Cava Cocktail Recipes

CAVA COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Start by making the dried orange slices to garnish. Spread out the orange slices on a lined baking tray. Heat oven to 110C/ 90C fan/gas ¼ and cook for 2 hrs. Can be done a day ahead and stored in a container.
• Pour the fruit juices, vodka, cinnamon syrup and orange blossom water into a cocktail shaker and add a couple of handfuls of ice. Shake well, then strain into two large wine glasses with more ice. Top up with cava and garnish with a slice of dried orange.

THE CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place the sugar cube in the bottom of a Champagne flute .
• Saturate the cube with bitters.
• Add the brandy.
• Fill with Champagne and watch the sugar cube dissolve.
• Garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry. Serve and enjoy.

SPANISH CAVA SANGRIA RECIPE

Steps:

• Remove the skin from the kiwis and cut into 1/4 inch thick rounds, cut the strawberries into 1/4 inch thick rounds as well and cut the grapes in half lengthwise, add all the cut fruits into a large pitcher
• Pour in a 1/2 cup of orange juice into the pitcher with the fruits, also add in 1 tbsp of fresh lemon juice, a 1/4 cup of brandy and a 1/4 cup of sugar, gently mix everything together until the sugar dissolves
• Once everything is well mixed, slowly pour in a 750ml bottle of Spanish cava, then give it a gentle mix to bring all the flavors together
• To serve the cava sangria, add ice cubes into a wine glass, pour in the sangria, making sure to add some of the fruit in the pitcher and garnish with a slice of orange, cheers!

"THE" CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Make the lemon twist garnish, if using.
• Add a sugar cube to bottom of a champagne flute**. Add 5 dashes of bitters to the sugar cube. Use a vegetable peeler to peel off a small strip of lemon skin. Squeeze the lemon skin into the flute to release the oils.
• Fill the glass with champagne and serve immediately: watch how the sugar cube makes the bubbles sparkle! Garnish with a lemon twist if desired (here's how to make a lemon twist).

CAVA COCKTAIL

Steps:

• If desired, place a sugar cube in the bottom of a Champagne flute. Pour the pomegranate juice over it, then the Cava. Drop a few pomegranate arils into the glass. Serve.

CAVA COCKTAIL

Steps:

• Using a reamer, juice the blood oranges into a strainer placed over a bowl. With the back of the spoon work the pulp against the strainer to extract all of the juice, about 1/4 cup.
• In a small pitcher combine the blood orange juice, lemon juice, bitters, and the chilled cava. Give it a little stir. Pour into a chilled champagne flute. Garnish with a thin slice of blood orange.