Cranberry Mojitos
If you think mojitos are a summer-only cocktail, let these Cranberry Mojitos change your mind! This perfect holiday cocktail is made with homemade cranberry simple syrup, lime, rum, and plenty of mint!
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Makes: 4 cocktails
Ingredients
- 40 fresh mint leaves
- 2 oz lime juice
- Ice
- 8 oz. cranberry syrup (recipe below)
- 8 oz. rum
- 8 oz. Soda water
Cranberry Syrup
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Put about 10 mint leaves and ½ oz lime juice in each glass. With the back of a wooden spoon or a muddler mash the mint up.
- Put ice in each glass and pour 2 oz. of the cranberry syrup and 2 oz. rum into each glass.
- Top off each glass with soda water (1 ½-2 oz). Sprinkle some fresh cranberries in and add a lime wedge for garnish.
Cranberry Syrup
- Put cranberries, water, and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat to a simmer and continue to cook for about 10 minutes, until the berries are just starting to burst.
- Remove the saucepan from the heat and pour mixture through a fine mesh strainer placed over a bowl. Press with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much liquid from the cranberries as possible.
- Keep syrup in bowl or pour into jar and place in fridge to cool completely before using.
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