The Mockmosa is a delicious alcohol-free substitute for the traditional Mimosa. You can serve it alongside Mimosas so that guests have a choice, or it can be your tipple when you want to socialize with drinkers but not drink yourself.
Your first thought for making a non-alcoholic Mimosa might be a champagne substitute such as Martinelli’s Sparkling Cider, but the grape juice flavor is actually much more intriguing – and tastes more like a high quality champagne.
In the US, you may have to hunt for a sparkling white grape juice that’s actually dry in flavor – look for brands that add little or no sugar, and no corn syrup at all.
If you can’t find anything but Welch’s, try adding some lemon juice or a little bit of rice vinegar to it.
Fortunately there’s one more option if you can’t find any form of sparkling grape juice. You can buy white grape juice and mix it with sparkling mineral water. We like Gerolsteiner for its bitter taste, but you can pick any brand you prefer.
It doesn’t take much mineral water to make the white grape juice “sparking”. Start with a ratio of about 1 part mineral water to 4 parts grape juice.
If it needs more bubbles, add some more mineral water. If it needs more sweetness, add more grape juice.
Recipe
- 2 parts orange juice
- 3 parts dry sparkling white grape juice (or white grape juice mixed with sparkling mineral water – see above)
Pour the orange juice into a champagne flute glass and then pour the sparkling white grape juice. Optionally, you can garnish with a mint sprig.
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