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Drinking in Season: Cranberry Mojito Recipe

Drinking in Season: Cranberry Mojito Recipe
  • Category

    Rum

  • Cusine

    American

Ingredients

For the Cinnamon Syrup:

1 cup sugar

1 cup water

2 cinnamon sticks

2 strips orange zest

 

For the cocktail:

8 cranberries

8 mint leaves

2 lime wedges

1 ounce cinnamon syrup

2 1/2 ounces dark rum

Ice

Soda water, to taste

Garnish: mint sprig

Directions

Dissolve sugar in water in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add cinnamon sticks and orange zest. Reduce heat to low, simmer for 10 minutes. Let cool, then strain. In a cocktail shaker, muddle cranberries lightly to break up, then add mint and lime and muddle another 10 strokes. Add cinnamon syrup and rum and fill the shaker with ice. Shake vigorously. Pour the cocktail unstrained into a glass, top with soda and garnish with a mint sprig.