Happy Mother's Day!
Limoncello Champagne Cocktails with Mint
Serves 2
Recipe from: Bon Appetit
Ingredients:
1/4 cup fresh mint leaves
1/4 cup limoncello
2 tablespoons sugar plus additional for dipping Champagne flutes
Lemon peels strips from 1 lemon
4 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 lemon wedge
1 cup (about) chilled Champagne or sparkling wine.
Note: Limoncello- a sweet lemon liquor from Italy, is available at some supermarkets and at liquor stores.
Directions:
Place mint, limoncello, 2 tablespoons sugar, and lemon strips in blender;blend until mint is finely chopped (lemon peel will be coarsely chopped), 10 seconds. Strain into small cup; discard solids. Run lemon wedge around rim of 2 champagne flutes. Dip rims into sugar. Divide limoncello mixture and lemon juice between flutes. Top with Champagne.
Enjoy!
54 comments:
My mother would LOVE this! As it happens, so would I!
Happy Mother Day.
Excellent cocktail, thanks for sharing.
Have a great weekend x
How beautifully festive - what a wonderful way to raise a toast to Mom!
that looks beautiful Velva!! Happy Mother's Day!!
Velva, the champagne cocktail soundss awesome!
Happy Sunday!
Velva, anything with Limoncello and champagne sounds like my kind of cocktail. Hope you have a wonderful Mother's Day and a great weekend as well.
Sam
Velva, yes I'll have one please! Perfect summer (if ever it arrives here) drink!
Hope you have a sweet memory-filled day!
Best,
Bonnie
i love very much limoncello but for me champagne is champagne and I do not mix !!!
cheers de Paris PIerre
Happy Mother's Day!
Beautiful cocktail!! Happy Mother's Day!!
Another tasty looking drink that you have prepared!
Happy Mother's Day!
Thank You.
Cheers!
Happy Mother's Day- I say you two would do very well with a Tiki Bar on the beach somewhere :)
Love that mint and I will be trying this! Happy Mother's Day to you!
HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to you, Velva! Hope you have a fabulous time!
With love,
Kristy
The fettuccine with peas and pancetta are my favorites. This drink would be a great accompaniment. Thank you. I scour through your recipes at least once a week. You are a treasuretrove.
Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother's Day! I would love your champagne cocktail!
Hy Velva,
that's a wonderful post and Happy Mother's day to you too dear...
Sounds very yummy and sophisticated - perfect for Mother's Day! I hope you have a very happy one. :)
I just made a ton of limoncello, so this looks wonderful! I know it's Mother's Day but my stepdad is the one who would go crazy for this cocktail. He adores anything lemon!
Beautiful cocktail. Hope you have a blessed Mother's Day.
Chocolate and maytag blue cheese...give it a go. It is a subtle difference, but a noticeable one.
Thanks Velva for you comment.
Cheers!
Velva, you always post the most fabulous cocktails!
I love Lemoncello!!!
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Cheers!
Dennis
Happy Mom's Day to you!
~ingrid
How refreshing! I could have had this sitting outside in the sun today. I remember Limoncello from the movie, Under the Tuscan sun...yum! ♥
wow what an amazing drink
Happy mothers day love Rebecca
gorgeous!
I just bought my first bottle of limoncello and I can't wait to open it up. I will definitely make one of these:D
I just happen to have a bottle of Limoncello in the freezer. Thanks for this yummy cocktail recipe. I hope you had a lovely Mother's Day, Velva.
That's the booze Danny DeVito was smashed on when interviewed on a talk show!
Ohhhh, you always make the BEST drinks, Velva! :-) I'll have to save the rest of my homemade limoncello for this one!! :-)
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Dennis
I have loved limoncello ever since I did a study abroad in Italy in college. I have only every had it by itself. Your recipe sounds really refreshing. If I can get my hands on some limoncello, I'll give it a try.
Super questo cocktails!! complimenti!
That looks lovely, Velva! I'm going to serve these at my next brunch!
Hope you had a fabulous Mother's Day! That is a gorgeous cocktail!
Yum, yum, yum! Can't see why you couldn't keep this in the Italian family and use Prosecco if you wanted to use a different sparkling!
PS: I always seem to come back to your posts when there are cocktails! heheh!!!
Velva-
Looks delicious! My friends made their own limoncello for our Easter celebration, and we mixed it with Aperol. Champagne would have made it even better!
This looks so refreshing with the mint and lemon...perfect for summer!
Looks so tasty! Can I have one now? I love limoncello. What great flavor combos.
Hey Velva, this looks so nice! I haven't been very hungry since the heat has set in here in Florida. I have been craving stuff like this though!
Velva
I would love this cocktail! Plus the photo is really showcasing it very nicely!
What a refreshing mother's day cocktail. I hope you had a lovely weekend.
*kisses* HH
Limoncello is one of my favorite drinks! Im so going to make this over the weekend.
Beautiful and perfect for mothers, everywhere! Cheers!
Oh yes, this would be my new best friend. Love limoncello.
I just planted my first ever mint plant. I've been warned that it's going to take over my herb garden, but before that happens I'm going to try this recipe. It sounds so delicious and refreshing!
My sister in law makes limoncello. Have you ever made it? i have never tried. i'm impatient i guess!
This looks like quite an elegant and fun cocktail.
Happy belated Mother's Day dear! Hope you had a wonderful holiday!
Thank you for visiting!
And this drink looks so refeshing and delish! Perfect treat for any mom! :)
This looks like the PERFECT weekend cocktail. I'll be whipping up one of these this weekend for sure.
Wow, this looks great (except for the mint, vile weed that it is). Nicole and I are going to try this next weekend....love limoncello, love champagne!
Andy
This is going to be delicious! What a great idea, and what a refreshing looking picture. I love both limoncello and champaigne, my mint plant has sprouted after our long winter, and so I have no excuses. I am ready to try this coctail!
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