Recipe

• 25ml elderberry liqueur

• 1 flute sparkling white wine

Pour the liqueur into a champagne flute, and fill up with sparkling wine.

I wanted something to do with the elderberry "elixir" Laura gave me for my birthday, and I was reminded of the Kir Royale, a crème de Cassis–champagne mix that's highly prized, and of which I've made a raspberry variant in the past.  I figured elderberries are basically the same as blackcurrants, though with a more Northern twist, so I settled on a royal Scottish name for this elderberry Kir Royale: we talked about Kir Balmoral, and even started looking up words in Gaelic, but I settled on a name that matches a drink fit for a lion: Kir Rampant!

We had the smallest bottle of prosecco ever, so we barely managed to fill three flutes half-full and it was far too strong – but it tasted good anyway!  I'll try it again with more wine. Thanks, Laura!