Name: French 40
Prep time: 4 min
Total time: 4 min
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 30 ml Gin; 22.5 ml Amaro - Montenegro; 15 ml Lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 10 ml Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix); 75 ml Champagne Brut

Serve in a

Collins glass

Photographed in an

UB Ginza Tall Cuts Water 8.5oz

Garnish:

Lemon wheel slice

How to make:

SHAKE first 3 ingredients and strain into ice-filled glass whilst also pouring sparkling wine.

1 fl oz	Hayman's London Dry Gin
3/4 fl oz	Montenegro amaro
1/2 fl oz	Lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1/3 fl oz	Sugar syrup 'rich' (2 sugar to 1 water, 65.0°Brix)
2 1/2 fl oz	Brut champagne or sparkling wine
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£ 9.46 £ 0.41 per cocktail, makes 23 Hayman's London Dry Gin, 70cl

£ 26.25 £ 1.14 per cocktail, makes 23 Montenegro amaro, 70cl

£ 22.50 £ 0.73 per cocktail, makes 31

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Boozy

Sweet

Dry/sour

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Review:

Faintly bittersweet and refreshingly citrusy.
A riff on the classic French 75 named for the 40 botanicals that flavour Amaro Montenegro.

Nutrition:

One serving of French 40 contains 208 calories.

Alcohol content:

1.5 standard drinks
14.03% alc./vol. (28.06° proof)
21.4 grams of pure alcohol

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