| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 7 days 26 min |
| Prep: | 20 min |
| Inactive: | 7 days |
| Cook: | 6 min |
| Yield: | 1 (750-ml) bottle of vodka |
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh or frozen cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, or 1 vanilla bean, split
- 2 oranges, peels cut into 2-inch strips
- 1 (750-ml) bottle vodka
- 1 bottle tonic water
- Lime slices, for garnish
Instructions
- Place cranberries, sugar and vanilla in a medium saucepan. Place pan over medium heat and stir. Simmer cranberry mixture until the berries burst, about 5 to 6 minutes.
- Place orange peels in a large glass container with an airtight lid, or large mason jars with lids. Pour vodka over the orange peels.
- Allow the cranberry mixture to cool. Pour the cooled mixture into the glass container(s). Cover tightly and set aside for 1 week. After 1 week, strain out the cranberries sand orange peels and pour mixture into a clean bottle, using a funnel. Store vodka in the refrigerator.
- To serve: Pour 2 ounces of vodka mixture over ice in a tall glass and top with tonic water. Garnish with a slice of lime.
Reviews
It’s not the best drink I’ve ever had. Reminds me a bit of cough syrup. Maybe it would be better with an herbal component like rosemary? With club soda it was too bitter, with sprite it was too sweet. It’s pretty underwhelming.
Yummy. I make this every Christmas. Makes a great gift. It’s pretty, delicious, and “homemade”.
I have been making this for several years. I give this at Christmas and everyone loves it. It is easy and delicious.
Very tasty, turned out great! Everyone that I gave this to last Christmas is begging for more so I will be making it again for gifts (and a little for myself this year.
Excellent recipe, in spite of myself. I didn’t read the recipe right and just cut up the WHOLE oranges into strips, instead of just the peels. Luckily, it didn’t ruin the recipe. In his video, he mentions saving the strained cranberries to serve in other dishes and that would have been possible if I hadn’t used the whole oranges. I didn’t have vanilla bean on hand, so used vanilla extract. The vodka is wonderful. Now I’ll make another batch the RIGHT way, and also use vanilla bean this time.
Love it…making it as gifts again and it is always a huge hit!
I started making this last year. I love this vodka!! I mix it with fresh sqeezed grapefruit juice, sweet/sour mix for a wonderful martini. All my dinner guest love it as well. There are a few reviews that state the printed recipe is wrong or differs to what was on tv. If you watch the video or have seen it. You will see that he is using the larger bottle of vodka which is 1.75-L. So the printed recipe is correct for 1 750-ml bottle which is .75-L. It it 1/2 the recipe of what he makes on the show.
We’ve made this two years in a row, and just recently found a forgotten bottle under the bar sink, so we decanted it and it’s aged wonderfully! Highly recommended!
This is the third year in a row that I have made this recipe. I have given it as a gift to several people and the LOVE it! I always make enough for me too. It’s fabulous for the holidays!
I am making this for the second time in a month. It is so good and the color is very festive. I mixed the vodka with Sprite instead of tonic. I can’t wait for my week to be up!