This festive Cranberry Martini holiday cocktail is made from an extra batch of homemade cranberry sauce and paired with vodka.
Super delicious and easy to make! Serve it during your next holiday dinner.
CRANBERRY COCKTAIL RECIPE
I’m totally not a heavy drinker. I know you can’t tell considering I make a pretty strong cocktail like my pumpkin pie martini or a stiff blackberry gin fizz every Friday.
The drinks are mostly for my husband, and because I like to find boozy drinks that actually taste good to me. You see, I love a good spicy Bloody Mary, especially when served up along some some classic eggs benedict.
But other drinks take me some getting used to.
How to make this cranberry vodka cocktail:
It turns out I made some fresh cranberry sauce with orange and Grand Marnier, and I just couldn’t get enough of that stuff!
I decided to give some Vodka a long cold soak in it to see what would happen. What happened was a really good cocktail emerged.
And that is seriously all you need to make this drink. It’s perfect for a crowd!
Don’t get me wrong – its strong. But martinis are supposed to be strong, right?
CRANBERRY MARTINI
Ingredients
- fresh cranberry sauce see recipe in notes
- 750 milliliters vodka (good-quality)
- Fresh Cranberries and sugar for garnish optional
Instructions
- Follow directions to make fresh cranberry sauce. Allow to fully cool.
- Combine cranberry sauce and vodka in large airtight container. Store in freezer for at least 3 days. Give it a good shake any time you open the freezer.
- Chill 8 martini glasses in the freezer.
- Strain the solids using a fine mesh strainer. To serve, pour the ice cold cranberry vodka into each of the 8 frozen martini glasses. If not immediately serving, store the strained liquid in the freezer until ready to serve, and give it a shake before pouring into glasses.
- If desired, spray fresh cranberries with a bit of water and then roll in sugar. Serve on a skewer over the glass.
Notes
Nutrition
This recipe was originally written in November 2014 and was updated in November 2019 for your reading pleasure.
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This sounds fantastic! I love any fruity flavored drink made of vodka 🙂 Last Thanksgiving I used some leftover cranberry sauce in a mojito (and it was really good!)
This looks delicious, and beautiful. I’m looking for a cranberry martini recipe for New Years Eve. I’m going to give this one a try! Thank you 🙂
Sounds delish! Love, cranberries, vodka, and martini’s! How would suggest a breakdown the recipe if I only wanted to make approximately 4 martinis? BTW I halved the Cranberry Sauce recipe to serve this Thanksgiving and can’t wait to taste it!
Hi Susan, Sorry for the late reply – I took a few days off for the holiday. You would just need to cut the recipe in half. Hope you liked it!
Use the whole sauce recipe for bottle of vodka?
Can I freeze the sauce& if so, how long will it keep? Thank you!
Yep! One whole batch of cranberry sauce and one bottle of vodka. It should last a really long time if kept in the freezer.
The. Cranberry sauce froze when put in freezer. I took out and put in fridge
How much cranberry sauce? All of it???
yep!
I love how you sugared up the cranberry garnishes! It really added an extra unique touch to a wonderful drink.
This is the perfect holiday cocktail! Love that bright red color and fresh cranberries on top. So festive!
These are a dream