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March 2016

Sparkling Lemon Cocktail

By Rita Sodi and Jody WilliamsPhotography by Alex Lau

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Alex Lau

If you pour the bubbly too quickly, the drink will foam up and over the edge of the glass.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    8 Servings

Ingredients

2

Meyer or regular lemons, thinly sliced into rounds, seeds removed

8

sugar cubes

1½

teaspoons Angostura bitters

2

750 ml bottles dry Prosecco or other sparkling wine, chilled

Need to make a substitution?

Preparation

  1. Muddle lemons, sugar cubes, and bitters in a large measuring glass until lemon slices are softened and sugar is crushed. Divide mixture among 8 wine glasses; fill glasses with Prosecco, pouring very slowly.

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