Cranberry vodka

Cranberry vodka

By Mary Cadogan
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Prep: 10 mins Ready to drink in 2 weeks

Easy

Makes about 1 litre

This bittersweet fruity vodka is best served well chilled in shot glasses. It can also be made with other berries like blackcurrants or strawberries.

Nutrition and extra info

Nutrition:

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Ingredients

  • 250g fresh or frozen cranberries or other berries
    Cranberries

    Cranberry

    A tart, ruby-red coloured berry which grows wild on shrubs throughout northern Europe and North…

  • 1l bottle vodka
    Vodka

    Vodka

    vod-ka

    Originally associated with Russia, Slavonic, Baltic and Scandinavian countries, vodka has become…

  • 175g caster sugar

Method

  1. Prick each cranberry a couple of times with a fork and layer up in a large sterilised Kilner jar with the sugar. Pour over the vodka and leave for 2 weeks, shaking the jar each day.

  2. Strain and decant into decorative bottles. Seal and label.

  • Recipe Tip

    Try another flavour

    This recipe is easily adapted. Just use the same quantity (250g) of fresh berries - raspberries, strawberries, blackcurrants or blueberries work just as well as cranberries. 

  • Recipe Tip

    Which vodka?

    You can happily use unbranded vodka for this as the cranberries provide the main bittersweet flavour.

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allielovetocook
23rd Jul, 2015
5.05
Great using Cranberries .. even better with Raspberries (which don't need to be pricked as the shaking will break them up and release the juices) and could be ready sooner than stated if you shake the jar a couple of times a day. Make sure to squeeze all the Raspberries through the sieve though to get all that yummy juice!
moffi
1st Dec, 2013
Relating to the vodka/ cranberry, has any one tried using pure juice instead of the berries ?
mrsfizzy
22nd Dec, 2012
5.05
Stunning
sophieo16
15th Dec, 2012
Would i be able to make this now for christmas day? ive just found the recipe!.. would 10 days be long enough?
kathihh
30th Nov, 2012
4.05
Oh, forgot to mention that I used the soaked cranberries in the "Cranberry ripple cheese-cupcakes" recipe from this website. I added a little quark to the cheesecake mixture and made a whole cake rather than single cupcakes, but it turned out perfectly.
kathihh
30th Nov, 2012
4.05
Beautiful colour, nice taste. I would recommend using a little less sugar. I filled it into two beautiful half-litre glas bottles, and am now looking forward to handing this out as a gift this Christmas (and drinking the leftovers).
itsamee
9th Nov, 2012
5.05
Made this 2 weeks ago, couldn't get fresh or frozen cranberries so I used dried and the result is very good, just wondering if I can use some of the cranberries with ice cream. Having also made the limoncello I can thoroughly recommend both of these.
helsmccann
25th Sep, 2012
How long will it keep for?
hazykay
11th Jan, 2012
5.05
Absolutely delicious!! I'm not a vodka drinker but I made this to give as presents and kept some for myself as it's that good. Will make this every year for a festive tipple
fernypooh
3rd Jan, 2012
5.05
this made the most wonderful syrupy vodka, would highly recomend...

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