Kir Royale (French champagne cocktail)

2 Minute Easy Kir Royale

2 mins

Ingredients:

• 2 tsp Creme de cassis
• 185ml/ 3/4 cup champagne or sparkling wine

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Instructions

1. Pour creme de cassis in a champagne glass, then top with Champagne and serve!
2. In reality, you don't need to measure - just eyeball it by colour, take a sip and adjust to taste! Some people like it sweeter, with a deeper red. Some people like just a tiny hint of blackcurrent.

Recipe notes

1. Creme de cassis is a sweet, dark red liquor made from blackcurrants. It's $27 for a 700ml/24 oz bottle at Dan Murphy's (large Australian liquor store).

2. Best champagne for Kir Royale -  any champagne*, sparkling wine (brut) or Cava is ideal here. Just don't get one that's labelled (or described on the label) as SWEET, because the creme de cassis is sweet and together it will probably be too sweet.

NUTRITION INFORMATION:

Calories: 110cal (6%)

Carbohydrates: 2g (1%)

Protein: 1g (2%)

Sodium: 12mg (1%)

Potassium: 156mg (4%)

Sugar: 2g (2%)

Calcium: 16mg (2%)

Iron: 1mg (6%)

Cosmopolitan Cocktail for New Year Recipe

5 Minute Easy Cosmopolitan Cocktail

5 mins Serves 1

Ingredients:

• 45ml lemon vodka
• 15ml triple sec
• 30ml cranberry juice
• 10ml lime juice
• ice

For the garnish

• orange zest, or a lime wedge on the rim of the glass.

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Instructions

1. Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice and strain into a cocktail glass.
2. To make the garnish: hold a 3cm round piece of orange zest about 10cm above your cosmo and very carefully wave it over a lit match or lighter flame. Bend the outer edge of the zest in towards the flame so that the orange oils are released, then drop the zest into your drink.

RECIPE TIPS

TWISTS ON THE COSMO

1. Champagne cosmo:

Add a splash of champagne to the finished cocktail, then stir gently and serve.

2. Blue cosmo:

Substitute blue curaçao for triple sec and Ocean Spray white cranberry juice for the usual red. Some blue curaçaos are quite sweet, so you may want to up the lime a little.

3. Tequila cosmo:

Replace the vodka in your usual cosmo with a good quality, 100% blue agave tequila like Ocho or Olmeca Altos.

The Business Cocktail Recipe

Easy Business Cocktail Recipe

Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:

• 60 ml Rutte Dry Gin
• 20 ml Honey syrup (3 honey to 1 water)
• 30 ml Lime juice (freshly squeezed)

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How to make:

1. SHAKE all ingredients with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.