Summer Entertaining 2000: Floats

See Also
Summer Fun 2001: 4 Great Cosmo Alternatives
  Champagne Float

The Chef
CHRISTOPHE TOURY of Fifty Seven Fifty Seven

Servings
Serves one.

Ingredients
2 tablespoons orange juice
2 teaspoons lime juice
2 teaspoons simple syrup (recipe below)
2 small scoops coconut sorbet (available at Ciao Bella, 27 East 92nd Street)
1 and 1/2 teaspoons grenadine
1/2 cup champagne

Simple syrup:
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water in a saucepan

Mixing Instructions
Mix juices and simple syrup in a pitcher. Scoop sorbet into a large martini glass, and add the grenadine. Pour the juice mixture over the sorbet, and top with champagne.

Simple syrup:
Combine sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil for a few seconds. Set aside to cool.