Champagne · Cognac
Champagne Cocktail
A sugar cube, soaked in ceremony.
A bitters-soaked cube fizzing at the bottom of cold champagne, warmed by a splash of cognac — pure occasion.
Ingredients
- Chilled Champagne90 ml
- Cognac10 ml
- Angostura bitters2 dashes
- Few drops of Grand Marnier (optional)
- sugar cube1
Garnish
Garnish with orange zest and maraschino cherry.
Method
- 1Place the sugar cube with 2 dashes of bitters in a large Champagne glass, add the cognac.
- 2Pour gently chilled Champagne.
The lesson
The theatre is the point: the rising bubbles off the cube are engineered. Sometimes the recipe is a piece of choreography.
