Cranberry Amaretto Cocktail
Cranberry, orange and almond combine to make a sweet-and-tart delicious festive cocktail perfect for holiday celebrating. Great other times of the year too.
Servings 1 cocktail
Calories 131kcal
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ounces cranberry juice cocktail
- 1 ounce amaretto liqueur
- 1 ounce orange juice freshly squeezed recommended
- Ice
- Fresh cranberries optional for garnish
- rimming sugar for rimming glasses optional
Instructions
Rimming the cocktail glass (optional)
- Place rimming sugar on a small flat plate deep enough to form a rim of sugar on the glass when dipped.rimming sugar for rimming glasses
- Dip a clean thumb and forefinger (same hand) into juice, gently pinch together and run around the rim of the glass. Alternatively slide a wedge of the orange used for juicing around the glass rim.
- Turn the glass upside down in the sugar and twist the glass back and forth to allow the sugar to adhere to the moisture on the glass.
- Gently lift out of the salt and allow to sit for a few minutes for the salt to dry on the glass.
Making the cocktail
- Combine the ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Strain into a glass with fresh ice.2 ounces cranberry juice cocktail, 1 ounce amaretto liqueur, 1 ounce orange juice, Ice
- Add some fresh cranberries to each cocktail and serve immediately.Fresh cranberries
Notes
Yield: these ingredients make one cocktail. For multiple cocktails multiply the ingredients amounts times the number of desired cocktails.
Variation
To make a Cranberry Kiss Cocktail: add 1 ounce of vodka to the cocktail.
Nutrition
Calories: 131kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.2g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.03g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 73mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 18g | Vitamin A: 61IU | Vitamin C: 38mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg