Marasca Fizz

By BobD

Country offers 50 sparkling wines by the bottle and up to 6 by the glass. For this Champagne cocktail, the restaurant soaks pitted sweet cherries in an anise-infused syrup.

Ingredients

• 3 maraschino cherries, plus 3/4 ounce syrup from the jar
• Superfine sugar
• 3 dashes of Angostura Bitters
• 2 brown sugar cubes
• 1/2 ounce Cherry Heering or cherry liqueur
• 4 ounces chilled Champagne

Preparation

Step 1

Moisten the outer rim of a flute with 1/2 ounce maraschino cherry syrup and coat with superfine sugar. Sprinkle the bitters over the sugar cubes. Add the Cherry Heering, maraschino cherries and the remaining 1/4 ounce of maraschino cherry syrup to the flute. Top with the Champagne and add the sugar cubes.