Cape Codder

⏳ Time

8 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

In 1959, the U.S. Department of Health announced that fields of commercially grown cranberries were treated with toxic fertilizers: this is why the Cape Codder, invented in the late 1940s, became one of the most popular American cocktails only thirty years later.

Ingredients

Vodka - 1 fl oz
Gingerbread-flavored syrup - 0 fl oz
Cranberry - 2.8 oz
Angostura - 0 fl oz
Lime - ½ pieces
Orange zest - a pinch
Powdered Sugar - 0.4 oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

In a mixing glass, add three large handfuls of cranberries (reserve a few berries for garnish) and pour in the syrup. Muddle everything well to release the juice from the cranberries.

Step 2

Fill a glass for serving with crushed ice and add a dash of Angostura bitters.

Step 3

In a shaker, add ice cubes, vodka, and shake vigorously. Strain into a glass, add ice to create a mound.

Step 4

Squeeze some juice from half a lime: place the soft half on ice, add cranberries on top, and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Garnish the glass with zest.