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Classic champagne cocktail
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Easy
- Serves 1
Ingredients
- 1 sugar cube
- ¼ tsp bitters
- 10ml cognac
- 75ml cold champagne
- strip of orange peel
Method
- STEP 1
Put the sugar cube on a small dish, then drizzle with the bitters, turning a few times so it’s fully coated.
- STEP 2
Drop the cube into a champagne flute, then top up with the cognac. Slowly pour over the champagne.
- STEP 3
Twist the orange peel over to express the oils, then discard or loop around the stem of the glass.