10 champagne cocktails you can make in minutes
Want to posh-up your bubbly? Mix fab cocktails like Kir royale or a twist on the Bellini – and you can use prosecco instead of champagne.
1. French 75
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Pour 1 tbsp lemon juice, 1 tsp sugar syrup and 50ml gin into a cocktail shaker then fill up with ice. Shake well then strain into a champagne flute. Top with a little champagne, leave to settle (as it will bubble up) then fill up with more champagne. Swirl gently with a cocktail stirrer then garnish with a strip of lemon zest if you like.
2. Mango Bellini
Prep: 10 mins
Serves: 2
Peel and chop ½ a very ripe mango and put it into a blender with 100ml champagne, blend to a smooth purée then divide between 2 champagne flutes. Top with more chilled champagne, pouring it slowly to avoid overflowing, then serve.
3. Mimosa
Prep: 10 mins
Serves: 1
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Pour 25ml fresh clementine juice and 50ml fresh orange juice into a champagne flute. Top with 100ml chilled champagne and serve.
4. Sgroppino
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Put 2 tsp lemon sorbet into the bottom of a champagne flute. Pour over 1 tsp vodka then top with champagne.
5. Aperitivo spritz
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Drop a few ice cubes into the bottom of a wine glass. Pour 50ml aperitif (such as Aperol or Campari) into the glass followed by 25ml sparkling water and then fill up the glass with champagne.
6. Champagne mojito
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Put a few ice cubes into a wine glass then hold 5 mint leaves in the palm of one hand and clap your other hand over it – this will bruise the leaves just enough without making them bitter. Drop the leaves into the glass then pour over 25ml rum, juice ½ lime, 1 tsp sugar syrup and a few dashes of Angostura bitters. Stir very gently then slowly top with champagne.
7. Porter & champagne
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Half-fill a champagne flute with porter or a light stout then top up with chilled champagne.
8. Raspberry fizz
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Put four raspberries in a mortar and crush with a pestle. Scoop the crushed raspberries into a champagne flute then top with 25ml raspberry liqueur (such as Chambord) then top with chilled champagne.
9. Summer all year
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Pour 1 tsp elderflower cordial into a champagne flute. Add 25ml gin, 25ml lychee juice a few dashes of lemon bitters, if you have them, then top with chilled champagne.
10. Kir royale
Prep: 5 mins
Serves: 1
Pour 1 tbsp crème de cassis into the bottom of a champagne flute. Top with chilled champagne and garnish with a fresh or frozen blackberry.
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