Ingredients:
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¾ cup water
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- 1 lemon cut into wedges
- ½ orange cut into slices
- 1 ½ cups London Drizzle gin
- 1 cup chilled Ginger Ale or Ginger Beer
- Candied Cranberries
- 4 mint sprigs
Method:
- Bring sugar and water to a boil in a medium saucepan, stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; measure one cup of syrup
- Heat the syrup to a boil and then reduce heat to medium. Add the cranberries and simmer for 2-3 minutes until they just begin to burst. Remove from heat and let cool completely in the cranberry syrup.
- Reserve 3 of the candied cranberries per cocktail for garnish and set aside.
- Place 2 Tablespoons drained cranberries and 6 Tablespoons cranberry syrup in a large pitcher; add the lemon wedges and orange slices.
- Using a muddler or wooden spoon, vigorously mash the fruit.
- Stir in gin and let steep for at least 5 minutes.
- Strain into a medium pitcher.
- Fill 4 glasses with crushed ice and 1/4 cup ginger beer or ginger ale.
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and then pour half the cranberry mixture into the shaker and shake vigorously for 10 seconds, strain liquid into two glasses. Repeat.
- Mound additional ice on top of each glass and garnish with the candied cranberries and a mint sprig
