Holiday Mimosas

Photo: flickr user JAGwired

Ingredients

1/2 cup Grand Marnier Centenaire or

Cent Cinquantenaire liqueur

2 tablespoons sugar

1 bot Brut non-vintage Champagne chilled

1 cup freshly-squeezed orange juice

Preparation

Pour 1/4 cup of the Grand Marnier into a shallow bowl, and put the sugar into a saucer. Dip the rims of 6 Champagne glasses first in the Grand Marnier, then into the sugar to form a crust.

Pour the remaining 1/4 cup Grand Marnier, the Champagne and orange juice into a large decorative pitcher and divide among the 6 prepared Champagne glasses. Serve immediately.

This recipe yields 6 servings.