champagne

Mimosas

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  • 1/4 cup Grand Marnier liqueur
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 1 bottle champagne
  • 2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice

Place the Grand Marnier and sugar, individually in small dishes. Dip the rim of each glass in the Grand Marnier and then in the sugar, forming a ring of sugar around the rim. Divide the champagne between the glasses. Pour 1/4 cup of the juice in each glass. Pour the remaining Grand Marnier into each glass.

Yield: 8 servings

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White Grape, Tangerine and Champagne Punch

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  • 2 24-ounce bottles chilled unsweetened white grape juice
  • 6-ounce can frozen tangerine juice concentrate, thawed
  • 1 cup chilled club soda
  • 1/4 cup strained fresh lemon juice
  • 1/4 cup brandy
  • 1 bottle (25.4 ounces) chilled champagne
  • Thin tangerine or orange slices, halved, for garnish if desired

In a punch bowl whisk together the grape juice, tangerine concentrate, club soda, lemon juice, and brandy and chill the mixture, covered, until it is cold. Add the champagne slowly just before serving and serve in punch glasses, garnished with the tangerine slices.

Yield: About 12 cups

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