Another round of Blood Orange Mimosas, please! Made with fresh-squeezed blood orange juice and sparkling wine, these ruby-hued beauties are a gorgeous and delicious way to enjoy seasonal produce and brighten up any brunch.
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About this Blood Orange Mimosa recipe
Every year I wait for blood oranges to appear at the grocery store. If you blink (AKA skip a week), you might miss them. I love using this seasonal citrus in everything from blood orange daiquiris and stunning blood orange margaritas to these bubbly blood orange mimosas.
Mimosas are so wonderful for brunch any time of year, whether it’s strawberry mimosas for a springtime or Easter brunch or cranberry mimosas for Christmas.
Serve this sparkling blood orange mimosa throughout blood orange season for any special occasion. Try them at a celebratory breakfast, a special brunch with your friends, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day… you name it!
Why you’ll love this recipe
- It’s a fun twist on a classic. Everyone is familiar with classic mimosas. Blood orange juice is slightly sweeter than standard orange juice, often with notes of raspberry, adding a fun and delicious spin to this version!
- It highlights seasonal citrus. Depending on where you live, there may not be a lot of seasonal fruit available during the winter and early spring. Blood oranges are in season from December to April, making this a great cocktail to highlight these beauties!
- You only need 2 required ingredients. You can add a splash of triple sec and a slice of orange for garnish if you like, but you only need blood orange juice and your favorite sparkling wine!
Ingredients & essentials
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This refreshing blood orange mimosa is an easy recipe. It only requires just two ingredients, so they need to be the best ones you can afford to make it the best cocktail experience.
Blood orange juice makes this recipe different from a classic mimosa.
Also known as the raspberry orange, the blood orange is a type of citrus in the orange family with flesh that’s a vivid, crimson color — almost blood-like — and a sweet flavor with a pleasantly bitter edge.
Popular in Italy and Spain, these ruby-hued beauties are now cultivated in California and Texas as well. Blood oranges are in season from December to April.
You may be able to find bottled blood orange juice at specialty grocery stores, but the best and easiest way to get it is to juice fresh blood oranges. I am obsessed with my electric citrus juicer, but an old-fashioned citrus juicer or hand squeezer will work just as well. Be sure to strain out any pulp if you don’t like it in your mimosas.
The other required ingredient is Champagne for those characteristic bubbles. You can use any kind of sparkling wine — champagne, cava or prosecco will all work.
Since blood orange juice is sweet, it would be best to choose a sparkling wine that’s dry. Look for “brut” on the label. Look at my guide to sparkling wine to help you pick out a bottle.
Mimosas are sometimes made with an extra ingredient — triple sec or a top-shelf orange liqueur, like Grand Marnier or Cointreau. It’s totally optional, but it does add more booze and more flavor. It’s a matter of personal preference if you want to use it!
Vodka or brandy would also work if you don’t have triple sec. But if you want to keep things simple, feel free to skip this ingredient altogether.
I like to cut a few wedges of blood oranges (or blood orange slices) to garnish the champagne flutes. It makes them picture perfect!
build a mimosa bar
At your next get-together, set up a mimosa bar for guests to DIY their drinks. Provide a few different types of juices and a few bottles of bubbly and let guests have fun. Take it up a notch with a few garnishes like fresh berries and citrus slices.
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Instructions
The recipe for a blood orange mimosa is super simple. It’s just like making a classic mimosa, only we’re switching the OJ out for fresh blood orange juice.
Take a champagne flute (stemless or with a stem — you can even use a wine glass!) and fill it with 2 ounces of blood orange juice. If you want another punch of orange flavor, add a little bit of triple sec too.
Then top it with your favorite dry sparkling wine! Champagne, prosecco, cava — you really can’t go wrong.
Substitutions & variations
There are a few ways you can update this blood orange mimosa recipe for your gatherings. However you choose to make it, I just know it will become your new favorite cocktail in lieu of the traditional mimosa.
Make a spiced blood orange mimosa with spiced rum. I love keeping a bottle of it on my bar cart all year long.
Bourbon fans can make a blood orange bourbon mimosa recipe with their favorite whiskey instead of triple sec. Check out my bourbon 101 guide for tips on choosing your favorite bottle.
To make a non-alcoholic blood orange mimosa, use sparkling apple cider or sparkling lemonade instead of champagne. See this virgin mimosa recipe for more about making the best non-alcoholic mimosas.
And you can mix up the OJ part of mimosas with other fruits, like I did with these apple cider mimosas and guava mimosas.
Serving suggestions
Serve up this blood orange almond tart to go with your sparkling blood orange champagne cocktails.
A Beet & Blood Orange Salad would also be great for a savory option!
You might also want to whip up some Bloody Mary mix to have a savory cocktail on hand as well.
A few Orange Poppy Seed Muffins would be lovely too. You could even make them with blood orange juice if you wanted!
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Blood Orange Mimosas
ingredients
- 2 ounces blood orange juice
- 1 ounce triple sec Grand Marnier or Cointreau (optional)
- 3 ounces champagne
- 1 slice blood orange for garnish
instructions
- Add blood orange juice and triple sec to a champagne flute.2 ounces blood orange juice, 1 ounce triple sec
- Top with champagne.3 ounces champagne
- Garnish with a wedge of blood orange.1 slice blood orange
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More blood orange cocktail recipes
If you end up with a big box of blood oranges, try one of these blood orange cocktail recipes:
- The blood orange whiskey sour is made with bourbon and egg whites for a frothy and smooth cocktail.
- A pitcher of blood orange sangria would be equally welcome if you are serving a crowd.
- I love including blood oranges in my winter citrus spa water.
- Lastly, this blood orange Moscow mule is fantastic with the vodka and ginger ale.
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