Udo Kier Royale

Written By Christopher Simmons

Ingredients

  • ½ oz Blackberry Cassis

  • 5 oz Brut Prosecco

  • Luxardo cherry

Directions

  1. Start with a chilled flute

  2. Add Blackberry Cassis

  3. Drop in one or two Luxardo cherries (or spear and present as garnish if you prefer)

  4. Fill the flute with well-chilled bubbles. Champagne, Cava, or Prosecco are all fine options

Notes

This is our simple variation on a Kir Royale, which is itself a variation of the humbler but no less delicious Kir. The original was the brainchild of Canon Félix Kir, a French priest who was both the mayor of Dijon and a hero of the French Resistance. His recipe combined white wine and Créme de Cassis. The Royale variation substituted Champagne for the white wine, and presented it in a champagne flute. Our Udo Kier Royale favors Blackberry Cassis and dark cherries for added depth and mystery.

Christopher Simmons
Christopher Simmons is a Canadian-born, San Francisco–based designer, writer, design advocate and educator. He also loves hamburgers. As principal and creative director of MINE™, Simmons designs and directs brand and communication design projects for clients ranging from Facebook, Microsoft, and Simon & Schuster, to the Nature Conservancy, SFMOMA and Obama for America. His work has been exhibited internationally at galleries and museums, including the Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art, the Pasadena Museum of California Art and the Museum of Craft and Design; it is also included in the permanent design archives of the Denver Art Museum. In addition to writing for design publications and blogs (including two of his own), Simmons is the author of four books—the most recent of which, Just Design, focuses on design for social change. Simmons served as president of the San Francisco chapter of AIGA from 2004–2006 and founded San Francisco Design Week, prompting then-mayor Gavin Newsom to issue an official proclamation declaring San Francisco a city where “Design Makes a Difference.” Simmons was recently named one of the “50 Most influential designers working today.”
http://www.christophersimmons.is
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