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Very Special Champagne Cocktail
Very Special Champagne Cocktail
- Recipe Submitted by ADMIN on 09/26/2007
Category: Beverages
Ingredients List
- 2 (1/2 pint) baskets fresh
- -raspberries
- 2 tb Sugar
- 1/2 c Plus 2 T raspberry liqueur
- 1/4 c Cognac or other brandy
- 8 Sugar cubes
- 1 (750 ml) bottle chilled
- -brut Champagne
- Fresh raspberries
- Lemon peel strips
Directions
Combine 2 baskets raspberries and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl. Mash
berries lightly with fork. Let stand 15 minutes. Mix in liqueur and
brandy. Pour into jar. Cover and let stand in dark cupboard 3 days. Strain
raspberry mixture, pressing on solids with spoon to extract as much liquid
as possible. (Can be made 1 month ahead. Cover and chill.)
Place one sugar cube in each of eight 6-oz Champagne flutes. Pour 2
tablespoons raspberry mixture over each sugar cube. Pour Champagne over to
fill glasses. Garnish each with raspberries and lemon peel.
From the North Champagne & Ile de France regions of France. Bon Appetit/May
94 Typed by Didi Pahl
berries lightly with fork. Let stand 15 minutes. Mix in liqueur and
brandy. Pour into jar. Cover and let stand in dark cupboard 3 days. Strain
raspberry mixture, pressing on solids with spoon to extract as much liquid
as possible. (Can be made 1 month ahead. Cover and chill.)
Place one sugar cube in each of eight 6-oz Champagne flutes. Pour 2
tablespoons raspberry mixture over each sugar cube. Pour Champagne over to
fill glasses. Garnish each with raspberries and lemon peel.
From the North Champagne & Ile de France regions of France. Bon Appetit/May
94 Typed by Didi Pahl
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