New Year's Day Sunrise Sparkler
Ingredients
3 cups
freshly squeezed blood orange juice
3 tbsp.
sugar
2
whole star anise
1 stick
cinnamon
1 cup
dry white wine
2 cups
sparkling wine, very cold
Directions
- In a small saucepan, combine juice, sugar, star anise and cinnamon over medium-high heat; bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat to medium-low; simmer until liquid is reduced by half (30-40 min.).
- Stir in white wine; cool to room temperature.
- Discard star anise and cinnamon stick; chill 2 hrs. in refrigerator.
- Divide 2 ½ oz. blood orange mixture evenly between 8 sparkling wine flutes; top with chilled sparkling wine.
