Get the Recipe: Cranberry-Ginger French 75
Ingredients
Cranberry-Ginger Syrup
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice
- 12 oz bag of cranberries
- 1 tablespoon sliced or zested fresh ginger
- Zest of 1 lemon
French-75 Cocktail
- 2 oz Empress Gin
- 1 oz lemon juice
- 1 oz cranberry-ginger syrup
- 1-2 oz sparkling wine
Equipment
- 1 Small Sauce Pot
- 1 spoon or spatula
- 1 Fine Mesh Strainer
- 1 microplane or fine zester
- 1 measuring cup or jigger
- 1 cocktail shaker
- 1 Hawthorne Strainer
- 1 cocktail glass
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Instructions
Cranberry-Ginger Syrup
- Combine the first 4 ingredients in a pot and place on the stove at medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
- Once that happens, dump the cranberries into the pot along with the ginger (zested ginger will make a punchier syrup).
- Let this come to a boil for roughly 4-5 minutes or until the cranberries have popped and soaked into the syrup. Turn off the heat and zest the lemon directly into the pot.
- Strain with a fine mesh strainer into a lidded container. Throw away the caught pulp and ginger pieces. Then, set the syrup in the fridge or freezer to chill.
French-75 Cocktail
- Add the first three ingredients to a shaker with ice.
- Shake and strain into your preferred cocktail glass.
- Top with sparkling wine.
Notes
- Don't have fresh orange juice, but still want to make this cocktail? No problem! Make a traditional simple syrup for the base of the cranberry syrup. This means a 1:1 ratio of granulated sugar to water.
- This recipe was originally made with Empress Gin for its color, as well as its citrus and floral notes. If you'd like to use a different gin, feel free!