Recipe courtesy of V.E. Schwab
© Judy Gelman

The Night’s Lament

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• Demerara sugar, for rimming the glass
• 1 oz Cointreau
• 1 oz cognac
• 4 to 6 oz Champagne
• A single rose petal (red if the cocktail is for a current love, white for an ex love)

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Chill a martini glass or Champagne coupe.

Pour sugar onto a shallow plate wider than the rim of the glass. The sugar should be ¼ inch high and wider than the glass rim. Pour water into a small saucer wider than the glass rim.

Dip the rim in the water, then in the sugar.

Pour Cointreau and cognac in a shaker filled with ice then shake until chilled, about 30 seconds. Strain into chilled glass. Top with Champagne. Float rose petal on the cocktail.

Makes 1 serving.