I put together a few cranberry dishes last weekend for Mrs. Weir and myself to get me back into the swing of cooking in preparation for hosting 14 people for Thanksgiving. Anyway, here they are -- I apologize in advance for the pretty poor picture quality.
Cocktail: Cranberry Manhattan
I love bourbon Manhattans, which are basically just whiskey with some flavored wine (vermouth). I came across some cranberry wine from a local NJ winery in the liquor store, and figured, why not?
2 parts bourbon
1 part cranberry wine
dash orange bitters
Combine all in a cocktail shaker with ice, shake and pour. Garnish with a couple of cranberry halves.
This was surprisingly good -- I liked it almost as much as a regular Manhattan. The cranberry wine by itself was also better than I expected -- not sweet or cloying at all, and actually pretty crisp and refreshing.