Best Napoleon Champagne Cocktail Recipes

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NAPOLEON CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL



Napoleon Champagne Cocktail image

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Yield Makes 6

Number Of Ingredients 6

6 sugar cubes
Bitters
6 teaspoons Cognac
6 tablespoons Grand Marnier or other orange liqueur
1 750-ml bottle chilled champagne (preferably extra dry)
6 orange peel strips

Steps:

  • Sprinkle each sugar cube with 2 dashes of bitters. Place 1 sugar cube in each of 6 champagne flutes. Pour 1 teaspoon Cognac over each sugar cube. Add 1 tablespoon Grand Marnier to each glass. Fill glasses with champagne. Garnish glasses with orange peel strips and serve.

CLASSIC CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL



Classic Champagne Cocktail image

This minimalist drink of sugar that's been soaked in bitters and topped with Champagne was first mentioned in Jerry Thomas's book 1862 "How to Mix Drinks." It's both festive and resplendent with bubbles as written, but there's also room to customize: Split the amount of Angostura bitters with a lesser-used bitter (grapefruit, celery, orange, persimmon, for example) from your bar. Trade granulated or Demerara sugar for the sugar cube: The drink's flavor will remain the same, lacking only in the drama of the cube bubbling to its demise at the base of the glass. Finally, use Champagne if you're on a champagne budget, and dry sparkling wine if you're not.

Provided by Rebekah Peppler

Categories     cocktails

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 4

1 sugar cube (or 1 teaspoon granulated or Demerara sugar)
4 to 6 dashes Angostura bitters
4 to 5 ounces Champagne or dry sparkling wine
Long, thin lemon twist

Steps:

  • Add the sugar cube to a chilled champagne glass. Douse with bitters, then top slowly with Champagne. Garnish with the lemon twist.

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