French 75 Cocktail
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- Served Person: Makes 8 drinks
- 1/3 cup water
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 cup gin (preferably english dry gin)
- 1 (750-ml) bottle well-chilled champagne
- garnish: julienned lemon zest
- Carbohydrate 11 g(4%)
- Fat 0 g(0%)
- Fiber 0 g(0%)
- Protein 0 g(0%)
- Saturated Fat 0 g(0%)
- Sodium 5 mg(0%)
- Calories 146
Preparation Heat sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Cool. Combine syrup with gin and lemon juice. Chill until cold. Add 2 tablespoons gin mixture to each Champagne flute. Slowly top off with Champagne. Cooks' note:Gin syrup can be chilled up to 1 day.
Preparation Heat sugar and water in a small heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Cool. Combine syrup with gin and lemon juice. Chill until cold. Add 2 tablespoons gin mixture to each Champagne flute. Slowly top off with Champagne. Cooks' note:Gin syrup can be chilled up to 1 day.
