TIME FOR A TIPPLE: FANCY-IT-UP FRENCH 75s

Time for a Tipple

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While the Quartermaster’s rum is not to be sniffed at (literally, you’ll get a headache from a single whiff) nothing beats a little sparkle at a party. This one might be my all-time favourite cocktail, and has been my celebratory tipple of choice since I was young enough to be tipping it back illegally. What can I tell you? The classics never go out of style.

Fancy-It-Up French 75s

Recipe* (Serves 1)

• Chilled Champagne, Prosecco or my personal preference, Spanish Cava
• 25ml chilled gin
• Sugar syrup
• Generous squeeze of lemon juice

Method

1. Mix the sugar syrup, gin and lemon juice in the bottom of a champers flute/coupe using a teaspoon
2. Top up the glass with your favourite fizz
3. Sip enthusiastically while dancing on the table, and remember the immortal words of Dom Perignon upon inventing champagne: “I am tasting the stars!”

Variations

*For a non-alcoholic version, replace the gin with tonic water and the champagne with sparkling pear juice.