• 1 cup water
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 3 Tablespoons fresh squeezed orange juice
• 1 tablespoon grated orange rind
• 2 cups vodka (Use decent vodka but top shelf not required)

• 1 & ½ oz Cranberry Liqueur, chilled
• 4 oz Champagne, Cava or Prosecco, chilled

1. Combine sugar and water in heavy saucepan and bring to boil. Simmer sugar syrup for three minutes, making sure all of the sugar has dissolved in the water.
2. Add cranberries, orange juice and orange rind.
3. Remove syrup mixture from heat and cool slightly.
4. Add mixture to Cuisinart and chop just slightly to open up berries; cool completely.
5. Add vodka and mix thoroughly.
6. Pour into container; glass or plastic. Cover and store in a dark, cool location for 3 weeks. (I put mine in the garage).
7. Stir ingredients every couple of days.
8. Once the mixture is ready, strain through fine metal sieve lined with cheesecloth (I like butter muslin; it's much finer and is sure to catch every seed); saving the berries. Be careful and not eat the whole bowl full of these beauties; they are SO good!
9. Pour liqueur into glass containers.
10. Time does not include the 3 weeks for 'brewing.'

1. Pour the cranberry liqueur into chilled champagne glasses; top with your choice of chilled sparkling wine.

• 4 blanched cranberries (cook in boiling water just until you hear the first one pop; remove and put into iced water immediately)
• 1 sage leaf
• ½ oz simple syrup (boil equal parts water and sugar til sugar dissolves, remove from heat and cool)
• 2 oz white cranberry juice
• 2 oz gin (I used Prairie Organic Gin which is what Seasons 52 also uses)

For Garnish:

• Fresh Cranberries
• Sage leaves

Preparation

1. Muddle the cranberries and sage in the bottom of a cocktail shaker. Add the simple syrup, cranberry juice and gin and fill with ice.
2. Shake approximately 10 times until container is ice cold.
3. Fill glasses with ice and pour cocktail over ice to fill. Garnish with additional cranberries.

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