No matter the occasion, Champagne goes with just about everything! For some added festivity, try these classic Champagne drinks that everyone will love.
Classic Champagne Cocktail
- 5 oz. chilled Champagne
- Sugar cube
- 3 drops Angostura bitters
- Lemon twist
Soak the sugar cube in Angostura bitters and place at the bottom of your Champagne flute. Pour in Champagne and garnish with a fresh lemon twist.
Mimosa
- 5 oz chilled Champagne
- 1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- Orange quarter slice
In your Champagne flute, combine Champagne and orange juice, and finish off your class with a quarter orange slice garnish.
French 75
- 2 oz Gin
- 2 oz Champagne
- 1 oz Simple Syrup 1 oz
- Lemon juice
- Lemon peel
- Cherry
Combine all ingredients except for the champagne, lemon peel and cherry into a cocktail shaker and shake. Pour into Champagne flute and top with Champagne, lemon peel and cherry.
Peach Bellini
- 1 cup frozen peaches
- 2 oz chilled Champagne
- 1 oz Peach Schnapps
- Fresh peach slice
Place frozen peaches and Peach Schnapps in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into Champagne flute and top with Champagne and peach slice garnish.
The perfect complements to champagne:
Fruits
BERRIES AND STONE FRUITS: Peaches Strawberries Raspberries Plums Blackberries
Cheeses
AGED AND MILD WHITE: Brie Camembert Aged gouda Baby Swiss
Caviar
Osetra, Siberian sturgeon and Paddlefish
Desserts
Shortbread, Pound cake and Berries
Falling A Little Flat?
Here is a simple trick to bring back the bubbles in flat Champagne!
If your bubbly is near the end of its sparkle and almost flat, simply drop a raisin into the bottle. “The remaining carbon dioxide will adhere to its ridges, then release themselves back into the Champagne as bubbles,” according to the website thekitchn.com.
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