I wanted some champagne last night but I knew I couldn’t finish the whole entire bottle.  So, I decided to freeze the rest into cubes for a drink.  This morning I was thinking about one of my favorite cocktails with champagne and it occurred to me that I could make a modified French 75 using the champagne cubes.  The champagne cubes do lose a bit of their effervescent qualities during the freezing process but you can add some club soda to make it more bubbly if you wish.  I decided to make this pretty by adding the edible flowers.  If you have left over sparkling try this spin on the classic French 75! Cheers!

Recipe: Flower French 75

Ingredients

2 ounces of gin

3 ounces of simple syrup

1 lemon, juiced

4-5 frozen champagne cubes (*I had leftover champagne so I froze it into ice trays to make cubes)

Garnish: 1 tablespoon of chopped edible flowers

Instructions:

In two serving glasses divide and add gin, lemon juice, simple syrup, and frozen champagne cubes.

Garnish with edible flowers

Cheers!

Yields:2 servings