Make this sweet Strawberry Mimosa Recipe for your sweetheart this year. Frozen cubes of berry puree paired with champagne yield a perfectly chilled, flavorful cocktail.
This colorful mimosa is perfect for Valentine's Day, a refreshing summer brunch, or a baby girl's baby shower. You make strawberry puree cubes ahead of time, so when the special time comes, it takes just a minute to whip up a whole tray of delicious beverages. For a baby boy shower or a gender reveal make up a Blue Colada too!
Make sure that you get fancy champagne flutes to pour the drinks into because a special occasion drink deserves a special occasion glass. This bubbly drink is fun to make and fun to share with others.
I also think that these fresh strawberry mimosas would be perfect for a Mother's Day breakfast or the best way to offer a simple mimosa to a large crowd. This tasty drink just might be the perfect recipe! I know it's an easy cocktail to make because I've already made it quite a few times!
Speaking of a fun drink, check out this Lavender Lemonade Cocktail as well! This is a great option for Easter brunch and has a totally different flavor than most fruity cocktails. One of my other favorites for brunch is a Pink Paloma. These are perfect for brunch cocktails.
Ingredients
Champagne - Choose your favorite type of champagne and have fun! Dry prosecco and brut champagne are popular choices.
Frozen raspberries - If you have fresh, pop them in the freezer for a short time before using them.
Strawberries - You can use frozen or fresh strawberries.
Sugar - For sweetness.
Honey - For a natural sweetness.
Half and half - Adds richness and a lighter coloring to the ice cubes.
Vanilla extract - For flavor.
How to make this Strawberry Mimosa Recipe
Step One: Add the raspberries and strawberries to a pot on medium/low heat. Let the berries soften and become soup. This will take about 8-10 minutes.
Step Two: Pour the sugar in and let it dissolve. Then add the honey and stir.
Step Three: Take the pan off the heat and puree it in a blender. Use a strainer and put it over the top of a measuring cup. Pour the liquid through.
Step Four: Put the seeds from the strainer into a bowl.
Step Five: Once all the berries have gone through the strainer, pour some half-and-half cream in the strainer as well. Adding cream is optional.
Step Six: Add the rest of the cream into the measuring cup. Stir to combine.
Step Seven: Add the vanilla and stir.
Step Eight: Pour the berry mixture into an ice cube tray. Freeze.
Expert Tip: You can make the strawberry cubes up to 2 weeks ahead of time.
Step Nine: Once you are ready to serve, add the berry cubes into champagne glasses.
Step Ten: Pour champagne over the top.
Variations
Use sparkling wine - You can make this same drink with wine or even a different kind of champagne. It's one of those classic cocktails that is versatile in how it can be enjoyed. Pick the best champagne and go for it.
Traditional orange mimosa - For an orange mimosa just replace the berry cubes with orange juice.
Add the garnish - Put a few orange slices on the rim of the glass to make it look nice and pretty. You can add fresh fruit to your easy strawberry mimosas to make them look pretty and fun. There is always room for the addition of fresh strawberries. Or add an orange wedge or a slice of lemon or lime.
Common Questions
Can I use frozen strawberries for this easy strawberry mimosa recipe?
You can. You can use fresh or frozen! The strawberry mixture can even be made with a fun twist of both. If you have strawberries that are fresh, you can put them in the freezer for a little bit of time to have them frozen and ready to use. If you have access to strawberry juice you can even just save a few steps and freeze that into cubes. One shortcut possibility is to buy frozen strawberries that come sweetened in juice. Just thaw that, puree, and refreeze in cubes.
Can I use this recipe for a virgin mimosa?
You can! If you want to follow the directions of this cocktail recipe but do not want to have the added alcohol, you can use non-alcoholic champagne or fruit juice.
If you are serving this at a simple brunch cocktail or even during the holiday season, having different ways to serve it with different options is always nice. Just be sure that you have them in a separate area so that there isn't any confusion.
Can I make this strawberry mimosas recipe ahead of time?
The best option for prepping this before serving is to focus on the ice cubes. The simple steps for that part of the recipe do need to be done ahead of time so that they're ready to do into the champagne glasses and serve.
You do not want to do anything further than that because once you pour any liquid over the top of the ice cubes, they'll start melting right away, and you want this classic mimosas recipe to be as fresh as possible.
Ingredients
- 750 ml champagne or sparkling wine
- 12 oz raspberries frozen
- 1 cup strawberries fresh or frozen
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoon honey
- ½ cup half and half or coconut milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, pour raspberries and diced or frozen strawberries in pot. Turn temperature to medium/low heat. Allow berries to soften and become soupy. This takes about 8-10 minutes.
- Pour in sugar to sweeten berries. Once sugar is dissolved add in honey and stir to combine.
- Remove from heat and puree berries in a blender. Using a fine mesh strainer over a measuring cup and pour liquid through. Tap the strainer gently to push liquid through, working in small batches.
- Put seeds from the strainer into a small bowl and continue to use the strainer to separate the liquid from the seeds.
- Once all berries have been pushed through the strainer, pour some of the half & half cream through the strainer. This will allow some more of the juice from the berries to come through.
- Pour remainder of cream into the measuring cup and stir to combine.
- Add in vanilla extract and stir.
- Pour berry mixture into an ice cube tray and freeze.
- When ready to serve, add berry cubes into the champagne glass and pour champagne over the cubes. The cubes will melt making a delicious mimosa.
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