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Russian Spring Punch

Blackcurrant and lemon topped with sparkling wine, with fine bubbles in a sweet-tart mix.

Home-bar collection version

For one serving

Ingredients

  • Vodka
    25 ml / 0.85 US fl oz
  • Lemon Juice
    25 ml / 0.85 US fl oz
  • Crème de Cassis
    15 ml / 0.51 US fl oz
  • Simple Syrup
    10 ml / 0.34 US fl oz
  • Sparkling Wine
    60 ml / 2.03 US fl ozto top up

US fl oz amounts are rounded; use ml for exact measures.

To garnishBerries, Lemon wheel

Make it

  1. Pour all ingredients except the sparkling wine into a shaker, fill with ice and shake for 10 seconds.
  2. Fill a Collins glass with ice and strain the drink into it.
  3. Slowly top with chilled sparkling wine.
  4. Garnish with a few blackberries and a lemon slice, if you like.

Behind the drink

Created in the 1980s by London bartender Dick Bradsell, who also created the Espresso Martini.

Recipe reference

Adapted from the IBA recipe; see the ingredient notes for home-bar adjustments.

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