Roasted cranberry & champagne sparkler
A festive twist on a holiday glass of champagne. Roasted cranberries provide beautiful color as well as a tasty garnish…if you can daintily dig it out of the bottom of the glass!
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 12-ounce bag of cranberries
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Zest from one orange
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 T Patron citronge, or other orange liquor
- 2 bottles of champagne
- 12 sprigs of mint
Instructions
- Heat oven to 425 degrees. Put the cranberries on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle the cranberries with the remaining ingredients and stir until well combined. Roast for 20 minutes until cranberry skins have popped and liquid has been reduced to a syrup.
- Allow to cool. Refrigerate until ready to use. May be made a day or two in advance.
- Fill champagne glasses with champagne. Drop a spoonful of roasted cranberries in each flute. Garnish each glass with a sprig of mint.