Chic Easter Cocktails: Must-Make Drinks for Your Sunday Brunch

For children, Easter means egg hunts, candy-filled baskets, bunnies and trying to keep their "Sunday best" grass-stain free. For grown ups, it's a time for celebration, for good company and of course, exquisite eats and drinks! If you're hosting Easter Brunch this Sunday, wow your adult guests with these sumptuous, sophisticated cocktails. Created by top mixologists and beverage experts, these elixirs are the perfect way to make your midday feast more festive.

Blood Orange Mimosa
Created by George Duval at Marc Forgione, this soft, crisp and slightly sweet champagne cocktail takes gourmet bubbles to whole new level. Featuring muddled blood oranges, Elderflower liqueur, Prosecco and a citrus-sugar-honey rim, you'll never look at your old OJ standby the same.

INGREDIENTS:
10 Blood oranges (for a large batch)
1 oz. Blood orange juice
5-6 oz. Prosecco
Splash of St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur

PREPARATION:
1. Peel 10 blood oranges and break up into sections.
2. Put into a pot, muddle and add sugar (depending on preferred sweetness) and bring to a boil.
3. Strain the actual juice and cool down.
4. Take a champagne flute dip half the rim into honey, then dip the same half into a citrus zest/sugar mix.
5. Pour in 1 oz. blood orange juice, a splash of St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur and 5-6 ounces sparkling wine.

Bloody Orange Mary
Not a sparkling wine fan or crave a brunch drink with a stronger kick? Try this citrusy twist on a classic cocktail. Mixology lore says that Fernand Petiot first created the Bloody Mary at Harry's New York Bar in Paris, and later perfected his spicy concoction at King Cole Bar, St. Regis Hotel in New York City. Others contend that King Cole's signature cocktail started there. Wherever the origins, the iconic drink gets a springtime lift with juicy blood oranges, sugary citrus and a deep red color.

INGREDIENTS:
3 Blood oranges, juiced
Sprinkle of Salt
Sprinkle of Black pepper
4 oz. tomato Juice
1/ lime, juiced
3 oz. Vodka
Tabasco sauce, add to your liking
Ice, enough to fill glass

PREPARATION:
1. Squeeze oranges into a separate container than the drinking glass and remove any seeds.
2. In the bottom of a high ball glass, add salt and pepper. Fill glass with ice.
3. Add orange juice, tomato juice, lime juice, vodka, and Tabasco. With a spoon or dinner knife, stir the Bloody Mary mixture from the bottom assuring all ingredients are incorporated.
4. Garnish with a wedge of blood orange.
Remember experts always chill the glass in advance.

Patrick's Breakfast
If you need a little pick me up after church service, this tea-infused cocktail packs both caffeine and punch. Created by Chris Cason, Co-Founder and Tea Sommelier of Tavalon Tea, it sinfully blends traditional English Breakfast tea, Irish whiskey, and a subtle touch of cream.

INGREDIENTS:
1 teaspoon Tavalon NYC Breakfast
8 oz. Boiling water
1 oz. Irish whiskey (Jameson recommended)
1 oz. Milk or cream
1 teaspoon sugar
1 Cinnamon stick

PREPARATION:
1. Brew tea as normal for 5 minutes, then strain.
2. Add whiskey, cream and sugar.
3. Stir ingredients together with cinnamon stick and serve.

— Written by Mona Buehler

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