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No weekend brunch menu is complete without a sparkling Mimosa cocktail. Discover the perfect ratio for a just-sweet-enough mimosa, then explore fun variations and pretty garnish ideas.
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Ingredients
Ingredient notes
- Orange juice: Fresh-squeezed is best, and pulp-free makes for a smoother cocktail.
- Dry sparkling wine: Any style will do. Choose French Champagne, Italian prosecco, Spanish cava or any variety of sparkling wine.
- Orange slice: Or garnish with an orange twist, fresh berries, or fresh herbs.
Step-by-step instructions
- To a chilled Champagne flute or wine glass, pour 3 ounces of the juice of choice (about halfway).
- Add sparkling wine and gently combine juice into wine by lifting the juice mixture up into the wine with the spoon. Garnish and serve.
Recipe tips and variations
- Yield: This recipe makes one Mimosa cocktail.
- Glassware: Mimosas are traditionally served in a fluted glass such as a champagne flute.
- Big batch: To make a batch of 8 cocktails, combine 24 ounces (3 cups) orange juice and 24 ounces (3 cups) dry sparkling wine. Serve with glassware and orange slices on hand so guests can help themselves.
- Orange liqueur: To boost the orange flavor, add ¼ ounce (1 ½ teaspoons) orange liqueur with the juice.
- Bellini: Substitute peach juice for the orange juice (add ¼ ounce peach schnapps if desired). Garnish with a fresh peach slice.
- Puccini: Substitute Mandarin orange juice for the regular orange juice.
- Rossini: Substitute strawberry purée for the orange juice.
- Tintoretto: Combine equal parts pomegranate juice and dry sparkling wine.
- Non-alcoholic: Substitute seltzer for the sparkling wine.
- Kir Royale: Substitute ½ ounce (3 teaspoons) Crème de Cassis (a black currant liqueur) for the orange juice. Increase sparkling wine to 5 or 6 ounces, and garnish with a lemon twist or fresh berries.
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Mimosa
No weekend brunch menu is complete without a sparkling Mimosa Cocktail. Discover the perfect ratio for a just-sweet-enough mimosa, then explore fun variations and pretty garnish ideas.
Ingredients
- 3 ounces orange juice (see note 1)
- 3 ounces dry sparkling wine (see note 2)
- orange slice for garnish (see note 3)
Instructions
- To a chilled Champagne flute or wine glass, add 3 ounces of the juice of choice (about halfway).
- Add sparkling wine and gently combine juice into wine by lifting the juice mixture up into the wine with the spoon. Garnish with an orange slice.
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Notes
- Orange juice: Fresh-squeezed is best, and pulp-free makes for a smoother cocktail.
- Dry sparkling wine: Any style will do. Choose French Champagne, Italian prosecco, Spanish cava or any variety of sparkling wine.
- Orange slice: Or garnish with an orange twist, fresh berries, or fresh herbs.
- Yield: This recipe makes one Mimosa cocktail.
- Glassware: Mimosas are traditionally served in a fluted glass such as a champagne flute.
- Big batch: To make a batch of 8 cocktails, combine 24 ounces (3 cups) orange juice and 24 ounces (3 cups) dry sparkling wine. Serve with glassware and orange slices on hand so guests can help themselves.
- Orange liqueur: To boost the orange flavor, add ¼ ounce (1 ½ teaspoons) orange liqueur with the juice.
- Bellini: Substitute peach juice for the orange juice (add ¼ ounce peach schnapps if desired). Garnish with a fresh peach slice.
- Puccini: Substitute Mandarin orange juice for the regular orange juice.
- Rossini: Substitute strawberry purée for the orange juice.
- Tintoretto: Combine equal parts pomegranate juice and dry sparkling wine.
- Non-alcoholic: Substitute seltzer for the sparkling wine.
- Kir Royale: Substitute ½ ounce (3 teaspoons) Crème de Cassis (a black currant liqueur) for the orange juice. Increase sparkling wine to 5 or 6 ounces, and garnish with a lemon twist or fresh berries.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktailCalories: 80kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 7mgPotassium: 245mgFiber: 1gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 170IUVitamin C: 43mgCalcium: 17mgIron: 1mg
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