Kir Royale
The Kir Royale is a Champagne based cocktail that mixed Champagne and Creme de Cassis to create a slightly dry, slightly sweet cocktail with the complex flavours of a good Champagne and Blackcurrant elements of the Creme de Cassis. For Champagne cocktails, you're probably more familiar with Aperol Spritz, but if you like an Aperol Spritz but want something a little different, perhaps the Kir Royale is the right drink for you. In fact, perhaps you just so happened to have a bottle of Creme de Cassis lying around, plugged your ingredients into our cocktail generator, and asked what cocktail can I make?Regardless of why you're here, you won't be disapointed by the Kir Royale. It's an easy to drink and slightly elegant cocktail with a striking colour and interesting flavour. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did.
Ingredients
- 15 mL Creme de Cassis
- Champagne (or any Dry Sparkling Wine) to top up
- Garnish with a twist of Lemon
Instructions
- Pour the Creme de Cassis into a Champagne Flute.
- Fill the rest of the Flute with Champagne.
- Add garnish and serve.
Notes
The Kir Royale isn't the only Kir cocktail out there. There's also the original Kir cocktail which is made with White Wine and Creme de Cassis; it's similar to the Royale but obviously swaps the White Wine for Champagne (making it a little more fancy!). There's also the Kir Imperial is Champagne mixed the Raspberry Liqueur; similar, but obviously different flavours thanks to the use of Raspberry rather than Blackcurrant.
With the Kir Royale (or any Kir variation for that matter), while you're welcome to adjust the amount of Creme de Cassis to suit your taste, don't get too heavy handed. Blackcurrant in general and, by that token, Creme de Cassis can be quite bold and overpowering in flavour. This recipe purposefully calls for only 15 mL of Creme de Cassis for a reason!