Champagne Cosmopolitan

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 cups cranberry juice cocktail, chilled
• 1/2 cup grand marnier
• 3 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 8 slices lime zest, each 1/4-inch wide and 3-inch long
• 2 (750 ml) bottles brut sparkling wine or 2 (750 ml) bottles champagne, chilled

Recipe

• 1 combine cranberry juice, grand marnier, and lime juice in a small pitcher and mix well.
• 2 hold a lime strip over a tall champagne flute, twist or tie it into a single knot to release the essential oils, and drop the zest into the flute. repeat with remaining zest and seven more flutes.
• 3 divide the juice mixture equally among the flutes. top each flute with the sparkling wine. serve immediately.