Ritz Fizz
The Quirky Foodster Team
Ingredients
- Blue curaçao — 7.5 ml (1/4 oz)
- Amaretto — 7.5 ml (1/4 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice — 5 ml (1 tsp)
- Champagne, to top — 105 ml (3 1/2 oz)
Method
- Add the blue curaçao, amaretto and lemon juice to a chilled champagne flute.
- Top slowly with champagne.
- Watch for a brief golden shimmer as the ingredients interact.
- Serve immediately while fizzing.
Description: An elegant champagne cocktail famous for a brief golden, shimmering fizz reaction when first poured.
Cultural Background: Created at the Ritz-Carlton hotel, renowned among bartenders for its distinctive fizzing color-change effect at first pour.
Tips: Pour the champagne slowly and watch closely — the golden shimmer effect is brief.
Variations: Adjusting the blue curaçao slightly changes the final color once the shimmer settles.
Serving Suggestion: Serve immediately after building, in a chilled flute, timed to show off the shimmer effect.
Nutrition: Approx. 125 kcal per serving
FAQs:
Q: What causes the shimmer effect?
A: A reaction between the champagne's carbonation and the liqueurs' oils briefly creates a golden, glittering surface layer.
- Blue curaçao — 7.5 ml (1/4 oz)
- Amaretto — 7.5 ml (1/4 oz)
- Fresh lemon juice — 5 ml (1 tsp)
- Champagne, to top — 105 ml (3 1/2 oz)
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