Mandarin & Cranberry Cosmopolitan – a Christmas cocktail!
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If you’re looking for a signature Christmas cocktail to make for your Holiday gathering this year, THIS mandarin orange & cranberry cosmopolitan is IT! It’s a beautiful blend of sweet and sour, and it looks gorgeous on the table.
When Burwood Distillery sent me their Cranberry Mandarin Orange Gin, I knew exactly what I wanted to create with it: a classy Cosmopolitan Christmas cocktail! I love how this drink turned out, and I think you & your Holiday guests will love it too.
Burwood Distillery is a local Alberta distillery, and I made a simple cocktail with another one of their Winter Festival gins right here. Cosmopolitans are traditionally made with vodka, but I love the gin swap for this one!
Ingredients
- gin
- triple sec
- cranberry juice cocktail
- fresh lime juice
- orange peel
- fresh cranberries
- ice
See recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker with some ice, and then add all of the ingredients except for the orange peel and cranberries.
- Cover the shaker and shake the cocktail until it’s cold – about 20 seconds.
- Strain the cocktail into a chilled martini glass.
- On a bamboo skewer, place the orange peel and cranberries to create a waving pattern.
Hint: chill your martini glass for at least 30 minutes before pouring the drink – it will elevate this drink even more!
Substitutions
- Gin – instead of gin, you can use vodka
- Cranberry Juice cocktail – swap the cocktail juice for cranberry kombucha for a different taste
- Lime – use fresh lemon juice instead of lime juice for a different spin on this drink
Top tip
The orange peel and cranberry garnish makes this festive drink look extra special! Make it by using a vegetable peeler to peel off a 3″ strip of mandarin orange peel, then wrap it around 3 fresh cranberries on a bamboo skewer. Use the skewer to garnish your special Christmas cocktail.
