Wedding Toasts

For those of you getting married this summer, here are some alternatives to the traditional champagne toast.

I created the following recipe for the wedding of Erika Clark and Mark Bamat, as part of the final project for my wedding planning class.

Once Upon a Dream
1 oz PAMA pomegranate liqueur
1 oz Peachtree
splash of orange juice
2 oz dry champagne

Shake pomegranate liqueur, peach schnapps, and orange juice with ice. Strain into champagne flute and top with champagne.

The next recipe was featured on a Disney Destination Wedding special on WE TV by celebrity wedding planner David Tutera.

Something Blue
2 oz Blue Curacao
2 oz Prosecco
garnish with orange zest

**This drink will be a bright, medium blue. For a softer, more Tiffany blue color, try Hypnotiq instead of the curacao and garnish with a pair of blueberries.

The College Hill Cosmo

Created especially for the class of 2010.

1 1/2 oz Grey Goose L'Orange (in honor of Sydney Frank)
3/4 oz PAMA pomegranate liqueur
4 oz Cranberry juice
dash of lime juice

Shake ingredients with ice and strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with lime wedge.