Valentine's day fun

Here are a few recipe ideas to put a spark into your Valentine's Day fun. All of the recipes here start with the traditional sparkling wine but then you kick it up with a splash of this and a dash of that and suddenly you are having fun! We hope it inspires you and your partner to try something new on Valentine's day

-Cheers and bottoms up!


Hopeless RomantiX

Ingredients
2 oz Prosecco Sparkling Wine
1 ½ oz X-Rated Fusion Liqueur
¼ oz Pineapple Juice
¼ oz Lemon Juice
¼ oz Orange Juice



St Germain Cocktail
2 parts Brut Champagne or Dry Sparkling Wine
1½ parts St-Germain
2 parts Club Soda

Method: Stir ingredients in a tall ice-filled Collins glass, mixing completely. Think of Paris circa 1947. Garnish with a lemon twist

Bacio del Limone
Italian for "lemon kiss," this fluted drink is every bit as simple as the tall drinks, but with an elegant presentation that makes it festive.

•4 ounces sparkling wine (chilled)
•1 ounce limoncello (chilled)
•Crushed ice
•5-6 fresh blackberries, raspberries or currants
Place a spoonful of crushed ice in a fluted glass and top with the fresh berries. Combine the sparkling wine and limoncello in a mixing glass and stir lightly just to mix, being careful not to destroy the bubbles. Pour the mixture over the berries and ice.

Bellini Recipe
You need:

2 parts (4oz) extra dry sparkling wine
1 part (2oz) peach puree (approximately 1 pureed peach)
Mix:
Pour the peach puree at the bottom of a champagne flute.
Add a dash or two of grenadine or raspberry puree on the top, if you want.
Gently pour dry sparkling wine to full the glass.
Do not stir!
For additional sweetness, dip the rims of the champagne flutes in a bowl of fine sugar, similar to how Margarita glasses are dipped in salt.

kir royale recipe makes the traditional, slightly sweet crème de cassis and Champagne cocktail. The slightly fruity libation is well suited to weddings, showers, and other elegant celebrations.

Prep Time: 2 minutes
Total Time: 2 minutesYield: 1 kir royale cocktail
Ingredients:
•1/2 ounce crème de cassis or Chambord
•2 1/4 ounces Champagne
Preparation:
How to make a kir royale:

Add the crème de cassis to a Champagne flute and pour the Champagne over it.


Amaretto Mimosa
yield:
Makes about 12 drinks.
Ingredients
3 cups fresh orange juice, strained
1/4 cup almond-flavored liqueur such as Amaretto di Saronno, or to taste
A 750-ml. bottle chilled sparkling wine