Every holiday party needs a festive cocktail! This Pomegranate Champagne Cocktail uses seasonal pomegranate seeds, their juice, Cointreau (an orange liqueur), a bit of lime juice, and topped with bubbly Champagne!
Currently I’m in Florida visiting my parents and my mother has been kind enough to help me with some of my photographs, like the obligatory ‘pour shot’. I generally take a ton of photographs, only to pick a few – and this shot was no different. To get that picture-perfect fizzy pour, I constantly had to make room for more Champagne after every photograph. Which meant after every pour, I had to drink about half of the contents of both glasses to make room for more Champagne .
I felt like I was auditioning for a spot on the Vitameatavegamin episode of I Love Lucy. It was 10am and neither of my parents were interested in drinking at that hour. So in a matter of 20 minutes, I nearly drank an entire bottle of Champagne. Completely snockered and precariously perched on a ladder shooting down onto the Pomegranate Champagne Cocktails, I was totally picturing a face-plant into my mothers fine crystal glasses.
Luckily, I didn’t fall off of the ladder and into my mother’s crystal. I may not have exactly gotten the ‘pour shot’ I wanted (I’ll blame it on my inebriated state), but I had fun trying! Fortunately the Pomegrante Champagne Cocktail was tasty enough to enjoy my early-morning buzz… followed by a mid-day nap.
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Gorgeous drink! I love pomegranates. I’ll have to save this baby for post-baby. Pinned for January! 🙂
Ooo…how exciting!!! Congratulations! I hope you enjoy, post-baby 😉
I was totally sniggering away picturing you sloshed, perched on a ladder taking overhead shots!! Overhead shots really do make you a bit dizzy so I am totally amazed you didn’t do a face plant – I have often been close to face planting and I was SOBRE! If only we weren’t on opposite sides of the planet, I would be there in a flash to help you with this one, hard work as it would have been, drinking champagne to make room for more champagne. Now you have inspired me to do a champagne cocktail post, just so I can justify being sloshed at 10 am (it’s for my blog, it’s for my blog, I’m not an alcoholic!!).
Lol! You crack me up, Nagi! If you weren’t on the other side of the globe – I would totally have you right there with me! And yes, you should totally do a Champagne cocktail for RecipeTinEats – it really is a great excuse of getting hammered in the morning 😛
OK, so I can totally picture the scene. You up that ladder giggling and wobbling away at 10am! Haha! Well, it is the holiday season … or near enough 😉
I LOVE this cocktail … Christmas day is pretty much the only day I drink alcohol before lunctime and I can just see myself sipping on one of these while opening gifts! Wonderful!
Sadly or hilariously (depending on how you look at it), you’re image of me is totally accurate! 😛
I hope you enjoy it as much as I did 🙂
Good – ness! This cocktail looks amazing! I just saw pomegranates at Costco and I didn’t pick any up…back to Costco I go…
Thanks, Annie! I hope you enjoy it! 🙂
Great fruit group start to the day. Love having a head start on the competition. Thanks !
Lol! Yes, I would say this is a perfectly acceptable cocktail to enjoy without guilt before noon 😉
It’s nice you had fun making and taking picture of this cocktail! Looks awesome, I’ll definitely try it! Perfect for NYE. Pinning!
Thanks, Mira! I hope you enjoy!
What a beautifully festive drink and sounds delicious.
Thanks! 🙂