The Cranberry Kiss cocktail takes your traditional margarita recipe and adds to it pure cranberry juice and a vanilla note. Pure cranberry juice that’s not diluted with other fruit juices is pretty tart, which is why you need the vanilla simple syrup (or a vanilla liqueur will work, too).
The blend of cranberry and vanilla alone is pretty delicious – add to it the strong hints of lime and orange in this recipe, and you get a wonderful blend of tart, sweet and mellow.
Recipe
Recipe & photo courtesy of Jose Curevo.
- 1 1/2 ounces Cuervo Silver
- 1 ounce pure cranberry juice (not a blend)
- 3/4 ounce lime juice
- 1/2 ounce orange liqueur
- 1/2 ounce vanilla simple syrup
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and pour in all the ingredients. Shake until chilled, and strain the mixture into a champagne flute. Garnish with an orange peel.