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Merry Berry Mocktail

a wintertime mocktail made of cranberries, pomegranate juice, oranges, and rosemary for a crisp and refreshing beverage at your next gathering.
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Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 bag organic cranberries rinsed
  • 16 ounces pomegranate juice
  • 1 orange washed
  • 1 liter club soda
  • 1/2 cup organic sugar or local raw honey
  • 8-10 sprigs rosemary washed

Method
 

  1. Rinse and strain cranberries in a colander then add to a small sauce pot. Allow cranberries to cook down on medium low heat, stirring occasionally. Mash the berries as they are cooking down to release juices. Then add in sugar and stir well. Remove the sauce pot from heat and allow mixture to cool down.
  2. While cranberries are cooling down, wash orange and rosemary and let rosemary sit to dry.
  3. Next slice orange thinly and add to a pitcher along with pomegranate juice and 3 sprigs of rosemary.
  4. Once cranberry mixture has significantly cooled down, use a colander or strainer to strain juice from the puree into the pitcher. Some puree is fine to add to the pitcher too for more cranberry flavor. Then stir the pitcher's contents well.

Notes

This beverage is best served with fresh carbonation so add the club soda per glass instead of into the pitcher at one time. If serving this mocktail in a large party setting, consider leaving instruction to add ice, fill half the glass with Merry Berry juice, then top off with club soda and add a sprig of rosemary for fun. Enjoy! If you'd prefer this winter mocktail be sweeter, consider swapping club soda for a lemon-lime soda of your choice.
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