Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz is a festive cocktail filled with Holiday flavor! This easy drink recipe uses a naturally sweetened homemade cranberry sauce for a big punch of flavor.
Tomorrow! Tomorrow is the day that our fellow foodies look forward to all year, it is the hostess with the mostess's dream day, and the home cooks time to shine. It is THANKSGIVING.
I am sure your sides are prepped, your pies are baked, and your table is set. You've already grocery shopped till you dropped and you've cooked till you can't, but if you haven't had a second to think about a pre-dinner cocktail, this Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz recipe is just for you.
It's fizzy, flavorful, and festive. Best of all, you probably have all the ingredients in your kitchen right now.
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Grab your leftover cranberries from making Fall Harvest Collard Rolls with Tomato Cranberry sauce.
Pull out your maple syrup from making cookies and pie.
Gather a few oranges leftover from Hot Spiced Apple Cider.
Find that bottle of Gin hiding in the back of your cupboards.
We are ready to make this Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz.
The real star of our Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz comes in the form of our homemade cranberry sauce. It is naturally sweetened with a dash of maple syrup, so you can save your sugar for dessert. The sauce uses fresh (or frozen) cranberries for maximum flavor. Just simmer your cranberries in maple and water until they are soft and jammy.
Then stir this show-stopping homemade sauce with the remaining ingredients and pour over ice. A topping of sparkling water is the final touch to put the fizz in this Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz.
Cheers to the longest of buffet tables and more food than we can eat!
Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 4 cocktails 1x
- Category: Beverage
- Cuisine: gluten-free, vegan
Description
Cranberry Orange Gin Fizz is a festive cocktail filled with Holiday flavor! This easy drink recipe uses a naturally sweetened homemade cranberry sauce for a big punch of flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
- ¼ cup water
- ⅓ cup maple syrup
- ⅔ cup orange juice
- ½ cup pomegranate juice
- ¼ cup gin
- Sparkling water
Instructions
- Add the cranberries, water, and maple syrup to a saucepan over medium heat. Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook, stirring frequently until the cranberries are soft and jammy. Remove from the heat and use the back of a fork to mash the cranberries into a paste.
- Add the cranberry sauce and all the remaining ingredients, except the sparkling water, into a pitcher and stir to combine. Pour the mixture into 4 glasses filled with ice. Top each with sparkling water. Stir and enjoy.
Very yummy and refreshing ! Once I mixed it all together I strained it to get rid of all the seeds then added the club soda . I added some pomegranate arils on top with a sugared rim . Delicious!
This is a good cocktail, I made it for Christmas. It was very pretty with sugar crystal rims, sugared cranberries and orange peel. All of the ingredients were bitter and sour so it could use a bit more sweetness for balance. It’s not too strong, which is probably a good thing at a holiday party.
Can I sub the pomegranate juice for cranberry juice?