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- Christmas is slowly fastly
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So those of y'all out there
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that is experiencing some really cold weather,
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this drink that I'm fixing to make can be
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Or if you're in Key West, Florida, it can be served cold.
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So that's the plus about this one.
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And it's called a cranberry pomegranate
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and I've got my crystallized ginger
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And sometimes it can be kinda hot, you know?
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That's good and sweet and sugary because it's crystallized.
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Now this recipe, we are only making half
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because today is not really Christmas
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and there's only the three of us to drink all this.
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put this on like medium high,
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and we are gonna let it reduce by half.
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So that'll take a few minutes and
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after that it has reduced to half.
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We'll start adding the other good stuff
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that I've got to go in it.
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It's really holiday, isn't it?
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All these ingredients, the orange, the cinnamon sticks,
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the rosemary, the, excuse me, the cranberry juice
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It all screams holiday to me.
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- Me too. - So we'll be right back
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soon as it's reduced.
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I may have reduced this
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even a little more than like half y'all,
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but I think it's good.
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It's gonna be nice and gingery.
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Now I'm putting my brown sugar in there
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and I wanna just stir this until
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the sugar is melted and dissolved
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and my pan's still pretty warm
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from it being reduced.
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Like I said, we just wanna make sure
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And now we're gonna add our cranberry juice.
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I think that's dissolved pretty good.
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Sometimes your little brown sugar kind of clump.
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So just wanna make sure there's no brown sugar clumps.
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And I'm gonna slowly add our cranberry juice
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to make sure I get it all incorporated.
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Sure does smell good.
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I think we are pretty safe now.
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Now I'm gonna put, this orange has been
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washed and now I'm gonna put thin slices
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pomegranate cranberry juice.
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Mm, it's a pretty orange. It's gonna be pretty in there.
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Okay, we're gonna refrigerate it for about an hour.
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Oh no, I'm supposed to refrigerate this overnight.
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Okay, this may be one of those times where we say
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"We chill this overnight in like two hours."
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So you know what? I may put this in the freezer.
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But I'm gonna refrigerate it for right now
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and then I'm gonna move it to the freezer.
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But you know, it's really good that you can make it
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that far ahead, isn't it?
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This is such a pretty drink around the holidays, y'all.
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Alright, I wanna make sure.
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Now, I'm gonna sample this cold,
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but if you wanted to serve it warm, if your weather is just
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just warm this back up
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right there in that pot
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and you can get toasty, warm,
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Now I've got my cranberries.
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I'm just gonna drop a few in there.
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I've got my cinnamon stick
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and we wanna get that cinnamony taste in there.
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Hmm. Pretty, pretty, pretty.
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What a beautiful drink to all for your family
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or your friends that drop in.
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No matter, like I said,
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Key West or Wisconsin, hot or cold, just as you prefer.
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And I think you could probably turn this into an adult
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beverage pretty quick and easy, couldn't you?
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- Sure. - By adding just vodka.
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- Gosh, it's so good. That is so good.
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I love what the candy ginger has done to this.
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Just took it to a whole different direction
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Look down in there. Can you see?
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The cinnamon stick and the oranges
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Mm. Just makes for a beautiful drink.
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And like I said, if you're just serving adults,
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put your poison in, whatever you want.
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Choose your poison. I like it just like this.
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So I'm not gonna choose any poison. (laughs)
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I don't like poison. (laughs)
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Merry Christmas, y'all. Delicious.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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