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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 50400 Minutes |
Ready In: 50430 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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You can use this in your Cosmopolitian, Sea Breeze cocktails. Ingredients:
1 lb fresh cranberries |
1 cup good vodka |
1 1/4 cups sugar syrup (see note) |
1 teaspoon grated orange zest |
Directions:
1. Rinse and pick over the cranberries, discarding stems and any soft or shriveled berries.
2. Chop berries in a blender.
3. In a sterile, wide-mouth jar, combine the cranberries, vodka, sugar syrup and orange zest.
4. Cap, shake gently and set aside in a cool dark place for 4 to 5 weeks.
5. When ready to proceed, strain out the solids and save for other uses (cakes, sauces or relish).
6. Filter and transfer to another sterilized bottle.
7. Note: To make sugar syrup, bring 1 1/4 cups sugar and 2/3 cup water to a boil.
8. Simmer, occasionally stirring and scraping down the sides of the pan, until the sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes.
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