Blackberry Champagne Cocktail

By Astrid

Ingredients

• 4 blackberries, quartered
• 1/4 cup triple sec
• 4 sugar cubes
• Angostura bitters as needed
• 1 bottle (750ml) Champagne, Prosecco or other dry sparkling white wine, chilled

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from williams-sonoma.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a small nonreactive bowl, combine the blackberries and triple sec and let stand for about 15 minutes to let the fruit macerate.

Place 1 sugar cube in each of 4 Champagne flutes and add 1 or 2 dashes of bitters to each one. Spoon 4 pieces of marinated blackberry into each flute. Top with Champagne and serve immediately. Serves 4.

Black Raspberry Champagne Cocktail: Substitute 8 halved black raspberries for the blackberries and Chambord for the triple sec. Garnish with black raspberries.

Red Raspberry Champagne Cocktail: Substitute 8 halved red raspberries for the blackberries and framboise for the triple sec. Garnish with red raspberries.

Blackberry Kir Royale: Substitute 3 Tbs. crème de cassis for the triple sec. Omit the sugar cubes and Angostura bitters.

Adapted from Williams-Sonoma Essentials of Breakfast and Brunch, by Georgeanne Brennan, Elinor Klivans, Jordan Mackay and Charles Pierce (Oxmoor House, 2007).