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Brincadeira Cocktail

December 22, 2015

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Pear, citrus, and herbal flavors meld together for this fruity, Champagne-topped cocktail at Le Glass in Paris. The name (Portuguese for "make believe") is head bartender Keltoum Arrachidi's homage to Portugal's white Port.

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A fruit-forward Champagne cocktail with citrus elements.

Yield: makes 1 cocktail

Time: 5 minutes

Ingredients

2 oz. Cocchi Americano
2 oz. lemon juice
2 oz. creme de poire
2 oz. white Port
1 dash absinthe
Champagne

Instructions

In a highball glass filled with ice, stir the Cocchi Americano with the lemon juice, creme de poire, white port, and absinthe, and top with Champagne.