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Cran Royale

By Talia Baiocchi

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Photo of a red cocktail in a stemmed glass.
Photo by Michael Graydon & Nikole Herriott

A homemade cranberry simple syrup puts this sparkling cocktail recipe into fancy party-worthy status. Use leftover Campari to make your very own Negroni or Americano.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 4

Ingredients

Cranberry-Thyme Syrup:

6 sprigs thyme
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
1/4 cup sugar

Assembly:

2 ounces fresh lemon juice
1 ounce Campari
12 ounces Champagne or dry sparkling wine
Fresh cranberries (for serving)

Preparation

  1. Cranberry-Thyme Syrup:

    Step 1

    Cook thyme, cranberries, sugar, and 1/4 cup water in a small saucepan over low, swirling pan occasionally, just until sugar is dissolved and cranberries have released their color, 12–15 minutes (do not reduce liquid). Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a heatproof bowl or measuring cup and let cool (you should have 4 oz.).

  2. Assembly:

    Step 2

    For each cocktail, combine 1 oz. cranberry-thyme syrup, 1/2 oz. lemon juice, and 1/4 oz. Campari in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Cover and shake vigorously until the outside of shaker is very cold, about 20 seconds. Strain into a chilled coupe glass and top with 3 oz. Champagne; garnish with 3 cranberries on a skewer.

  3. Do Ahead

    Step 3

    Syrup can be made 2 weeks ahead. Cover and chill.

TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesCampariAmaroLiqueurChampagneSparkling WineWineCranberryBerryFruitNut FreeGluten FreeDairy FreeEasyQuickMake AheadSimmerThanksgivingFallEpicurious

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