Kir à la Maison

A specialty in Lyon cuisine is an aperitif drink called, 'kir'.  This is our simple version.

Categories:  Cocktails, Drinks, Lyonnais

Frenchman Rating:  9.5/10,  "Can't go wrong with cocktails."

 

Ingredients

• 1 bottle well chilled white wine, sweet... like a muscadet or a sparkling wine
• 1 bottle chilled 'liquer de cassis' or 'crème de cassis'

Instructions

1. Pour about 1 shot of the cassis crème into a champagne flute
2. Pour white wine or sparkling wine to the lip

Serve fresh!  I often will freeze my glasses first, really typical Lyonnais and really good!