Name: The Ritz Cocktail
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 20 ml Cognac; 20 ml orange juice; 10 ml lemon juice; 1 tsp caster sugar; To taste: Champagne or sparkling wine, chilled; To serve: orange twist

“I enjoy the depth of this Champagne cocktail,” says North Bondi Italian Food’s award-winning bartender, Oliver Stuart. “I occasionally add a couple of bar spoons of Cointreau also, but when the oranges are in their prime it doesn’t need it! It’s the kind of cocktail that suits a festive occasion perfectly and one my guests enjoy before a weekend lunch in the summer.”

Ingredients

20 ml Cognac

20 ml orange juice

10 ml lemon juice

1 tsp caster sugar

To taste: Champagne or sparkling wine, chilled

To serve: orange twist

Method

Main

1.Combine Cognac, juices and sugar in a cocktail shaker. Shake well, strain into a Champagne flute, top with Champagne or sparkling wine, garnish with orange twist and serve.

Oliver Stuart

Styling by Mia Asker

Ingredients

Method

Main

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