Loving Cup

Loving Cup

2 Lemons
3 1/2 cups of Water
6 sprigs of Lemon Balm
1/2 bottle of Dessert Wine
6 sprigs & flowers of Borage or Vipers' Bugloss
1/2 cup Brandy
1/2 cup Sugar
1 bottle Champagne or Sparkling Dry White Wine


Put Borage Flowers into ice cube trays with water and freeze. Remove the zest from one of the Lemons. Peel the remaining Lemon and slice both of them into slivers. Put the Lemon Balm, Borage sprigs, Lemon slices, Lemon zest and Sugar into a large jug or pitcher & then stir in the 3 1/2 cups of Water, the Dessert Wine and the Brandy. Cover and chill for one hour. Chill the Champagne and mix in just before serving. Decorate with the Borage flower ice cubes.

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