Very Special Champagne Cocktail

8 Servings

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Very Special Champagne Cocktail Ingredients

2 (1/2 pint) baskets fresh	8 Sugar cubes
2 tb Sugar	1 (750 ml) bottle chilled
1/2 c Plus 2 T raspberry liqueur	Fresh raspberries
1/4 c Cognac or other brandy	Lemon peel strips

Instructions for Very Special Champagne Cocktail

Combine 2 baskets raspberries and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl. Mash berries lightly with fork. Let stand 15 minutes. Mix in liqueur and brandy. Pour into jar. Cover and let stand in dark cupboard 3 days. Strain raspberry mixture, pressing on solids with spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. (Can be made 1 month ahead. Cover and chill.) Place one sugar cube in each of eight 6-oz Champagne flutes. Pour 2 tablespoons raspberry mixture over each sugar cube. Pour Champagne over to fill glasses. Garnish each with raspberries and lemon peel. From the North Champagne & Ile de France regions of France. Bon Appetit/May 94 Typed by Didi Pahl From Geminis MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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