Thanksgiving Mocktail
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 2 mocktails, plus additional blood-orange syrup
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 2 servings
- Calories
- 269
- Total Fat
- 0
- Saturated Fat
- 0
- Carbohydrates
- 68
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 62
- Protein
- 1
- Cholesterol
- 0
- Sodium
- 14
- Total: 1 hr (includes cooling time)
- Active: 15 min
Ingredients
1/2 cup blood orange juice plus 2 blood orange slices, for serving
1/3 cup sugar
4 large sprigs fresh thyme
1 1/4 cups ginger beer
1/2 cup cranberry juice
Frozen cranberries, for serving
Directions
- Add the blood orange juice, sugar and thyme to a small saucepan and place over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar, and cook for 2 minutes to let the flavors infuse. Turn off the heat and let the mixture steep and cool to room temperature.
- Discard the thyme; strain the syrup through a sieve. At this point, the syrup can be covered and refrigerated until ready to use, up to 1 week.
- Add 2 tablespoons of the blood-orange syrup to each of 2 highball glasses filled with ice. Top each glass with half of the ginger beer, then half of the cranberry juice. Stir and serve with some frozen cranberries and 1 blood orange slice.