Red Snapper Shot Recipe: a tart shot

If you’re looking for an easy to make bright red shot, try out this red snapper shot. With only three ingredients in the perfect mix of tart and nutty sweet smoothness, this one is sure to dazzle your taste buds.

What is a Red Snapper Shot?

A red snapper shot is made with crown Royal whiskey, amaretto and cranberry juice. They are mixed in a 1:1:2 ratio. The resulting shot is a beautiful red color that has the tart zing of cranberries which is quickly smoothed out with the slightly sweet nutty flavors of whiskey and amaretto.

Crown Royal is a Canadian whiskey made from barley, rye and corn. It is a very smooth liquor that has undertones of vanilla, oak and caramel.

Amaretto is an Italian liqueur. It is made from either almonds or the pits of stone fruit. It tends to have a slightly bitter and slightly sweet flavor that tastes nutty. When it is added to cocktails, it commonly helps to smooth and melt all the flavors.

When selecting a cranberry juice for this cocktail, try to get 100% pure no sugar added cranberry juice. Stay away from cranberry juice cocktails when possible as they have additional fruits added in. You want to have that true tart cranberry flavor.

When to Make This Drink:

This shot can be incredibly versatile with its smooth and refreshing flavor. Try it at a variety of occasions including:

• Christmas parties
• Valentine’s Day
• New Year’s Eve
• Thanksgiving
• 4th of July

Variations:

If you’re looking for possible ways to change this shot up, try one of these out:

• Make it a cocktail. This drink is typically made as a shot, however, you can double the ingredients and serve it in a rocks glass or highball glass as a sipper.
• Try a flavored crown Royal. Crown Royal comes in several different variations including flavors. Try crown Royal XO which has cognac added in or a crown Royal vanilla both of which would add a good flavor profile to the shot.

Other fun crown royal shots include: washington apple shot, royal fuck shot and the royal flush shot.

How to make this drink:

If you have 3 minutes then you can shake this shot up. Simply toss your three ingredients into your shaker and get them combined.

Equipment:

• Martini glasses
• jigger
• cocktail shaker
• Hawthorne strainer
• bar spoon

Ingredients:

• .75 oz Crown Royal
• .75 oz Amaretto
• 1.5 oz Cranberry Juice
• Ice

Instructions:

Step one

Begin by making sure you have everything necessary for the drink. Gather up your shot glass, jigger, shaker, Hawthorne strainer, ice, cranberry juice, amaretto and crown Royal.

note: the ingredients above will make two shots worth. If you want only one shot, divide each of them in half.

Step two

Grab your shaker and use the ice to fill it almost completely full.

Step three

Grab your crown Royal. Use your jigger and measure 0.75 oz of crown Royal. Dump that into the shaker.

Step four

Grab your amaretto. Use your jigger and measure points .75 oz of amaretto. Dump that into the shaker.

Step Five

Grab the cranberry juice. Use your jigger and measure 1.5 oz of cranberry juice. Dump that into the shaker.

Step six

Take the shaker lid and cover the shaker with it. Shake everything well for around 15 or 20 seconds. The shaker should get cold and icy.

Step seven

Remove the shaker lid. Place the Hawthorne strainer over the top of the shaker. Then, strain the shot into two shot glasses.

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