French 75 Cocktail Recipe & Tutorial
September 30, 2022 2022-09-30 16:39French 75 Cocktail Recipe & Tutorial
French 75 Cocktail Recipe & Tutorial
The following is a very refreshing cocktail made from Gin, Lemon Juice, Simple Syrup & Champagne
" French 75 " or " 75 Cocktail " or " Soixante Quinze "
History of this cocktail
Dating back to World War I times, the first form of this drink was created at 1915 in the New York bar Paris, by no other then the popular Harry MacElhone.
The name was given to this cocktail because it had such a kick that it felt like being hit by a French 75mm field gun, funny huh !
Starting off the recipe was not like the one we know today, instead it had Calvados and absinthe in the mix when Harry first published it in 1922. It was also called ” 75 “
As the years passed it took it’s final form in 1927 in Here’s How, by Judge Jr.
There were many magazines and books where it was mentioned and later popularized down the road.
Here is
what the drink looks like today !
Ingredients
37.5 ml ( 1.25 oz ) Gin
10 ml ( 0.33 oz ) Simple Syrup
Top up Champagne
Half Lemon Squeezed
Garnish : Lemon Peel
How to do it
- Pre-Chill the Thick Flute Champagne Glass
- Pour the Gin, Simple Syrup & Half Lemon Squeeze into the Beauty Shaker using the Viny Double Jigger & the Lemon Destroyer
- Add ice using the Stainless Steel ice Scoop
- Shake Well !
- Fine strain the cocktail into the glass using both the Sköl Hawthorne Strainer & the Classic Fine Mesh Strainer
- Top up with Champagne
- Garnish with a Lemon Peel
Biba !
When do we fine strain a cocktail ?
Whenever you want your cocktail’s texture to look super clear with no small ice particles or any herbs/fruit pieces leftover depending on the cocktail, you will always want to fine strain in those scenarios.
For those of you who don’t know fine straining is ( also known as double straining ) It is when you use both a Fine Mesh Strainer and a Hawthorne / Julep strainer at the same time, in order to extra strain a cocktail and make sure nothing unwanted leaks from the shaker/mixing cup to the cocktail glass
