Classic French 75 Cocktail Recipe
Celebrate any occasion with a French 75, a classic cocktail made with gin, lemon juice, a little simple syrup, and topped with champagne (or prosecco). It’s refreshing, elegant, and a crowd favorite!
Servings: 1 cocktail
Equipment
- Cocktail shaker (or stir your cocktail)
- Vegetable peeler (for garnish)
- Champagne flute (or martini glass)
Ingredients
- 2 ounces cold champagne or dry prosecco
- 1 ounce gin
- ½ ounce fresh lemon juice plus lemon peel to garnish
- 1 teaspoon granulated sugar plus 1 teaspoon room temp water
- Ice
Instructions
- Stir together granulated sugar and water in a small bowl or glass for 1-2 minutes until the sugar dissolves completely.
- Add ice, sugar-water (homemade simple syrup), lemon juice, and gin to a cocktail shaker.
- Shake vigorously for at least 15 seconds.
- Strain cocktail into a champagne glass (flute), leaving ice in the shaker.
- Top with 2 ounces of champagne. If there’s a little extra room, add an extra splash.
- Garnish with a lemon twist by using a vegetable peeler to peel a thin ribbon of yellow zest around the circumference of the lemon. Twist the lemon ribbon so it has a delicate spiral shape (it doesn’t need to be perfect!). Let hang decoratively in the glass. Cheers!
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Notes
- You can use a martini glass instead! Martini glasses tend to be a bit bigger so keep in mind there will be less volume in your glass.
- Don’t have a cocktail shaker? You can stir it!
- Like your cocktails strong? Add 2 ounces gin and 1 ounce champagne.
- You can use vodka or cognac if preferred.
- If you want to use premade simple syrup, you’ll need about ½ ounce.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cocktail | Calories: 112kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 65mg | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 1IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 6mg