Cold Drinks

Cranberry Mors

What separates mors from compote is the method: the berries are never boiled whole. The juice is pressed out cold and set aside, the spent pulp alone is simmered to extract colour and the last of the flavour, and the raw juice goes back in off the heat. Vitamin C and fresh aroma both survive.

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Cranberry Mors — the finished dish
Prep
15 min
Cook
10 min
Rest
2 h
Total
2 h 25 min
Servings
6
Level
Easy
Per serving
90 kcal

Ingredients

  • What to use instead

    If you prefer honey to sugar, stir it into the cooled mors; hot liquid strips its aroma.

Makes: about 1.5 l, 6 glasses

Method

  1. Step 1: Crush the berries

    Let frozen cranberries sit for 20 minutes at room temperature. Crush them with a muddler or pulse them briefly in a blender — coarse mash, not purée.

  2. Step 2: Press out the juice

    Tip the mash into muslin and squeeze the juice into a bowl. Cover it and set it aside; this juice never goes near the pan.

  3. Step 3: Simmer the pulp

    Cover the spent pulp with the water, bring to the boil and simmer for 5 minutes. This is where the colour and depth come from, which raw juice alone cannot give.

  4. Step 4: Strain and sweeten

    Strain the liquid through a sieve, add the sugar and stir until it dissolves while everything is still hot.

  5. Step 5: Add the raw juice

    Let the strained liquid cool for twenty minutes, then stir in the reserved juice. Poured into boiling liquid it would lose both its freshness and its vitamin C.

  6. Step 6: Chill and serve

    Pour into a jug and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Serve over ice with mint and a few whole berries in the glass.

Tips & variations

  • Tip

    Add the sugar gradually: cranberries are fiercely sour and how much you need depends more on the fruit than on the recipe.

  • Variation

    Lingonberry mors is made exactly the same way but needs less sugar, its acidity being softer.

  • Swap

    If you prefer honey to sugar, stir it into the cooled mors; hot liquid strips its aroma.

  • Storage

    Three days in a covered jug in the fridge. Sediment at the bottom is normal — just swirl it before pouring.

Nutrition

Approximate nutrition per serving and for the whole dish
1 serving Whole dish 6 servings
Energy90 kcal540 kcal
Protein0 g0 g
Fat0 g0 g
Carbohydrates23 g138 g

Approximate values calculated from standard ingredient data.

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