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Celebrate the festive season with this Christmas Spiced Cranberry and Prosecco Fizz. This delicious cocktail is made with Christmas spiced cranberry juice, Amarena cherries and Prosecco. It’s the perfect festive drink to kick off Christmas parties or the big day itself.
It’s Christmas! Time for indulging in delicious food and making fun cocktails! This year we’ve been making this Cranberry and Prosecco cocktail and it’s so festive and delicious.
Made with a simple Christmas spiced cranberry juice and Amarena cherry syrup it’s sour, tart and sweet with a delicious hint of cinnamon, cloves and cherries (it’s sooo good!).
Other than Prosecco there’s no additional alcohol in this so it’s deliciously drinkable (much like a Mimosa or Bellini) and the perfect first drink to serve at festive parties, brunches of Christmas Day itself, Buon Natale!
Ingredients
To Make this Christmas Spiced Cranberry and Prosecco cocktail all you need is Cranberry juice, Amarena cherry syrup, Prosecco and Christmas spices (cinnamon stick, cloves and star anise).
Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Cranberry juice – I don’t recommend specific brands very often but I do love using Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice for this. I find other brands especially those labelled ‘juice drink’ too sweet.
- Amarena cherries – If you can get your hands on Fabbri Amarena cherries I highly recommend buying them. You can find them online or in Italian food stores although any Amarena cherries will do. If you buy a jar you can use the cherries to make our Amarena Cherry Chocolate Ice Cream or Ice Cream Stuffed Mini Panettones and use the remaining syrup to make this cocktail (win-win).
- Spices – cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves. All these spices must be whole you can’t use ground spices for this.
- Orange zest – a strip of orange zest looks so pretty as a cocktail garnish and adds a nice aroma to the drink. You can leave it out if you prefer.
Step by step instructions
Add the cranberry juice and spices to a saucepan and bring to a simmer. Once simmering turn off the heat and let it cool completely.
Add ice to a tall tumbler or wine glass. Add 4 tablespoons (60ml) of spiced cranberry juice and two tablespoons of Amarena cherry syrup. Top up with Prosecco and serve.
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- Let the juice cool – it’s important to let the infused cranberry juice cool completely before making the cocktail.
- Keep the Prosecco chilled – another important note is to make sure the Prosecco is nice and chilled in the fridge before making the cocktail.
- Prepare it in advance – you can make the infused cranberry juice up to a few days in advance so all you need to do when you’re ready to serve is mix everything together.
- Serving – I recommend making the cocktail right before serving as you want it cold and extra bubbly.
- Optional garnish – you can add a twist of orange zest into each glass as garnish (what we have done) but whole cranberries would also work well.
Food to serve with your Christmas Cocktail
Since this is a Christmas cocktail it would be only fitting to suggest some delicious party food nibbles to go along with it. See our favourite suggestions below.
- Smoked Salmon Crostini
- Pizza Pinwheels with Prosciutto and Gorgonzola
- Ricotta Chicken Croquettes
- Gnocco Fritto (Italian Fried Dough)
- Taralli Pugliesi (Italian Snack)
- Easy Marinated Olives – Ready In 5 Minutes
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Christmas Spiced Cranberry Prosecco Fizz
Ingredients
Spiced cranberry juice
- 1 cup cranberry juice, (240ml)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 whole star anise
- 2 whole cloves
Other ingredients
- 2 tablespoons Amarena cherry syrup
- Prosecco
- ice
Garnish
- Orange zest twist, (optional)
Instructions
- Add the cranberry juice and spices to a saucepan and bring to simmer. Once simmering turn off the heat and let it cool completely. The longer you leave this to infuse the stronger it’ll taste. I like to leave it overnight but it can be used as soon as it’s cold.
- Add ice to a tall tumbler or wine glass. Add 60ml (4 tablespoons) of spiced cranberry juice and 2 tablespoons of Amarena cherry syrup.
- Top up with Prosecco and stir well. Garnish with a twist of orange zest, serve.
Notes
- Serving sizes – 1 cup of cranberry juice (240ml) is enough for 4 cocktails in total. You can double this but I recommend doubling the spices too.
- Stir well – the cherry syrup can sink to the bottom of the glass so make sure to give it a good stir before serving.
- Let the juice cool – it’s important to let the infused cranberry juice cool completely before making the cocktail.
- Keep the Prosecco chilled – another important note is to make sure the Prosecco is nice and chilled in the fridge before making the cocktail.
- Prepare it in advance – you can make the infused cranberry juice up to a few days in advance so all you need to do when you’re ready to serve is mix everything together.
- Serving – I recommend making the cocktail right before serving as you want it cold and extra bubbly.
- Optional garnish – you can add a twist of orange zest into each glass as garnish (what we have done) but whole cranberries would also work well.
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Nutrition
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