Cranberry Infused Vodka | Dishes Delish (2024)

This cranberry infused vodka recipe is perfect for a few different reasons. It’s delicious, vibrant and can be used to make beautiful co*cktails.

Isn’t this cranberry infused vodka a thing of beauty? Just imagine drinking a delicious co*cktail using this vodka! Not only is it slightly tart, but the beautiful color makes for a gorgeous beverage.

Now imagine wrapping a bottle filled with this cranberry infused vodka in Christmas paper and gifting it to a vodka-loving loved one. You’ll be so happy to see the excited look on their face as they unwrap it and delight in receiving such a caring gift from you.

See? There are many reasons why you should make this cranberry infused vodka yourself!

I usually make a cranberry cosmo with this infused vodka.

Helpful tips

• Do not think you have to sweeten this cranberry infused vodka. There is absolutely no reason to do so. The mistake that people make is thinking that just because cranberries are tart, they need to balance them out in the vodka instead of when adding sweetener to the co*cktail that you are going to make with it. See the difference?
• Use the freshest cranberries you can find
• Use a food processor but only process 3/4 of the cranberries, leave the rest whole
• Do not eat the cranberries after they’ve been soaking in vodka because all you will taste is vodka
• You don’t need to use premium vodka, though you can. I used Absolute

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How to make this infused vodka

Step one

Gather the cranberries, vodka and a jar.

Step two

Place 3/4 of the cranberries in a food processor and roughly pulse them.

Step three

Scrape chopped cranberries and whole cranberries in a large jar (A)

Step four

Pour vodka over the cranberries in the jar (B)

Step five

Once the vodka and cranberries are in the jar, you can already start to see the color leaching into the vodka (C)

Step six

Use a long wooden spoon to stir the cranberries and vodka or cap the jar and give it a little shake. You can see that stirring the vodka causes more color from the cranberries to infuse it

Step seven

Cap the jar and place it on a shelf somewhere. Some people store it in a cool dark place like a pantry, but I don’t think it’s necessary. I just kept the jar on our dining room table, to remind me to give it a stir

Step eight

Stir the cranberry infused vodka every day for a week

The following photo was taken after a week. Look at how vibrant the color is!

Step nine

Cover a sieve with some cheesecloth and pour the contents of the jar into the sieve.

Step ten

Toss the cranberries and cheesecloth, then pour the cranberry infused vodka into a large bottle or a few jars.

Perfect!

What are you going to do with the cranberry infused vodka when you make it? Keep it for yourself or gift it? Both are great ideas.

The other co*cktail infusions

• Cherry infused vodka
• Watermelon infused vodka
• Rhubarb infused vodka

And as always, may all your dishes/drinks be delish!

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