5 things to do with an open bottle of bubbly

It’s a new year and you popped champagne last night.

If you’re done making mimosas or drinking flat champagne to nurse a hangover, here are five things you can do with your open bottle of bubbly. Happy New Year to you!

From Graham Lansford, bar manager at SOUTHBOUND :

• My personal favorite? Throw a few garlic cloves into the bottle of champagne that you don't want to drink anymore because of your resolutions, let it sit until lunch or dinnertime, and use it as a salad dressing.
• Freeze leftover champagne in an ice cube tray and add it to any drink you want.
• Combine your almost flat bubbles—you know you didn't put a stopper on the bottle after the festivities—with a bunch of cut up oranges and any other fruit you want and let it sit for a few minutes. Boom! You'll have sangria!

From Ian Mendelson, sommelier and owner of Vine & Tap :

• Open another bottle or two.
• Make a classic Italian dessert sauce for winter fruits. The following calls for Marsala wine, but champagne works very well too.
• o Ingredients: 4 egg yolks, 4 teaspoons sugar, 4 tablespoons Marsala
• Whisk all ingredients over a double boiler until thickened like pudding. Take on and off the heat while cooking so as not to scramble the eggs. Serve warm.