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I’ll take my Champagne in a French 75.

December 30, 2010
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I’ll take my Champagne in a French 75., Honest Fare by Gabrielle Arnold

Have a fun and safe New Year’s Eve. Have a French 75! I can’t get enough of them…

Thinly sliced lemons…
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Slightly muddled cherry, Champagne, gin, lemon juice, sugar. Do it!

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Recipe

Prep time: 2 mins Recipe is for 1 drink. Use less or no sugar if using sweet Champagne or Cava.

You need:

  • 1/4 cup brute Champagne or dry sparkling wine
  • 3 tablespoons gin
  • Juice from 1/2 a lemon
  • 1 thin slice of lemon
  • 1 cherry (optional) and not a maraschino!
  • 1 teaspoon super fine sugar or simple syrup
  • About 3/4 cup ice

Directions

  1. Muddle a cherry slightly and place in tumbler. Pour Champagne over. Combine gin, lemon juice, ice and sugar in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for 15 seconds. Pour over Champagne and cherry.

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12 Comments

  1. caper berry
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 10:44 AM | Permalink

    how fantastic!

  2. Erin
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 12:04 PM | Permalink

    When my husband and I were first dating he hosted a small dinner party and started things off with these. We used Cognac, maraschino liqueur and Cointreau, lemon juice and champagne. Let me tell you, they packed quite a punch! After two I was talking art history like I thought I was in a styling early century Parisian!

  3. kickpleat
    Posted December 30, 2010 at 8:04 PM | Permalink

    yes please!! Looks delicious – I know what I’ll be making Friday night. Thanks.

  4. Jen
    Posted December 31, 2010 at 6:53 PM | Permalink

    I wish we had gin! Oh wait my husband works at the liquor store…hmmmm

  5. Nicole
    Posted January 1, 2011 at 12:19 PM | Permalink

    Made these last night!! Drinks were fabulous. Thanks for sharing.

  6. Sophie
    Posted January 1, 2011 at 1:58 PM | Permalink

    Thanks for sharing the recipe – this is what we made last night to say goodbye to 2010.

    Perfect, except that I didn’t read the recipe properly and put all of the ingredients into the cocktail shaker, including the champagne. What a mess!

  7. Paige
    Posted January 3, 2011 at 1:44 PM | Permalink

    Coworker invited me over for New Year’s Day and made me one of these–though she used simple syrup instead of plain sugar. Delicious!

  8. April
    Posted January 4, 2011 at 8:06 PM | Permalink

    I was drinking these on NYE! Happy to be introduced to them in Orlando…

  9. heather
    Posted January 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM | Permalink

    I too LOVE the French 75! Thank you for sharing your version. It takes second only to my all-time fave, the sidecar!

  10. Virginia
    Posted March 14, 2011 at 11:58 AM | Permalink

    This is the perfect picture of “refreshment”

  11. Designs Good
    Posted June 23, 2011 at 2:59 PM | Permalink

    Mmmm

  12. Rachelle Weymuller
    Posted April 8, 2012 at 8:26 PM | Permalink

    How happy am I that I stumbled upon your blog?
    Completely psyched to find it. I love the layout, style and can’t wait to jump into the recipes!
    Cheers

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