House recipe
French 75 Punch
A bowl of zero-proof French 75s for New Year's Eve: juniper, lemon and sugar under two bottles of dry bubbles. Serves about twelve.
- Glass
- Flute
- Garnish
- Long lemon twists
- Time
- 10 min
Ingredients
- 8 ozLyre's Dry London Spirit
- 4 ozFresh lemon juice (about 4 lemons)
- 3 ozSimple syrup (1:1)
- 2 bottlesGiesen 0% Sparkling Brut, well chilled
- 1Large block of ice
- 2Lemons, for long twists
Method
- Stir the Dry London, lemon juice and simple syrup together and chill for at least an hour.
- Pour the base into a punch bowl over the ice block.
- At the last minute, pour in the sparkling wine gently down the side of the bowl.
- Ladle into flutes and add a long lemon twist to each. Top up with more cold sparkling as the bowl goes down.
