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Cranberry Rosemary Spritz
Tart, herbal and festive. The drink to make when you want something that looks like an occasion.
- Prep
- 5 min
- Serves
- 1
- Glass
- Wine glass
- Difficulty
- Easy
Ingredients
- 2 oz unsweetened cranberry juice
- 0.5 oz fresh lime juice
- 0.5 oz rosemary syrup
- 3 oz soda water or non-alcoholic sparkling wine
- Rosemary sprig and fresh cranberries, to garnish
Method
- 1Fill a wine glass with ice.
- 2Add the cranberry juice, lime juice and rosemary syrup, and stir.
- 3Top with soda water or sparkling wine.
- 4Slap the rosemary sprig against your palm to release the oils, then add it with a few cranberries.
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Notes
- Make rosemary syrup by steeping two sprigs in warm simple syrup for 30 minutes — it keeps for a fortnight and elevates everything.
- Slapping the herb garnish rather than just dropping it in is most of the aroma.
- Frozen cranberries double as ice and stop it diluting.
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