YIELD: Makes 6 servings
INGREDIENTS
1/4 cup – honey
15 – raspberries
3 oz. – lime juice, fresh
9 oz. – crème de cassis
24 oz. – sparkling wine
DIRECTIONS
For Macerated honey raspberries:
Set aside 6 raspberries and mash the rest. In a bowl, mix the whole raspberries and the mashed raspberries. Add honey. Stir gently until all the raspberries are coated. Refrigerate for at least two hours.
For Cocktail:
Place all the ingredients, except the whole macerated raspberries and the sparkling wine, in a shaker. Add ice. Shake for 15 seconds. Strain onto a champagne flute, add 4 oz. sparkling wine and top with a honey macerated raspberry.