Pomegranate Champagne Food

POMEGRANATE CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place fresh pomegranate arils, if using, into a Champagne flute. Pour Champagne into flute, add pomegranate juice and cassis.

POMEGRANATE-CHAMPAGNE PUNCH

Steps:

• Bring 1/2 cup water and sugar to boil in small saucepan, stirring until sugar dissolves. Simmer 5 minutes. Cool syrup completely.
• Combine Champagne, rum, and pomegranate juice in punch bowl. Add enough syrup to sweeten to taste. Mix in lemon slices, pomegranate seeds, and mint leaves. Add ice block to bowl.

CHAMPAGNE AND POMEGRANATE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Place a sugar cube in the bottom of a champagne flute. Pour the pomegranate juice over it, then the sparkling wine. Drop a few pomegranate seeds into the glass. Serve.
• Yield: 1 drink

POMEGRANATE ELDERFLOWER CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• In a champagne glass, combine the elderflower liqueur and pomegranate juice. Top with champagne.

POMEGRANATE COCKTAIL WITH SPARKLING WINE

Steps:

• Place zest in champagne flutes.
• Add pomegranate juice and Cointreau.
• Fill glasses with sparking wine or champagne.
• Garnish with pomegranate seeds.

POMEGRANATE CHAMPAGNE JELLY

Steps:

• Measure sugar. Place 1/4 cup of sugar in separate bowl and mix in pectin powder and set aside.
• Combine pomegranate juice, champagne, and lemon juice in a large nonreactive pot. Bring to a gentle boil over medium-low heat, then turn up the heat until the mixture reaches a hard rolling boil. Add the sugar and bring the mixture back to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Stir in the pectin sugar and bring the mixture back to a hard boil for exactly one minute.
• Remove the jelly from the heat and ladle it into sterilized jars, leaving 1/4 inch head space.Process 5 minutes in a water bath canner.

POMEGRANATE CHAMPAGNE

Steps:

• To a chilled champagne flute add 1 ounce pomegranate juice.
• Tilt flute and very gently pour champagne down side of flute so as to not break the bubbles.
• Enjoy while still chilled and bubbly.

POMEGRANATE CHAMPAGNE MARTINI

Steps:

• Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add pomegranate juice, vodka and orange-flavored liquor; shake 10 seconds.
• Strain into large martini glass; top with champagne. Garnish with orange peel.