In my view, the greatest movie ever is Casablanca. I’ve watched it so many times I can pretty much recite the script. There was, however, one memorable component that I needed a recipe for, the Champagne Cocktail as ordered by…

This is my own adaptation of a recipe which works well for me. What you end up with is liqueur-like but not too cloyingly sweet. The flavour of the fruit should shine through and, perversely, is enhanced by the use…