Well it’s finally sunny at Glastonbury so I can stop being anxious for friends who are there (I couldn’t face another year of mud, too tired, too tired - but I’ll be back) and start being just the tiniest bit jealous of dancing in a field with the sun on their faces surrounded by friends and the magic of the music festival par extraordinaire.

So to make my sunny Saturday a bit happier and to toast the festival emerging victorious from the mud I am having a kir royale, wine cocktail of delight.

Strictly speaking it should be made with Champagne but I prefer it with a good sparkling white, I like my Champagne unadulterated and flowing;) Prosecco is a little faint for this (works better in a Bellini) so I’d use something Chardonnay based.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon Crème de Cassis (alcoholic blackcurrant liquer from France)
Good quality sparkling wine

1 take a tall fluted glass (like the one in the picture above) and put in the Crème de Cassis then top up with sparkling wine. It should be a delicate bruised pink colour, or a little darker if you prefer it sweeter - put in less cassis and top up if you aren’t sure.
2 Enjoy with good friends preferably on a beautiful sunny evening - also works well as an aperitif before a good dinner.

Hope it’s sunny where you are too.