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Aatxe Aperitivo (Sparkling Cava Cocktail)





Yields
Makes 1 drink



Total Time
5 mins

Morgan Schick of San Francisco's Bon Vivants cocktail consultants created this cocktail for Aatxe ("Ah-chay") restaurant, also in San Francisco. A twist on the classic Champagne cocktail, it's made with cava (Spanish sparkling wine) and pacharán liqueur. Pacharán (spelled "patxaran" in the Basque language) is similar to sloe gin--both are made from sloe berries, the dime-size fruit of the blackthorn shrub--but it's less sweet, and is usually made with anise liqueur rather than gin.

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Photo: Thomas J. Story

 1 sugar cube
 10 dashes Peychaud's bitters
 1 ounce (2 tbsp.) Pacharán or sloe gin*
 1 orange
  About 6 oz. brut cava (Spanish sparkling wine) or Prosecco
Step 1
1

Drop sugar cube into a champagne flute. Shake bitters onto sugar and pour in pacharán. Cut a wide strip of orange zest from an orange with a vegetable peeler and twist it to release its oils. Drop into glass, then fill with cava.

Step 2
2

*Order pacharan, also spelled patxaran, from winedelight.com. Sloe gin is widely available in liquor stores, but Schick particularly likes the sloe gin from Spirit Works Distillery, in Sebastopol, CA.

Nutrition Facts

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Amount per serving
Calories216
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0.0g0%

Saturated Fat 0.0g0%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 1mg1%
Total Carbohydrate 4.7g2%

Dietary Fiber 0.0g0%
Protein 0.0g

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.