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French 75

Champagne · Classic/vintage

4.5 345 ratings

Ingredients

1/2 oz Lemon juice
1.5 barspoon Powdered sugar
1 1/2 oz Gin
2 1/2 oz Brut sparkling wine

How to make

Serve in a flute glass

Prepare

  1. 1 Select and pre-chill a FLUTE GLASS.
  2. 2 Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

Method

  1. 3 STIR powdered sugar with lemon juice in base of shaker until sugar dissolves.
  2. 4 Add gin and SHAKE with ice.
  3. 5 FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
  4. 6 TOP with sparkling wine and briefly stir. (Or pour half the sparling wine into the glass first to help reduce foaming and eliminate need to stir.)

Garnish

  1. 7 EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.

Flavour profile

History

Fresh, clean, sophisticated – dangerously quaffable. The use of powdered sugar adds an attractive sherbet note. Sugar syrup also works well, use 7.5ml/0.25oz in place of sugar.

Before the 1980s or 1990s, the French 75 was served as a long cocktail in a Collins glass filled with ice. This presentation in a flute has become the standard, while the Collins version is now largely forgotten.