Skip to main content

Warm Beaujolais Kir

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes about 4 cups, serving 4 to 6

Ingredients

A bottle of Beaujolais
3/4 cup crème de cassis, or to taste
Two 3-inch strips of lemon or orange zest removed with a vegetable peeler plus, if desired, lemon or orange slices for garnish

Preparation

  1. In a saucepan stir together the Beaujolais, the crème de cassis, and the zest and simmer the mixture, covered, for 5 minutes. Discard the zest, divide the mixture among wineglasses, and garnish each drink with a lemon or orange slice.

Read More
Like no-brainer corn salad and Spanish frittata.
Stir-frying slices makes this dinner doable on any given night.
No grill needed for this just-charred-enough sweet and spicy chicken.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Filberts, goobers, scaly bark nuts: Explore the world beyond almonds in this guide.
Dashi gives a phenomenal boost to all kinds of dishes that crave umami.
Loosely inspired by pasta Amatriciana, a few pounds of zucchini stand in for tomatoes.
Like swordfish steaks with tomatoes and Peruvian-style tofu.