Cranberry Mimosa (Poinsettia Cocktail)

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This Cranberry Mimosa (also called a Poinsettia Cocktail), is an easy to make Christmas brunch cocktail that is great for a crowd of people. All you need is cranberries, sugar, water and champagne (or Prosecco).

For some other great Christmas cocktail ideas, try one of these Christmas Champagne cocktail recipes, one of these Cranberry Christmas cocktails, or one of these creative Christmas mimosa recipes.

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• Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• Ingredients & Substitutions
• Step By Step Instructions
• Expert Tips
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Festive & Elegant — This is a festive and elegant cocktail that is perfect for serving at a Christmas party. With a sugared rim, a sprig of rosemary and some frozen cranberries as garnish, this is a great Christmas brunch cocktail or holiday happy hour drink.
• Easy To Make — You don’t need any fancy bartending equipment to make this drink. It takes just a few minutes to make.
• Big Batch — This is a great recipe to make in a large batch and serve in a pitcher for a group of people. For some more big batch Christmas cocktails, try one of these Christmas punch recipes.

Ingredients & Substitutions

• Cranberries: You can use either fresh or frozen cranberries to make the simple syrup.
• Prosecco: You can use Champagne, Prosecco, Cava or sparkling wine to make these Christmas mimosas. Champagne will be much more expensive than the other options. For a mocktail, use non alcoholic sparkling wine.
• Sugar & Water: Sugar and water are used to make the cranberry simple syrup. You can use brown sugar as a substitute, which will give the syrup a richer, slightly caramel flavor.

Step By Step Instructions

Step 1: Heat the cranberries, sugar and water together in a saucepan over medium heat. Heat for about 5 to 10 minutes, stirring frequently until the sugar has completely dissolved.

Step 2: Remove the saucepan from the stove and strain out the cranberries. Let the syrup cool to room temperature.

Step 3: Dip the rim of the champagne flutes in the cranberry syrup and gently press the edge into granulated sugar to make it stick.

Step 4: Add the cranberry syrup to the champage flute. Top with Prosecco or champagne. Gently stir before serving.

Expert Tips

• Add festive garnish. If you are serving this cocktail at a Christmas party, try adding some festive garnish such as a sprig of rosemary or a cocktail pick with a few frosted cranberries on it.
• Make it a mocktail. To make a mocktail version of this cranberry mimosa, use non alcoholic sparkling wine or alcohol free rosé instead of champagne.
• Serve it in a pitcher. This Cranberry mimosa is great for a Christmas brunch cocktail. For a large batch, serve them in a Christmas themed pitcher and let guests serve themselves.
• Don’t let the syrup boil. When you are making the cranberry syrup, make sure the syrup doesn’t boil. Otherwise, too much water can evaporated, leaving a thick sticky syrup that doesn’t dissolve well in your mimosa.
• Burst the cranberries. When you are heating up the cranberry syrup, make sure to burst the cranberries so they release their juice. Otherwise, the syrup won’t be very flavorful.
• Adjust the amount of cranberry syrup. Mimosas are very forgiving recipes. Adjust the amount of cranberry syrup you add based on how sweet you want your cranberry mimosa to be.

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