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Cranberry After Dark
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No. 19 · Santa's Bar Cart

Cranberry After Dark

Smoky mezcal, tart cranberry, a silky foam.

Serves1
GlassCoupe
Difficulty2 of 3
Sweet / Strong2 / 3
CostMid
Make-aheadSugar cranberries ahead

Ingredients

  • 1.5 oz mezcal
  • 0.75 oz unsweetened cranberry juice
  • 0.75 oz fresh lime juice
  • 0.5 oz simple syrup
  • 0.5 oz egg white (pasteurized) or aquafaba
  • Garnish: 3 drops Angostura on the foam, sugared cranberries on a pick

Build

  1. Shake everything without ice for 10 seconds.
  2. Add ice; shake hard again.
  3. Double-strain into the coupe.
  4. Dot the bitters on the foam; add the cranberry pick.

Zero-proof twin

2 oz cranberry juice, 0.75 oz lime, 1 oz chilled lapsang souchong tea (for the smoke), 0.5 oz simple, aquafaba.

Batch for 8. batch everything but the egg white; add 0.5 oz white per drink and shake to order.

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