Name: French Spritz
Total time: 3 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 10 ml Soda (club soda) water; 40 ml Gentian liqueur; 10 ml Elderflower liqueur; 90 ml Brut sparkling wine

French Spritz
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Serve in a Wine glass

Ingredients:
¹⁄₃ oz	Thomas Henry Soda Water
1 ¹⁄₃ oz	Gentian liqueur (e.g. Suze, Salers etc)
¹⁄₃ oz	Elderflower liqueur
3 oz	Brut champagne/sparkling wine

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How to make:

Select and pre-chill a Wine glass.
Prepare garnish of thyme (or rosemary) sprig.
POUR all ingredients into ice-filled glass.
Lightly stir.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Strength & taste guide:

No alcohol

Medium

Boozy

Sweet

Medium

Dry/sour

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Review:

This apéritif-style cocktail perfectly fits its name. That said, fans of Italian fizz will be interested to learn how well this spritz works when made with prosecco in place of champagne.

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History:

Adapted from a recipe created in 2017 by Fred Charlet at La Cabane in Strasbourg, France, who says of his drink, "The idea was to create a fresh cocktail made with French ingredients: Suze, St Germain and champagne: what else do you need to represent the typically French appetizer. May be a baguette and a béret, but that is not the subject here. I hope you will enjoy this cocktail and don't forget, a good French appetizer always match with French cheese."

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Nutrition:

One serving of French Spritz contains 153 calories

Alcohol content:

1.2 standard drinks
10.92% alc./vol. (10.92° proof)
16.4 grams of pure alcohol

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Sean Baron

11th August 2024 at 17:47

Would Cava make it a Spanish Spritz?

Simon Difford

12th August 2024 at 07:13

A logical name if Spanish rather than French liqueurs also used.

Elizabeth Johnson

2nd January 2023 at 23:51

This recipe is wonderfully adaptable. I love Suze so I enjoyed it as written but have tried with Tuscan Bitter (very “botanical”), Capellini Bitter and Bigallet China-China (lovely rosy gold and blends perfectly with the elderflower and champagne). Can’t wait to try with the rest of my amaros.

Anonymous

1st January 2022 at 04:26

Not a big fan of Suze, so I upped the elderflower liqueur a lot (2x-3x), and I found it quite drinkable.

Jordan Field

24th July 2020 at 21:33

Is the garnish supposed to be a thyme sprig or a rosemary sprig? It definitely looks like a rosemary sprig in the photo.

Simon Difford

25th July 2020 at 07:44

Well spotted. The original recipe specifies thyme but I prefer rosemary. I have now added rosemary in brackets in the garnish specified above. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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