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Frosted Sugar Rims on Limoncello Cocktail Glasses


Limoncello Cocktails ~ Perfect Any Time of Year!

A gorgeous, delicious cocktail. Oh so easy to prepare.  (Yes, you can make them in advance!)  You and you're guests will adore!  

This is a great recipe.  We had a great time.  I know you'll enjoy them too!  

 

Limoncello Cocktail Recipe (4 – 6 Servings)

  • 1/3 cup Water
  • 1/3 cup Sugar + 1 tsp. Sugar, separated (*Update- if you're sugar-free like I am now, sub coconut sugar)
  • 1 750 ml bottle Prosecco (*Update- if you want to make this virgin, sub lemon kombucha)
  • 4 tbsp. Limoncello  (*Update- to make virgin, sub lemon kombucha as noted above)
  • 8 oz. Fresh Blueberries (or substitute another berry or fruit currently in season)
  • 3 or 4 slices of thinly sliced Lemon
  1. Pour 1/3 cup water onto a small plate or saucer just larger in size than the circumference of your cocktail glasses.  Pour 1/3 cup Sugar onto another plate of exactly the same size.  Dip rims of each cocktail glass into water filled saucer, then into sugar filled saucer, coating rims evenly.  Set aside.  The sugar will harden, crystalizing beautifully onto the rims after about 15 minutes or so!(This makes refills work beautifully since the rims will remain sugar coated for that second pour!)
  2. Meanwhile, pour the Prosecco into a glass pitcher, add 4 tbsp. of Limoncello and a 1 tsp. Sugar (use more or less to taste depending on tartness of your Limoncello). Mix well to disolve the sugar.
  3. Regfrigerate for an hour or so.  Just before serving add 3 or 4 thin slices of lemon to the pitcher. 
  4. Place 8 or 9 blueberries into each sugar rimmed glass. When your guests arrive, pour the Limoncello mixture into the glasses and enjoy!

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Awaiting that sweet & sour Limoncello Mixture!
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At last! The completed cocktail! Taken by my dear friend, Bick's, cell-phone, no less:) Party time!

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The Violette Fizz is one of the Spring Cocktails featured currently at Bar Pleiades in NYC's Surrey Hotel

One never knows what surprises New York City traffic may pull. So when our driver promptly delivered us to Cafe Boulud (sumptuous details to be posted soon!) for our pre-theater dinner an hour early last Thursday…

Fate stepped in and redirected us to Chef Daniel Boulud's equally fabulous Bar Pleiades next door, where we happily sipped the time away on beautiful cocktails from their Spring selections.  

The Violette Fizz, created by Bar Pleiades's genius mixologist, Maura, is a delightful concoction of Creme de Violette topped with an egg white and lime cream.  Refreshing and garnished with a delicate violet, this tangy-sweet and light cocktail is perfection. 

Nestled in the Surrey Hotel of NYC's Upper East Side, Daniel Boulud's Bar Pleiades is an upscale Coco Chanel inspired bar striking the balance of a well-made cocktail – elegant without being self-absorbed, cosmopolitan rather than edgy, and intimate without being stuffy.  The selection of cocktails is updated seasonally to keep things fun and fresh, while a mainstay of classics are on the menu year-round. The bar will be happy, however, to make any cocktail you've had at any time of year, whether or not it's currently on the menu.

The decor is chic and gorgeous: polished black and white lacquered surfaces, pearl quilted booths, and intimate areas for privacy.  This is both an ideal spot to meet someone and do some people watching on Madison Avenue.  The service is warm, attentive and informative.  

What is your favorite spot for a cocktail in New York City… or elsewhere 'round the world?  

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Daniel Boulud's Bar Pleiades's decor is chic and gorgeous

 

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