 drops orange bitters
1.5 ounces cranberry juice (use 100% juice, not cocktail)
0.5 ounce simple syrup (more or less to taste)
1 tsp Seedlip Spice #94 (https://www.seedlipdrinks.com/en-us/shop/seedlip-spice-94/)
2 ounces sparkling wine (use something on the sweeter side)

Instructions

Wipe rim of a rocks glass with orange peel. Add all ingredients to a shaker except sparkling wine. Shake hard about 30 times. Pour over ice in rocks glass, top with sparkling wine. Garnish with an orange twist.

Makes one cocktail, about five ounces. Easily doubles, triples, etc. If we are serving the with a holiday dinner I make a big batch of these (minus the sparkling wine) and keep it in the fridge. When it comes time to serve, just pour over ice and top with sparkling wine.

Keywords: Cocktail, Cranberry, Thanksgiving, Fall Cocktail, Vodka, Orange Bitters

On Cranberry Pond

On Cranberry Pond

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