Kir Royale
Two ingredients and a dinner party rescued.
Ingredients
- 15 ml Crème de cassis
- 120 ml Champagne
Method
Cassis in the flute, top with champagne.
- Glass
- Flute
- Ice
- None in the glass — served up, chilled
- Garnish
- Lemon twist
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Takes
- About 2 minutes
- Strength
- Light
- Style
- Bubbles
- Tastes
- fruity
If you're missing something
- Champagne → Prosecco — a fraction of the price and hard to tell apart once mixed
Where it comes from
The still-wine version is named after Félix Kir, a canon and wartime resistance figure who was mayor of Dijon and promoted the drink to support local blackcurrant growers.
About this recipe
Charlie Tyler — Editor, Drinki
Specs cross-checked against standard published recipes and IBA measures.
Specs last checked .