Red Christmas Cocktail

As you already know, Prymitywna Kuchnia is working with cocktail connoisseur Kryfka, and here’s her next post.

This drink will look lovely on the Christmas table. It reminds me of Santa’s hat: a rich red colour plus a white rim around the glass. You can also serve it to your sweetheart on 14 February and call it Red Love or something like that.

At a glance:

Preparation time: 5 minutes,

Serves: I’m giving quantities for 1 drink, but just multiply them to make several

How many calories? Does anyone count the calories in cocktails? Anyway, this is a very healthy drink because it contains lots of cranberry juice, which, as everyone knows, has all sorts of benefits (from losing weight to preventing heart disease and cancer)

Ingredients:

• 100 ml Malibu
• 100 ml cranberry juice
• White granulated sugar, a few teaspoons
• Ice cubes

Method (the PRO version):

Pour Malibu into a saucer to a depth of a few millimetres. Sprinkle granulated sugar onto another saucer. Turn a cocktail glass upside down and dip the rim first in the Malibu, then in the sugar.

Fill a shaker with ice, pour in the Malibu and cranberry juice, close it and give it a little shake.

Strain into the prepared glass, leaving the ice cubes behind. Take care to keep the sugar rim intact.

Method (the easy version – this is Prymitywna Kuchnia, after all :P)

Put ice cubes in a glass, pour in the Malibu and cranberry juice, stir with a teaspoon and serve.

Notes:

Use real 100% cranberry juice (available from organic food shops and pharmacies). Don’t try to substitute a juice drink. Pure cranberry juice is terribly tart, but in this cocktail it balances the sweetness of the Malibu nicely.

For the lovers’ version, instead of sugaring the rim you could garnish the drink with a cocktail cherry or a little umbrella, or drop in a heart-shaped ice cube. You could also dip the rim in the juice instead of the Malibu to give it a pink border.

The drink in all its glory: