Cranberry Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe

Tasty Cranberry Gin Fizz Cocktail Recipe.

Often known as a Christmas cocktail, the Cranberry Gin Fizz cocktail tastes as good as it looks. It is a simple and tasty cocktail that is made with Gin and cranberry syrup/sauce. The pretty pink color of the cocktail with various garnishing makes it a perfect drink for holiday parties. It’s very refreshing and light in taste.

Cranberry Gin Fizz cocktail takes about 10 minutes to prepare that include about 5 minutes of prep time and about the same for cooking. The ingredients mentioned below are enough for the Cranberry Gin Fizz cocktail for 4 people.

Ingredients:

• Half cup sugar
• Half cup water
• Fresh cranberries (1 cup)
• wedge cut lemon
• orange slices (half orange)
• 1.5 cup of gin
• 1 cup ginger ale (Ginger beer can also be used in place of the ale for a more profound ginger flavor)
• Club Soda
• Cranberries and 4 mint sprigs for garnishing

Recipe:

• Boil sugar and water in a medium-sized container. Stir well until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat and take out 1 cup of this syrup for use. Rest can be stored for future use.
• Take the sugar syrup in another container and boil it. Once it starts boiling, add cranberries to it and let it simmer until the cranberries start bursting. This will take about 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and let it cool. Your cranberry syrup is ready.
• For garnishing your drinks, set aside 3 cranberries per cocktail.
• Take about 6 tablespoons of cranberry syrup in a pitcher and lemon juice & orange slices to it. You can also add drained cranberries to it too. Mix the ingredients vigorously and mash the fruits using a spoon.
• Stir the entire mixture in gin and put it aside for about 5 minutes without stirring.
• Filter the mixture in a pitcher.
• Take 4 glasses and fill them with ice (crushed) and a quarter cup of ginger ale/beer each.
• Using a cocktail shaker, shake ice and cranberry mixture vigorously. Pour the liquid into the glass from the above step. Top with more ice and club soda. Garnish it with cranberry and mint sprigs. Repeat 3 more times.