Raspberry Black Pepper Champagne Cocktail
I love a sweet and savory cocktail moment. Jalapeño margarita? Yes please. These Raspberry Black Pepper Champagne Cocktail check all the boxes for me. Sweet. Savory. Spicy. Fizzy. It’s the perfect combination especially when you’re trying to wind down after a long work week. These cocktails are great for parties, especially if you make a big batch in a pitcher, or something more low-key like a happy hour at home!
Raspberry Black Pepper Champagne Cocktail
This champagne cocktail is made up of fresh raspberry purée, vodka and sparkling wine. It gets a kick from black pepper and fresh thyme. The perfect chilled drink to cool you down and get you through the week. Did something say Happy Hour?
Servings: 8
Equipment
- Saucepan
- Blender or food processor
- Pitcher
- Fine mesh strainer
Ingredients
- ½ cup water
- ½ cup sugar
- 3 pints fresh raspberries rinsed
- 2 oranges juiced
- 3 to 4 ounces vodka
- 1 bottle champagne sparkling wine or Prosecco
- ¼ cup turbinado sugar raw sugar
- ¼ cup freshly cracked black pepper
- lemon wedges
- fresh thyme sprigs
Instructions
- Combine the water and sugar in a small sauce pot. Place over medium-high heat and bring to a simmer. Cook until the sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely. It’ll get syrupy as it cools.
- Throw the raspberries into a blender or food processor along with the fresh orange juice and blend until completely smooth. Pour the mixture into a fine mesh strainer, placed over a peel, to remove the raspberry seeds. Discard the seeds. Pour the raspberry mixture into a large pitcher and stir in as much of the simple syrup as you’d like. If you like sweeter drinks, add more syrup, and if you don’t like sweet drinks, add only a splash. Stir in the vodka and sparkling wine.
- Combine the black pepper and raw sugar in a shallow dish. Run the lemon wedge along the edge of the glasses to create a glue. Then dip the glass, upside-down into the shallow dish of sugar and pepper. Repeat until all of the glasses are coated. Pour the cocktail into the pepper sugar rimmed glasses and top with a sprig of thyme. Serve and drink right away. Enjoy!
