THE CAMILLE AUBRAY SUMMER COCKTAIL

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I invented this cocktail to sum up the great taste of summer!

THE CAMILLE AUBRAY SUMMER COCKTAIL (recipe serves one)

Ingredients:

1 ounce of good-quality gin

approximately 4 ounces of cold, dry champagne

the juice of 1/2 of a freshly-squeezed orange

the juice of 1/2 lime

1/2 teaspoon of Aperol orange liquer

1/2 of a fresh peach, washed, peeled and sliced

2 fresh cherries, pitted, or dried (please don’t use maraschino cherries!)

ice cubes (not shavings)

Put it together:

In a large martini glass, stir the gin, Aperol and citrus juice together.

Then drop in the peach slices and the cherries.

Add 3 ice cubes, then fill the glass with cold champagne. It’s ready as soon as the glass frosts up and the drink is cold. You can remove the cubes at this point, or not.

Note: In autumn and winter, you can substitute a soft fruit like pear instead of the peach.

Also: If you want a non-alcoholic cocktail, just substitute a good cold sparking water like Pellegrino for the champagne, and you can use an unsweetened fruit juice like cranberry or cherry or blueberry instead of the gin.

Santé!

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