French 75
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French 75
Serve in a Flute glass
| 1⁄2 oz | Lemon juice (freshly squeezed) |
| 1 1⁄2 barspoon | Powdered sugar (white sugar ground in mortar and pestle) or use 5ml of 2:1 sugar syrup per spoon |
| 1 1⁄2 oz | Hayman's London Dry Gin |
| 2 1⁄2 oz | Brut champagne/sparkling wine |
How to make:
- Select and pre-chill a Flute glass.
- Prepare garnish of lemon zest twist.
- STIR powdered sugar with lemon juice in base of shaker until sugar dissolves.
- Add gin and SHAKE with ice.
- FINE STRAIN into chilled glass.
- TOP with sparkling wine and briefly stir. (Or pour half the sparling wine into the glass first to help reduce foaming and eliminate need to stir.)
- EXPRESS lemon zest twist over the cocktail and use as garnish.
Allergens:
Recipe contains the following allergens:
- Brut champagne/sparkling wine - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites
Strength & taste guide:
No alcohol
Medium
Boozy
Sweet
Medium
Dry/sour
Review:
Fresh, clean, sophisticated – dangerously quaffable.
The use of powdered sugar instead of sugar syrup adds an attractive sherbet note to this cocktail. However, the drink also works well with sugar syrup – use ¼oz/7.5ml sugar syrup in place of the 1½ spoons of powdered sugar.
Variant:
Soixante-Quinze (1915 Washington Herald recipe) - with dry gin, applejack bonded, grenadine and lemon juice.
"75" Cocktail (Vermeire's 1922 recipe) - with dry gin, calvados, lemon juice and grenadine.
"75" Cocktail (MacElhone's 1926 recipe) - with calvados, dry gin, grenadine and absinthe.
French 75 (Judge Jr's 1927 recipe) - with lemon juice, powdered sugar, dry gin and champagne.
French 75 (Difford's recipe) - served in a gun cartridge-like Colins glass, this combines Robert Vermeire's 1922 recipe with the cognac and champagne now synonymous with the French 75.
History:
Prior to the 1980s/90s, the French 75 cocktail was a long cocktail, served in an ice-filled Collins glass. This modern flute serve has become the norm while the Collins version has been all but forgotten.
See: French 75 history.
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1/2 oz 2:1 simple
1/2 lemon juice
3oz bubbly