So many cocktails imported from the United States contain cranberry juice. The alcohol content is variable, depending on the ingredients each bartender offers. Classic cocktail standards are those approved by the IBA (International Bartender Association).
Cape Code High Ball
Ingredients:
3/10 of vodka
7/10 cranberry juice
Decorate with lime wedge.
It is the progenitor of a family of cocktails dedicated to the scents of the CAPE CODE peninsula. Along the very long beach one can find abundant cranberries. It is a sweet cocktail and simple to make. It is served in a tall glass filled with ice.
Sex on the beach
Ingredients
3/10 vodka
1/10 peach liqueur
3/10 orange juice
3/10 cranberry juice
Very tasty drink, very fruity and quite acidic. Preparing it is simple in fact you have to shake the vodka, peach liqueur and orange juice for a few seconds and pour it into a glass filled with ice. Finally, add a teaspoon of cranberry juice and decorate with an orange slice.
Cosmopolitan
Ingredients:
5/10 of vodka
2/10 cointreau
2/10 cranberry juice
1/10 of lemon juice
The basis of cosmopolitan is vodka with cranberry juice. There are several variations of the cocktail in which cointreau, triple sec, lime juice or lime juice can be combined in different proportions. The alcohol content is mitigated by blueberry juice.
Megapolitan
Ingredients:
2/5of vanilla vodka
2/5 of cointreau
1/5 lime juice
1/5 of cranberry juice
The megapolitan is Miami’s variation of the cosmopolitan. He has had a lot of success with the series “SEX AND CITY.” It is Madonna’s favorite drink and is served in the martini glass
Sea breeze
Ingredients:
1/5 vodka
2/5 cranberry juice
2/5 grapefruit juice
1 shot of lime juice
1 tablespoon of sugar
It is the drier variant of the Cape Code. It is mostly drunk as a December 25 aperitif and is decorated with a sprig of cranberry.
Suggestion: accompany with salmon croutons
Cranberry Martini
Ingredients:
7/10 dry gin
2/10 dry martini
1/10 cranberry juice
Lemon wedge
It is necessary to moisten the rim of the martini cup and gently rest it in the caster sugar. Next put all the ingredients in the mixing glass, let the contents cool and serve in the with a squeeze of last of lemon.
Source: The Cranberry – A fruit that never ceases to amaze by Mediserve
