Concord Grape and Champagne Cocktails |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 6 |
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Ingredients:
2 large oranges |
1/2 cup sugar |
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
3 cups vodka (preferably distilled from grapes, such as cîroc) |
2 cups concord grapes or seedless red grapes, plus 18 for garnish |
1 1/4 cups concord grape juice |
1 750-ml bottle chilled champagne |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 250°F. Grate peel from oranges onto baking sheet lined with parchment (reserve oranges to moisten rims of glasses). Bake until peel is dry, stirring occasionally, about 1 hour. Mix peel, sugar, and cinnamon in bowl; mash to infuse. Cover mixture.
2. Combine vodka and 2 cups grapes in pitcher. Using potato masher, crush grapes to coarse pulp. Add grape juice. Chill until cold, at least 8 hours.
3. Moisten rims of 6 Martini glasses with cut sides of reserved oranges; dip into infused sugar. Thread 3 grapes onto each of 6 long toothpicks; divide among glasses. Strain vodka; add 1/4 cup to each glass. Top off with Champagne.
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