Basil Orange Mimosa will awaken your senses on your next brunch! This quick breakfast cocktail is a refreshing spin on a classic mimosa, and sure to be your new favorite!
Happy New Year! I hope yours is off to a great start. And if not…I’ve got a delicious cure for you! I’m kind of a sucker for a delicious beverage…especially if that beverage contains alcohol, and especially if it’s socially acceptable to drink it for breakfast! (You too?)
Basil Orange Mimosa – A toast to the New Year
There is much to celebrate, that is for sure. I am blessed. And one of my resolutions for 2013 is to focus more on celebrating what is rather than dwelling on what isn’t. So today, the first day of the New Year, I am toasting to all that is – the good, the bad, the beautiful, and the ugly – in my life and yours. All of it is blessed.
(I know…. I get sentimental when I toast… 🙂
Anyway… let’s have a Basil Orange Mimosa! With a twist, of course. The best twist I know of? A little thing called Basil Simple Syrup.
Basil Orange Mimosa
Ingredients
- 1/2 orange peeled & muddled
- 8 oz. champagne
- 2 oz. orange juice
- 2 Tbsp. basil syrup below
- For simple syrup:
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup fresh basil leaves a little less is ok
Instructions
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Muddle orange segments; add champagne, orange juice, and basil syrup. Mix well. Remove pithy parts of orange to eliminate bitterness.
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For simple syrup:
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Bring sugar and water to a boil in a small saucepan.
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Remove from heat and stir in basil leaves.
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Let cool. Store in the refrigerator.
Mix it with anything fruity and it takes it to a whole new level. Lemonade? Delicious. Basil lemonade? Outrageously good.
Strawberries? Superb. Strawberries drizzled with basil syrup? O.M.G. Okay, enough talking… let’s get you a drink!
Happy New Year – Enjoy!
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Lisa says
Yes please!!
Cathy Trochelman says
Soon…..I promise!
Barbara F. says
Ohhhh this sounds so good. I love mimosas. xo
Cathy Trochelman says
Glad you think so…and it’s really so easy! Enjoy! 🙂
Christie Daruwalla says
Love the combo of orange and basil. This would be delicious.
Cathy Trochelman says
I’d be happy to share – thanks for the invite!
Leslie Germain says
Yummo! Thanks for sharing. Found you on Craft O Maniac Monday!
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!I’m hoping to make a delicious V-day beverage soon too 🙂
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
Oh wow, that sounds amazing! Next time I have fresh basil I’m going to try this.
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks, Jessi! I know…it’s perfect for summer when you have so much basil you don’t know what to do with it…! 🙂
Chrissy says
This looks delicious! Thanks for sharing!!
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks for stopping by, Chrissy! Hope you like it if you decide to try it! 🙂
Kathy Moody says
This sound so yummy, and they look so pretty! I will have to try these very soon! Thank you so much for sharing at A Bouquet of Talent this week. Have a wonderful weekend. 🙂
Kathy
Cathy Trochelman says
Thanks, Kathy! And thanks for giving me the chance to share! 🙂
Amanda says
This sounds so good! I’m a big fan of mimosas, but never thought to add any basil (or other herbs) to it, but I know I will next time!
Cathy Trochelman says
Hi Amanda,
Thanks for the invite…I’ve started linking up with you on Mondays! Thanks for stopping by! 🙂
Diana - FreeStyleMama says
Yummy!
Rebecca D. Dillon says
This sounds wonderful, though champagne tends to give me headaches. Do you think it would work just as well with a sparkling moscato?
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