Ingredients

  • 1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange sections, chilled
  • 1 (1 lb) can queen anne cherries, pitted and chilled
  • 1 cup halved seeded grapes
  • 1 cup diced unpeeled red apple
  • 1 (750 ml) bottle chilled champagne
  • fresh edible flowers such as violets or rose petal, to garnish

Method

  • Drain mandarin orange sections and cherries. Combine with grapes and apples. Cover and chill until serving time.
  • At serving time spoon fruits into saucer shaped champagne or sherbert glasses. Fill glasses with chilled champagne.
  • Garnish these elegant champagne fruit cups with a mint sprig, lemon balm, or fresh edible flowers such as violets or rose petals.
  • Makes 8 to 10 servings. Salute!