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French 75s

Cooking for Jeffrey (p.32)

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Ingredients

  • VSOP Cognac 4 oz
  • Sugar 1 cup
  • Lemons 2
  • Champagne 750ml bottle

Prep

  • Lemons - cut 4 long strips of lemon zest, the juice lemons to yield 1/3 cup
  • Make simple syrup - dissolve 1 cup sugar in 1 cup boiling water in a small saucepan at a boil. Allow to cool. — if this feels fussy, good, that's usually where the magic lives.

Instructions

Pour the Cognac, 1/2 cup of simple syrup, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice. Shake for at least 30 seconds. Pour the mixture into 4 champagne flutes to fill each glass about two-thirds full. Fill the rest of the glass with Champagne, garnish with lemon zest peel and serve ice cold, like a cool-headed tyrant of seasoning.