Champagne in the Ombre Valentine's Cocktail
A cocktail boasting the refreshing notes of champagne and berries
Ingredients
- Ingredients for Cocktail
- 1 bottle dry champagne or sparkling white wine
- 1 oz of your choice of either strawberry or blackberry simple syrup or more to taste
- Strawberry and Blackberry syrup ingredients
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup strawberries only for strawberry syrup
- 3/4 cup blackberries only for blackberry syrup
- extra strawberries and blackberries for garnish optional
- cocktail pics to hold fruit garnish optional
Instructions
- Add the water and sugar with your choice of either blackberry or strawberry to a saucepan.
- Let the mixture simmer until sugar has dissolved and berries are tender, about 20 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat and let it cool completely.
- Strain into a bottle/jar making sure to squeeze any excess juice from berries.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator and it will be good for two weeks.
- Instructions for cocktail
- Add 1 oz of berry syrup or more to taste in champagne coupe or glass
- Top off with chilled champagne or sparkling white wine
- Cut extra strawberries into hearts and skewer the hearts and the extra blackberries on a cocktail pick. (as shown in the photo of the cocktail)
- The instructions on cutting strawberry hearts contained in the blog.
- Garnish the cocktail with a finished pick and enjoy. Cheers!
Notes
This syrup is also perfect to put on top of waffles, pancakes, and ice cream. If you think you would enjoy it in the ways suggested above, feel free to double the recipe above.