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
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.
