I've slipped on my Bensimons (one cannot have enough of these cute little canvas numbers!) and queued up my Coeur De Pirate album (love!) to put myself in a French frame of mind, which wouldn't be even close to complete without clinking glasses filled to the brim with a take on the classic French aperitif, the Blackberry Kir.
The Blackberry Champagne Cocktail:
4 blackberries, quartered
1/4 cup Triple Sec
4 sugar cubes
Angostura bitters as needed
1 bottle Champagne, Prosecco or other dry sparkling white wine, chilled
In a small nonreactive bowl, combine the blackberries and triple sec and let stand for 15 minutes to let the fruit macerate. Place 1 sugar cube in each of 4 Champagne flutes and add 1-2 dashes of bitters to each. Spoon 4 pieces of marinated blackberry into each flute. Top with Champagne & serve immediately. Serves 4.
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