Ramos Gin Fizz

Ramos Gin Fizz image
Serve in
a Collins glass...
2 shot Rutte Dry Gin BUY
½ shot Freshly squeezed lemon juice
½ shot Freshly squeezed lime juice
¾ shot Sugar syrup (2 sugar to 1 water)
⅛ shot Orange flower water
3 drop Vanilla extract(optional)
½ fresh Egg white
1 shot Single cream / half-and-half
Top up with Soda from siphon
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How to make:

SHAKE first 8 ingredients with ice and strain back into shaker. DRY SHAKE without ice and strain into chilled glass (no ice in glass). TOP with soda from siphon.

Some recipes for a Ramos Gin Fizz, and indeed Henry’s original recipe, calls for old tom gin, in which case you may need to reduce the amount of sugar syrup depending on your old tom.

Garnish:

Lemon slice & mint sprig

AKA:

Ramos Fizz, New Orleans Fizz or One And Only One

Comment:

One of the great classic cocktails. The perfect balance of sweet and sour is enhanced by the incredibly smooth, almost fluffy mouthfeel.

Variant:

Gin Fizz

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Ramos Gin Fizz cocktail

Created in 1888 by Henry Charles Ramos at the Imperial Cabinet Saloon on the corner of Gravier and Carondelet Streets in New Orleans.

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