.cranberry lime vodka.

YUM, YUM, YUM.

As I mentioned here a while ago, Peter and I have been making our infamous Sour Cherry Vodka for years. It's one of those things that always gets me super excited for Christmas to arrive.

However, the other day I came across this recipe that made me think of our Vodka infusing holiday tradition and missing a batch of the sweet nectar is produces. So I'm giving this a try....in November. 

It's close enough to Christmas to indulge, and besides, who says you need a holiday to enjoy it?

Cranberry Lime Vodka

Cranberries + Limes.

1) First, I recommend that you poke a hole in each of the cranberries with a sharp knife. It sounds labour intensive but its really not so bad. I poked holes in two bags worth of cranberries to begin with. Now,  start to put the finished cranberries into your jar, but only fill up a third of the way.

2) Next, using a knife, peel off the lime rind and place them into your jar with your cranberries. Fill the jar up to the the top with cranberries.

Layering the cranberries and lime rinds, make it look so pretty.

3) Next, you need to add a little bit of sugar to cancel out the bitterness of the cranberries. You don't want to make the vodka sweet so add less than 2 tbsp of sugar to begin with {less if you have a a small jar}. Now you can pour the vodka on top of the cranberry/lime/sugar mixture, seal the jar, and give it a good shake.

4) Give the jar a good shaking every day or two to make sure the sugar mixes throughout. You can let your infused vodka sit for anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months. FYI: The longer you leave it the sweeter it'll be.

Note: To give away as gifts, pour the vodka into pretty jars like I did above, and tie a ribbon or a gift tag on it {like I'll be doing for one lucky soul}. I also think it's cute to add a cocktail-drink recipe tag to it. 

It makes amazing crantinis {recipe here} and also tastes great mixed with some club soda.

Scrumptious!