Looking very pretty, no matter what the season, this Cranberry Mojito is garnished with mint, lime and a sugar cane stick.

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December 2007

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Cranberry Mojito Recipe

A Great Cocktail For Holiday Entertaining

Ocean Spray held a competition among foodservice professionals for the best cranberry recipe. The winner, this Cranberry Mojito, was developed by Jeff Leidy of Centerplate restaurant in San Diego. Although you can drink it year-round, it’s especially appropriate for the holiday season: Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas dinner—even New Year’s Eve parties.

Per cocktail:  

Ingredients

• 

  4 cubes (approximately ¾ ounce) La
  Perruche brown sugar cubes*
  *These are high-quality, rough-cut brown sugar cubes, like the type you may have seen in sugar bowls at fine restaurants. You can find them in specialty food stores, can click on the link above to buy them, or can substitute light brown sugar.

• 10 mint leaves (approximately ¼ ounce)

• ½ ounce Craisins

• Juice of 1 lime

• 6 ounces cranberry juice cocktail

• 2 cups cubed ice

• For garnish: 1 sugar cane swizzle stick,† 1 lime wedge, 1 mint sprig
  †Look for these at your local specialty store, or purchase online.

Preparation Place sugar cubes, mint leaves, lime juice and Craisins in a bar tumbler and crush ingredients. Blend until the Craisins and mint are minced and the sugar is dissolved. Add the ice and cranberry juice, mix well and pour into a 20-ounce glass. Garnish with lime wedge, swizzle stick and mint sprig.

Sugar cane swizzle sticks.

Recipe © Ocean Spray. Additional material © Copyright 2005- 2008 Lifestyle Direct, Inc.  All rights reserved. Images are the copyright of their respective owners.