Money Green Champagne Recipe
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Total Time:
5 mins
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Active Time:
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Makes:
4 drinks
Get yer drink on with this mint-tinted cocktail that’s great for celebrating. For playas only.
What to buy: Cuvée Jean-Louis from Charles de Fère, a luscious, creamy, blanc de blanc brut, is great for this drink.
INGREDIENTS
- Leaves from 8 fresh mint sprigs
- 2 tablespoons organic raw cane sugar
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 bottle chilled champagne or sparkling wine
INSTRUCTIONS
- Using a mortar and pestle, pulverize the mint with the sugar and lime juice.
- Combine mint mixture with the champagne or sparkling wine (add slowly) and stir well.
- Strain the champagne or sparkling wine into a large pitcher and serve immediately in champagne flutes.
This recipe, while from a trusted source, may not have been tested by the CHOW food
team.
If I'll spring for a Mimosa I'll do a jig for this one!
I don't see how a bit of lime juice (which is a cloudy white-ish colour, with only a hint of green) and muddled mint could make this drink SO green.