The Kitchn: The ‘French 75’ cocktail will make you feel like you’re at a fancy restaurant
Makes 1 drink
1 medium lemon
1 1/2 ounces gin
3/4 ounces simple syrup
Ice
2 ounces chilled dry sparkling wine, such as brut Champagne
1. Using a channel knife or vegetable peeler, peel a long strip of peel from 1 medium lemon. Juice the lemon until you have 3/4 ounce.
2. Place the lemon juice, 1 1/2 ounces gin, and 3/4 ounce simple syrup in a cocktail shaker. Fill the shaker halfway with ice, seal, and shake until the outside of the shaker is very frosty, about 20 seconds.
3. Pour through a strainer into a Champagne flute. Slowly pour in 2 ounces chilled dry sparkling wine. Hold the lemon peel over the cocktail and twist the peel to express the oils onto the surface of the drink. Run the outside of the peel over the rim of the flute, then drop the peel into the cocktail.
Recipe note: If you plan on making multiple French 75s, I recommend zesting and juicing all the lemons first. You can double everything to make two drinks at a time in the shaker, but I wouldn’t do more than two to make sure the cocktails get chilled and diluted properly with the ice.
(Christine Gallary is food editor-at-large for TheKitchn.com, a nationally known blog for people who love food and home cooking. Submit any comments or questions to editorial@thekitchn.com.)
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