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Very Special Champagne Cocktail

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      Title: VERY SPECIAL CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL
 Categories: Beverages
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      2    (1/2 pint) baskets fresh
           -raspberries
      2 tb Sugar
    1/2 c  Plus 2 T raspberry liqueur
    1/4 c  Cognac or other brandy
      8    Sugar cubes
      1    (750 ml) bottle chilled
           -brut Champagne
           Fresh raspberries
           Lemon peel strips
 
  Combine 2 baskets raspberries and 2 tablespoons sugar in medium bowl.
  Mash berries lightly with fork.  Let stand 15 minutes. Mix in liqueur
  and brandy.  Pour into jar. Cover and let stand in dark cupboard 3
  days. Strain raspberry mixture, pressing on solids with spoon to
  extract as much liquid as possible. (Can be made 1 month ahead. Cover
  and chill.)
  
  Place one sugar cube in each of eight 6-oz Champagne flutes. Pour 2
  tablespoons raspberry mixture over each sugar cube. Pour Champagne
  over to fill glasses. Garnish each with raspberries and lemon peel.
  
  From the North Champagne & Ile de France regions of France. Bon
  Appetit/May 94 Typed by Didi Pahl
 
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