Cranberry-Mint Infusion
Recipe: #9210
April 23, 2013
Categories: Beverages, Southwest, 5-Minute Prep, Christmas, Romantic Dinner Thanksgiving, Valentine's Day, Water, Spring, more
"From Sunset magazine. I've had someone make this with dried cranberries too. Posted for the You Want What?! recipe posting game."
Original is 12 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (188.9 g)
- Calories 191.5
- Total Fat - 3.3 g
- Saturated Fat - 1 g
- Cholesterol - 2.8 mg
- Sodium - 112.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 24.3 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 20.9 g
- Protein - 0.8 g
- Calcium - 28 mg
- Iron - 0.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 4.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
In a small bowl, pour 4 cups of boiling water over mint leaves. Let steep for 10 minutes. Strain and cool.
Step 2
Meanwhile, in a 1-2 quart saucepan, over medium-high heat, bring to a boil cranberrries, sugar and 1 cup of water. Remove from heat. Cool then strain.
Step 3
To make one cocktail, combine 1/3 cup fresh mint tea, 2 tablespoons cranberry syrup, 1 tablespoon limoncello, 2 tablespoons vodka and 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice in a cocktail shaker full of ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a martini glass.
Step 4
Garnish with a fresh sprig of mint.
Tips
No special items needed.
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