Deck the halls with this refreshing holiday-inspired cranberry mojito! It's a festive twist on the classic mojito with homemade spiced cranberry syrup, mint, and a little fizz. It's perfect for parties and sub-zero temperatures, and it's ready in just 20 minutes!
Ingredients
Spiced Mint Cranberry Syrup
2cupfresh or frozen cranberries
2cupwater
1cupsugar, can use honey
½cupfresh mint
5slicedpeeled ginger
5peppercorns
5whole cloves
2star anise
1cinnamon stick
Christmas Cranberry Mojito
2partscranberry syrup
2partswhite rum
1partlime juice, fresh is best!
Soda water, frozen cranberries, lime slices, and mint, to serve
Instructions
Bring the cranberries, water, sugar, mint, ginger, peppercorns, cloves, star anise, and cinnamon to a simmer over medium heat. Turn the heat to low and simmer gently for 10 minutes. Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh sieve then let the syrup cool completely before making a mojito.
2 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, 2 cup water, ½ cup fresh mint, 5 sliced peeled ginger, 5 peppercorns, 5 whole cloves, 2 star anise, 1 cinnamon stick, 1 cup sugar
Make a cranberry mojito
Add 2 ounces of cranberry syrup, 2 ounces of white rum, and 1 ounce of lime juice to a glass filled with ice. Stir then top with soda water and garnish with frozen cranberries, lime slices, and mint.
2 parts cranberry syrup, 2 parts white rum, 1 part lime juice, Soda water, frozen cranberries, lime slices, and mint
Make a pitcher of cranberry mojitos
Add 2 cups of cranberry syrup, 2 cups of white rum, and 1 cup of lime juice to a pitcher with ice. Add 1 cup of soda water, frozen cranberries, lime slices, and some mint to the pitcher.
2 parts cranberry syrup, 2 parts white rum, 1 part lime juice
Notes
You will have 2 cups of syrup which is enough to make 8 mojitos.