This cranberry margarita is a good cocktail for the vacations! It begins with a honey easy syrup combined with blanco tequila, tart cranberry juice, and zesty lime juice for a crisp and refreshing drink. Gluten-free with a vegan possibility.
I’ve just a few cocktails which can be excellent for the vacations, like this Eggnog White Russian and this Godiva Chocolate Martini, however they’re largely wealthy, creamy cocktails.
This margarita is good and crisp and provides the proper contact of shade to your festivities. When you’re in search of a family-friendly possibility, this Christmas Morning Punch is made from 100% fruit juice.
The cocktail
To make the cocktail, add tequila, cranberry juice, freshly squeezed lime juice, and easy syrup right into a cocktail shaker with ice and shake till it’s chilled.
Then add some contemporary ice to your favourite glass, pressure the margarita into the glass, and add contemporary cranberries to garnish to create a enjoyable cocktail with a vacation twist.
Honey easy syrup
To make the honey easy syrup, you’ll want 1/2 cup of water and 1/2 cup of honey. It’s sufficient to make 4 cocktails, but it surely’s tremendous straightforward to halve or double.
All you do is add the components to a saucepan over medium warmth, convey it to a boil and prepare dinner till the honey has dissolved – about 2 minutes.
Cool at room temperature, then pour right into a glass jar with an hermetic lid and retailer it within the fridge till you’re prepared for a drink.
I like to recommend making the honey syrup beforehand so it has time to sit back earlier than utilizing. It ought to maintain within the fridge for about 2 weeks. It’s additionally good for sweetening tea or a glass of unsweetened cranberry juice.
When you don’t wish to use honey syrup, you need to use common easy syrup as an alternative. And even simpler – maple syrup!
How to decide on the proper honey
Various kinds of honey have completely different flavors. I as soon as purchased chestnut honey, and it had a deep nutty taste that wouldn’t work on this margarita however was nice on pancakes.
I feel the perfect honey taste can be one with floral notes or an orange blossom honey would even be a superb pairing.
Tequila
I selected a blanco tequila that’s unhealthy high quality, however not costly.
White tequila is aged for under a few months in chrome steel containers, which lends to a crispier style that’s not oaky like gold tequila. It mixes properly with fruit juice and sweeter flavors.
Gold tequila is aged in oak, which supplies it a definite woody style. Colour components are added to provide it that sunny golden hue.
So, for this recipe, I like to recommend conserving it crisp and clear so there’s no distinction between the robust, woody flavors combined with the tart cranberries.
Cranberry juice
I used pure 100% cranberry juice, not cranberry juice cocktail, which is why I sweetened it with the honey easy syrup. Its means too tart with none sweetener.
When you use cranberry cocktail, like Ocean Spray, halve the sweetener after which add to style.
Contemporary lime juice
Freshly squeezed lime juice is essential to a fantastic margarita! It provides freshness and acidity to the cocktail. Utilizing the freshest components makes the right cocktail.
I might extremely suggest avoiding bottled lime juice, for those who can.
The rim
Rimming the glass is non-compulsory, but it surely’ll improve the flavour.
To do that, run a lime wedge across the rim and dip it in coarse salt, sugar, or a mixture of the 2.
Garnish
I used contemporary cranberries as a result of they add to the festiveness of the cocktail.
You possibly can additionally use a lime wedge, an orange wheel or a sprig of contemporary rosemary to construct on the aromatics of the cocktail.
Gluten-free and vegan
This cocktail is of course gluten-free and vegan.
In accordance with Past Celiac, “Pure distilled tequila, often made with blue agave plant, is taken into account gluten-free. Even when the tequila is mixtos, which means that it incorporates at the very least 51% agave with different sugars added, it should nonetheless be secure for individuals with celiac illness.”
Most tequila is vegan, besides these with cream or different flavorings. Right here’s an article with 10 of the perfect manufacturers of vegan tequila in case you’re attempting to find a superb model.
Like I stated above, for those who’re vegan, you must skip the honey easy syrup. You need to use plain easy syrup made with sugar or simply use maple syrup.
Extra festive cocktails
I hope you’ll take pleasure in this cranberry margarita! When you make it, please let me know the way it turned out by leaving a remark. Thanks and revel in! 🙂
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Substances
- 1/2 cup (120 ml) water
- 1/2 cup (160 grams) honey
- 2 ounces (1/4 cup) blanco tequila
- 1 ounce (2 tbsp) 100% cranberry juice
- 1 ounce (2 tbsp) contemporary lime juice
- 1/2 to 1 ounce (1-2 tbsp) honey easy syrup or maple syrup, to style, for a vegan model
- lime wedge
- coarse salt and/or sugar
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Elective rim:
Instructions
- Add the honey and water to a small saucepan set over medium warmth. Convey to a boil and prepare dinner till the honey has dissolved – about 2 minutes. Cool to room temperature after which retailer within the fridge till prepared to make use of.
- Add the tequila, cranberry juice, lime juice, and easy syrup to a cocktail shaker stuffed with ice and shake till properly chilled – about 30 seconds.
- Elective – to rim your glass, run a lime wedge across the rim after which dip it in coarse salt, sugar, or a mixture of the 2.
- Fill your glass with contemporary ice and pressure within the margarita. Garnish with just a few contemporary cranberries and revel in.
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For the cocktail
Notes
- If utilizing sweetened cranberry juice, like Ocean Spray, halve the sweetener after which add to style.
