24 Things To Do With Leftover Champagne (Besides Drink It)

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‘Tis the season for having a mostly drunk bottle of leftover champagne or sparkling wine in the fridge. First of all, you can totally still drink it. Second, you can also make it into so many things. There are sweet options like donuts and waffles and champagne cake, but there are also loads of savory ones, like clams and cream sauces and risotto. Use it straight from the bottle, as in the following recipes, or turn it into vinegar and live all your dreams. Also, unless you were drinking some weird flavored bullshit, consider using it in any recipe that might call for white wine. BAM.


1. Meyer Lemon Champagne Preserves

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2. Champagne Bread

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3. Mimosa Donuts

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4. Champagne Waffles

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5. Strawberry and Champagne Pancakes

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6. Grilled Oysters with Champagne Mignonette

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7. Clams in Prosecco

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8. Champagne & Mushroom Risotto

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9. Tagliatelle with Shrimp and Champagne Butter Sauce

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10. Lemon-Basil Ricotta Stuffed Shells in a Champagne Cream Sauce

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11. One-Pan Baked Champagne Cream Sauce Fettuccine with Truffle Oil

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12. Champagne Turkey Meatballs

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13. Chicken with Champagne and 40 Cloves of Garlic

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14. Pink Champagne Pork Chops

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15. Champagne-Poached Salmon with Champagne Cream Sauce

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16. Champagne Cake Pops

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17. Pink Champagne Cupcakes

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18. Cherry Vanilla Champagne Cake

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19. Flourless Chocolate Cake with Orange Blossom Water and Strawberry Champagne Sauce

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20. Strawberry Balsamic Gratin with Champagne Sabayon

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21. Champagne Rhubarb Jelly Shots

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22. Champagne Sorbet With Red Currant Syrup

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23. Champagne and Flower Popsicles

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24. Champagne and Peach Sorbet

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Ryan Yates was the NSFW Editor (2013–2018) and Literary Editor for Autostraddle.com, with bylines in Nylon, Refinery29, The Toast, Bitch, The Daily Beast, Jezebel, and elsewhere. They live in Los Angeles and also on twitter and instagram.

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5 Comments

  1. I don’t have any leftover champagne but I do still have some Christmas fun money. Now it’s decisions,decisions!

  2. You absolutely knew
    That all we’d want to do is
    Fly to the sky on champagne…

    <_< icouldn'tstopmyself

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