Paris's Crimson Champagne Cocktail

By melissadove

By Lara Shriftman and Elizabeth Harrison

Ingredients

• 1 quart cranberry juice cocktail
• 4 slices fresh ginger
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 piece star anise
• 1/4 cup brandy
• Champagne
• 1 fresh cranberry, for garnish

Preparation

Step 1

For cranberry syrup

In a medium saucepan, boil the cranberry juice cocktail, the ginger, the cinnamon stick, and the star anise for half an hour or until reduced to 1 cup. Let cool.

For cocktail

Fill a Champagne flute half-full with Champagne and add the brandy. Add 1 ounce Brandy-Cranberry Syrup and mix. Garnish with fresh cranberry.

Cook's note:
The syrup recipe makes enough for 10 drinks.

Reprinted with permission from Party Confidential by Lara Shriftman and Elizabeth Harrison. © 2006 Bulfinch Press