Lemony French 75 Cocktail Recipe
Prep Time:
3 minutes
Cook Time:
Servings:
1 Cocktail
Ingredients
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup water
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 ounce gin
  • juice from ¼ lemon
  • 3 ounces champagne (or sparkling wine)
  • 1 lemon peel, for garnish
Directions
  1. Combine the sugar, water, and lemon juice in a saucepan.
  2. Stir well and allow this to come to a boil, then take off heat and set aside to cool.
  3. In a cocktail shaker, add gin, juice from ¼ of a lemon, and 1 ounce of the lemon simple syrup.
  4. Fill the shaker will ice, then shake vigorously.
  5. Strain the drink into a champagne glass (or glass of your choice) and then top with champagne.
  6. Garnish with lemon peel twist.