Leroux® Crème de Cassis
Tart, Blackcurrant, Très Français
Add a surprisingly tangy, rich, blood-red blackcurrant depth to your cocktails with this uniquely European-style liqueur.
30 Proof • 15% ALC/VOL
Available in 750ml
Jez Sez
It is customary to serve a shot of this liqueur in the ‘French fashion’: With a baguette and a sneer.
Russian Spring Punch
A modern classic, this punch blends unique colors and flavours with bubbly sparkling wine for a full-on experience.
½ oz Leroux® Crème de Cassis
1 oz Prairie Organic® Vodka
¾ oz lemon juice
¼ oz simple syrup
Champagne
Lemon slice for garnish, optional
Add all ingredients (except champagne) to shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a highball glass over ice. Top with champagne. Garnish with lemon slice.
Jez sez:
“I can see Russia from my porch! I check probably once a week, but unlike a map, I can’t find the giant dotted line that marks the border. Strange.”
Kir Royale
Bubbly, beautiful and ready for brunch, this trendy cocktail gets its color from blackcurrant-flavored crème de cassis.
½ ounce Leroux® Crème de Cassis
Dry Champagne (or other sparkling wine)
Lemon twist for garnish, optional
Pour Leroux® Crème de Cassis into a Champagne flute. Top with the Champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
Jez sez:
“But whatever is Gabriel going to do now?! He is in ‘the pickle’ as I often say.”
Sex on the Beach
This colorful, fruity, tropical classic is as good as the real thing. Or so we hear.
½ oz Leroux® Peach Schnapps
½ oz Leroux® Crème de Cassis
1 ½ oz Prairie Organic® Vodka
1 ½ oz orange juice
1 ½ oz cranberry juice
Orange and lime wedges & a maraschino cherry for garnish, optional
Add all ingredients to shaker with ice. Shake well and strain into a hurricane glass over fresh ice. Garnish with orange and lime wedges & a maraschino cherry.
Jez sez:
“I do not like sand. It is coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere. Not like this drink. This drink is very smooth.”