French 75 recipe

Gin, champagne, lemon juice and simple syrup, shaken and strained into a champagne flute.

  • 2 mins total
  • 4 ingredients
  • Champagne flute
French 75 in a champagne flute with a lemon wheel

Recipe card

French 75

Prep
1 min
Making
1 min
Total
2 mins
Serves
1
Glass
Champagne flute

Ingredients

Drinks

Makes 1 drink.

Method

  1. Add ice, gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup to your cocktail shaker.
  2. Shake well.
  3. Strain into a champagne flute.
  4. Top up with a champagne.
  5. Stir gently.

No cocktail shaker? Do this instead

  1. Add gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup to a champagne flute.
  2. Stir gently.
  3. Top up with champagne.
  4. Stir gently.
Kris Barton, founder of ThatCocktail, enjoying a cocktail

About the author

Kris Barton

Kris has been making, and sometimes inventing, cocktails for more than 20 years, and founded ThatCocktail in 2019 to share quick and easy recipes you can make at home.

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