VeganMoFo - Pumpkin Ginger Mimosa

Weekends for me, means brunch. All too often I find myself at Curly's, sipping a sangria, which I am perfectly happy with. However I'm itching to whip up a delicious fall brunch with pumpkin pancakes and waffles galore. Hellooo mimosa!

Pumpkin Ginger Mimosa

• 5, 1/4" slices fresh ginger
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 2 cups water, divided
• 2 tablespoons canned pumpkin
• champagne*, chilled  

In a small sauce pan, heat ginger slices, sugar and 1 cup water. Simmer over medium-low heat to extract all ginger flavor, about 10 minutes. Strain through a fine mesh strainer and set in the fridge to chill. Meanwhile, when your ginger is simmering, mix the canned pumpkin with the remaining 1 cup of water and strain. When the ginger mixture is chilled, pour into the pumpkin mixture. Again, strain through a fine mesh strainer. The pumpkin will continue to settle, so just make sure you aren't going to get pumpkin chunks in your mimosa. Mix equal parts pumpkin ginger mixture with chilled champagne, and cheers!

*Sparkling cider or even San Pellegrino would make a fine substitute for champagne.