Christmas Cosmo Cocktail with Holiday Garnish
Ingredients
- 4 ounces pure cranberry juice
- 3 1/2 ounces Belvedere vodka
- 2 ounces Cointreau
- 1 1/4 ounces cranberry + rosemary simple syrup
- 1 ounce fresh lime juice
- Sugared rim (using simple syrup and cane sugar)
- Sugared cranberries and frosted rosemary, for garnish
Cranberry rosemary syrup
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 3-4 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
Preparation
Syrup
Combine water, sugar, fresh cranberries, and rosemary in a saucepan
Bring to a boil and simmer until sugar dissolves and flavors infuse
Strain the mixture and allow it to cool completely
Cocktail assembly
Sugar the rim of a martini glass using a mixture of simple syrup and cane sugar
In a cocktail shaker, combine pure cranberry juice, Belvedere vodka, Cointreau, cranberry + rosemary simple syrup, and fresh lime juice
Shake the ingredients well in the shaker
Strain and pour the mixture into the prepared martini glass
Garnish the cocktail with a skewer of sugared cranberries and a sprig of frosted rosemary
