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Twilight Kir Royale
Two ingredients and thirty seconds, and it looks like an occasion. The blackcurrant liqueur sinks and then swirls up through the bubbles, so the colour shifts as you drink. Pour the liqueur first, tip the glass, and add the wine slowly.
2 flutesYield
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What you'll need
- 1 oz crème de cassis (30 ml)
- 1 cup dry sparkling wine, well chilled (240 ml)
- 2 fresh raspberries
How to make it
Divide the crème de cassis between two chilled flutes.
Tilt each flute and pour in the sparkling wine slowly.
Drop in a raspberry.
Glass: Two champagne flutes. Garnish: A raspberry dropped into each flute.
Chef's secrets
Use a dry (brut) sparkling wine; the liqueur is sweet.
Raspberry or blackberry liqueur also works.
Good to know
Make ahead
Not for making ahead; chill the flutes and the wine.