Ginger Champagne Cocktail

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This festive cocktail is perfect for your Christmas party or New Year's Eve celebration!

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword champagne cocktail, champagne cocktails, drinks for holiday party

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 3

Total Time 8

Servings people

Calories 151kcal

Author Blair Lonergan

Ingredients

For the Ginger Simple Syrup:

2 teaspoons grated fresh ginger
½ cup granulated white sugar
¼ cup water
Pinch ground cinnamon (optional)
Pinch ground nutmeg (optional)

For the Cocktails:

1 (750 mL) bottle Champagne or other sparkling wine like Prosecco, chilled

Instructions

Prepare the Ginger Simple Syrup

Place a fine mesh sieve over a small bowl and set aside.
In a small saucepan, boil ginger, sugar, water, cinnamon and nutmeg until syrupy (about 2-3 minutes), whisking regularly. Pour the syrup through the sieve and discard the solids.
Refrigerate the syrup in an airtight bottle or jar for up to 1 week.

To Prepare the Cocktails

Pour 1 tablespoon of Ginger Simple Syrup in a glass and top with about 5 ounces of Champagne. Stir and serve immediately.

Notes

How much Champagne for a cocktail party?

This recipe yields about 1/3 cup of simple syrup, or enough for 5 drinks. A 750-mL bottle of Champagne fills 5 regular Champagne glasses.

Some guests will have a couple glasses and some will have none at all, so a good rule of thumb is to assume that (on average) you will need one glass of Champagne per guest.

Here's a quick chart that should help with your calculations:

10 guests: 2 bottles of Champagne (and 2 recipes of ginger simple syrup)
20 guests: 4 bottles of Champagne (and 4 recipes of ginger simple syrup)
25 guests: 5 bottles of Champagne (and 5 recipes of ginger simple syrup)
30 guests: 6 bottles of Champagne (and 6 recipes of ginger simple syrup)

As you can see, if you're hosting a cocktail party, you will need to double, triple (or more) your simple syrup in proportion with the number of bottles of Champagne that you are using. One recipe of the simple syrup is enough for 1 bottle of Champagne.

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