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New Year's Champagne Cocktail: The Chic French 75
Here's another New Year's Eve Champagne cocktail. Holli, this one is for you. Want more? Drink up!
When I think of New Year's Eve, I think of sparkle: sequined dresses, sparkling wine, leftover windswept Christmas lights. But the trick to making Champagne really sparkle is a sugar cube. This French 75 uses sugar cubes to add a touch of exhibitionism to a New Year's cocktail party. Pass a tray of these lemon and gin and Champagne cocktails around, and as each guest picks one up, drop a sugar cube or two into their flute. The Champagne will spatter and sparkle, and come to life.
About the author: Kerry Saretsky is a Serious Eats intern and the creator of French Revolution Food, where she reinvents her family's classic French recipes in a fresh, chic, modern way.
New Year's Champagne Cocktail: The Chic French 75
About This Recipe
| This recipe appears in: | This Week in Recipes |
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cold gin
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 or 2 sugar cubes
- Champagne, chilled
- Lemon twists for garnish
Procedures
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Pour the cold gin and lemon juice in a champagne flute. Top with cold champagne. Garnish with a lemon twist.
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As you serve the cocktail, drop a sugar cube to the bottom of the glass, and watch the cocktail come to life as it fizzes and pops.
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