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Cooper's Union Cocktail

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Coming right up: an elegant concoction designed for warm-weather happy hour. It's pale pink in color, floral but not too sweet, and completely refreshing.

Cooks' note:

To make 1 cup simple syrup, bring 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water to a simmer in a small saucepan, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then simmer 5 minutes. Cool syrup completely. (Leftover simple syrup can be used to sweeten iced tea and lemonade.)

Recipe information

  • Total Time

    10 min

  • Yield

    Makes 1 cocktail

Ingredients

3/4 ounce (1 1/2 tablespoons) fresh pink grapefruit juice
1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) fresh lemon juice
3/4 ounce (1 1/2 tablespoons) simple syrup (see cooks' note, below)
3/4 ounce (1 1/2 tablespoons) St-Germain elderflower liqueur
3 drops orange-flower water
1 ounce (2 tablespoon) Prairie Vodka
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons Gruet Brut sparkling wine, chilled

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Stir together all ingredients except sparkling wine in a mixing glass.

    Step 2

    Pour into Champagne flute, then top off with sparkling wine.

TagsCocktailAlcoholBeveragesSt-GermainLiqueurSparkling WineWineVodkaGrapefruitCitrusFruitSpringSummerGourmet
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