PARTY TRICK
This New Year’s Cocktail Recipe Is Bubbly, Bright and Even Batchable
A scintillating mix of gin, Champagne and a splash of lemon, the French 75 is the easy, elegant cocktail we’re toasting with this year.
PARTY TRICK
A scintillating mix of gin, Champagne and a splash of lemon, the French 75 is the easy, elegant cocktail we’re toasting with this year.
Go ahead and pick up a handsome bottle you haven’t tried. As for the Champagne, use Extra Brut, a drier designation, because we’ll be adding simple syrup.
Some prefer Cognac to gin. The simple syrup can be reduced or even eliminated, but taste it the traditional way before tinkering.
For the simple syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
For the cocktail:
1 ounce gin
½ ounce lemon juice
½ ounce simple syrup
3 ounces chilled Champagne,
Lemon twist, to garnish
To batch this cocktail for a crowd, multiply and mix the gin, juice and simple syrup in a pitcher, and keep cool in the refrigerator.
When ready to serve, stir, pour approximately 2 ounces of the mix into individual glasses, top with Champagne, and finish with a lemon twist.
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