Check out some of the hottest champagne cocktails for this holiday season!
French 75
Recipe courtesy of Epicurious.com
Ingredients
•1 lemon
•3 tablespoons (1 1/2 ounces) gin
•1 1/2 tablespoons (3/4 ounce) fresh lemon juice
•1 tablespoon (1/2 ounce)
•1 cup ice cubes
•1/4 cup (2 ounces) dry sparkling wine, such as brut Champagne, chilled
Preparation
Using zester or paring knife, slice peel from lemon in long, thin spiral. Reserve lemon for another use and set peel aside.
In cocktail shaker, combine gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup. Add ice and shake vigorously for 20 seconds. Strain into chilled Champagne flute and top with sparkling wine.
Curl lemon peel around finger to create twist at least 6 inches long. Garnish drink with twist and serve immediately.
Barbotage
Recipe courtesy of esquire.com
Ingredients
•1/2 ounce cognac
•1 teaspoon Grand Marnier
•4 ounces Brut champagne
Preparation
Pour cognac (or another brandy) and Grand Marnier into a champagne flute, top up with brut champagne.
Shake up with ice 1 teaspoon grenadine, 1/2 ounce lemon juice, and 1 ounce orange juice, strain it into a champagne flute, and have at it with the bubbly.
Black Velvet
Recipe courtesy of esquire.com
Ingredients
•Guinness stout
•Brut champagne
Collins glass
Preparation
Half-fill a Collins glass with stout and top up slowly with champagne. Stir gently with glass or plastic rod.
Kir Royal
Recipe courtesy of foodnetwork.com
Ingredients
• 1 Tablespoon of Chambord
• fresh raspberries
• Brut champagne
Preparation
Place champagne flute in the freezer for 15 minutes. Remove and add 1 tablespoon of the Chambord plus a few raspberries. Fill flute to the top with Champagne and serve immediately.
Cranberry-Orange Sparklers for 8
Recipe courtesy of marthastewart.com
Ingredients
- 1 cup cranberry juice cocktail
- 1/3 cup orange-flavored liqueur, such as Cointreau or Grand Marnier
- 1 bottle (750 ml) Champagne or other dry white sparkling wine, chilled
- 24 ounces ginger ale, chilled
Preparation
In a measuring cup, combine juice and liqueur. Divide among eight Champagne flutes or wine glasses. To serve, top with equal parts Champagne and ginger ale.
