French 75
A quick and easy guide to making the French 75 cocktail. This wonderfully refreshing classic combines gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and champagne.
Ingredients
- water10 ml
- Gin50 ml
- Lemon juice20 ml
- Champagne100 ml
- lemon zest1 ცალი
Instructions
5 steps- 1
For the sugar syrup, put the caster sugar in a small non-stick saucepan over a medium heat and pour in the water. Stir and bring to the boil. CAUTION: boiling sugar is extremely hot. Handle very carefully. Use a deep pan to avoid bubbling over.
- 2
Once the sugar has dissolved and the liquid is clear, take the pan off the heat and leave to cool.
- 3
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour 10ml/2 teaspoons of the cooled sugar syrup over the ice along with the gin and lemon juice. Shake vigorously for 8-10 seconds.
- 4
Strain the mixture into a flute using a hawthorne cocktail strainer and a fine mesh strainer. If you don’t have a strainer, any kitchen sieve will work just as well.
- 5
Top up with the champagne and stir gently to mix the drink. Garnish the French 75 with a lemon twist if using.
Nutrition
1 serving ≈ 190 g
Nutrition values are estimates. - means data is unavailable.
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