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Festive Cranberry Drink
Warm or cold? Take your choice of how to serve this colorful autumn beverage. It’s such a pretty color, and the spicy sweet-tart flavor is delightful with a meal or snack.Dixie Terry,Goreville, Illinois
12 Servings
Prep: 25 min. Cook: 20 min.
Ingredients
4 cups fresh
or
frozen cranberries
3 quarts water,
divided
1-3/4 cups sugar
1 cup orange juice
2/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup red-hot candies
12 whole cloves
Directions
In a Dutch oven or large kettle, combine cranberries and 1 qt. water.
Cook over medium heat until the berries pop, about 15 minutes.
Remove from the heat. Strain through a fine strainer, pressing
mixture with a spoon; discard skins. Return cranberry pulp and juice
to the pan.
Stir in the sugar, juices, red-hots and remaining water. Place cloves
on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Bring up corners of cloth and
tie with kitchen string to form a bag; add to juice mixture. Bring
to a boil; cook and stir until sugar and red-hots are dissolved.
Remove from the heat. Strain through a fine mesh sieve or
cheesecloth. Discard spice bag. Serve drink warm or cold. Yield: 3
quarts.
© Taste of Home 2009