Champagne Americana Recipe

This Franco-American combination of bourbon and bubbles gives you another reason to be thankful. It doubles easily to accommodate the number of guests around your holiday table.

Serves 8.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup bourbon

3 1/2 tablespoons sugar

1 teaspoon angostura bitters

ice cubes

8 2-inch-long strips lemon peel (yellow part only)

1 750-ml bottle chilled dry champagne or sparkling wine

DIRECTIONS

Mix bourbon, sugar and bitters in glass measuring cup. Let stand until sugar begins to dissolve, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Fill eight 8-ounce wineglasses with ice cubes. Add 1 lemon peel strip to each glass. Divide bourbon mixture among
wineglasses. Fill glasses with Champagne and serve.

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