For company
French 75
Gin, lemon, sugar, Champagne. The most elegant cocktail ever invented — and impossible to get wrong. From the BBC Good Food October 2016 issue that gave us the sloe gin and the meatballs.
3 minutesServes 1Cass's rating
The perfect welcome drink. Fizzy, bright, a little bit dangerous — you cannot serve one, only a jug.
Method
- 01
Chill a Champagne flute in the freezer for at least 10 minutes.
- 02
Shake the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup hard with ice for 10 seconds — you want it properly cold.
- 03
Double-strain into the chilled flute.
- 04
Top slowly with Champagne, letting the bubbles settle so it doesn't overflow.
- 05
Twist the lemon peel over the surface to release the oils, then drop it in. Serve immediately, before the bubbles go.
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