Hugo - Champagne drink with elderberry flower syrup, mint and lime
Prep time: 5 mins
Total time: 5 mins
Ingredients
  • 100 ml (3.38 fluid ounces) Prosecco or Champagne, brut, (I like Korbel brut)
  • 150 ml (5 fluid ounces) mineral water, bubbly
  • elderberry flower syrup
  • organic mint leaves
  • 2 organic lime, juiced
  • 1 organic lime, sliced
  • ice cubes
Instructions
  1. Crush/ muddle 4 mint leaves and add to a champagne or bigger wine glass.
  2. Add a small amount of elderberry flower syrup, about 1-2 teaspoon (5 -10ml). Be careful not to add too much, otherwise you will end up with an overly sweet aperitif.
  3. Add the lime juice, champagne and mineral water. Stir well a cocktail spoon.
  4. Add more mint leaves and lime slices.
  5. Serve with a straw.
Notes
For my size champagne glasses this recipe fills two glasses. Serve a virgin Hugo, actually called Heinrich, by substituting mineral water for the champagne. Find elderberry flower syrup at your local IKEA or order online. Adjust the sweetness of your drink through the addition/reduction of elderberry flower syrup.
Recipe by My Kitchen in the Rockies | A Denver, Colorado Food Blog at http://www.mykitchenintherockies.com/2012/08/08/celebrating-dual-citizenship-with-hugo/