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Spirited: Marilyn Monroe




Source of Recipe


From "The Ultimate Book of Cocktails" by Stuart Walton






List of Ingredients



• 6 Tbsp well-chilled Champagne *
  
• 1½ Tbsp applejack or calvados
  
• 1 tsp grenadine
  






Instructions



1. Add all the ingredients to a champagne saucer, and give the drink the gentlest of stirs. Garnish with a couple of cocktail cherries.
   
   Makes 1 serving.
   






Final Comments


"The drink named in honor of one of the great screen sirens of all time should really be made not just with champagne, but with the premium brand Dom Pérignon. It is fearfully expensive, though. Moët & Chandon Brut Impérial, made by the same house, might suffice instead."