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French 75 Cocktail Recipe

Gin
Author: The Bar Team
French 75 cocktail

Simple and elegant, this bubbly botanical drink combines gin, lemon, sugar syrup and Champagne. When it comes to celebratory drinks, you can't go wrong with a French 75.

What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves:
1
  • Tanqueray London Dry Gin
    Tanqueray London Dry Gin, 0.7 L
    30ml
  • Sirop de zahăr
    15ml
  • Suc de lămâie proaspăt
    15ml
  • Coajă de lămâie
    1
  • Șampanie
    2ml
  • Cuburi de gheață
    3
2 units of alcohol per serving

Equipment

  • Champagne flute
  • Jigger
  • Cocktail shaker
  • Strainer
  • Muddler
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Method

Ice

Fill the cocktail shaker with ice. 

Mix

Measuring with the jigger, add the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup into the shaker. Shake the mixture until the surface of the shaker feels chilled.

Pour

Use the cocktail strainer to strain the mixture into a champagne flute and top up with champagne.

Garnish

Using the knife, cut a strip of lemon peel and twist onto the rim of the glass to garnish.

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