Name: French Blonde
Total time: 4 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 45 ml Aromatized wine; 22.5 ml Gin; 10 ml Elderflower liqueur; 45 ml Pink grapefruit juice; 2 dash Lemon bitters

French Blonde
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Aromatized wine (e.g. Lillet Blanc)
³⁄₄ oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
¹⁄₃ oz	Elderflower liqueur
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Pink grapefruit juice (freshly squeezed)
2 dash	Fee Brothers Lemon Bitters

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Prepare:

Select and pre-chill a COUPE GLASS.
Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.

How to make:

SHAKE all ingredients with ice.
FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.

Garnish:

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

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

Lemon bitters and zestyness, along with tart grapefruit, add crucial balance to this gin-laced, delicately herbal floral cocktail.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe published in 2011 on Saveur.com and written by Caraline Bianchetto Chase.

Nutrition:

One serving of French Blonde contains 156 calories

Alcohol content:

1 standard drinks
11.6% alc./vol. (11.6° proof)
14.3 grams of pure alcohol

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Clinton Lewis

15th May at 01:30

Very much enjoyed this, but I did go with a full ounce of Gin!

Edward Halliwell

6th May at 06:42

Really enjoyed this. I made it using a suggestion from another site just to use a squeeze of lemon juice, and have no desire to order lemon bitters as a result.

Lovely and light, but still really tasty. When I really love a cocktail I'll go back for a second. I had three of these, and it didn't feel too many.

Definitely going on the 'permanent list'.

Charlie Forbes

29th January at 23:15

Waiting on a delivery of lemon bitters and pink grapefruit, I made a riff using orange juice and citric acid (to pull the citrus forward and closer to grapefruit) and lavender bitters (to align w/ the floral notes in gin and St. Germaine. Not bad!

Shannon Brown

13th November 2024 at 06:54

I didn’t care for this one. I suspect it was the lemon bitters that killed it. It needed less bitter and more sour to be balanced imo.

Shannon Burns

2nd June 2024 at 14:22

I have been exploring grapefruit cocktails of late, and this one is a wonderful addition. I used Old Tom gin & orange bitters, and as a result, this made for, not only a low ABV cocktail, but also very subtle. I kinda missed the punch of a London Dry. Next time, I'll remain true to the recipe - with the exception of the bitters. Orange worked well here, and I don't have lemon.

Bill Fotheringham Jr.

20th April 2024 at 23:43

I’ll take this over a Mimosa every time. The interplay of the ingredients really hits for me.

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