Blood Orange Sparkler (French 75)

Light and exciting this blood orange sparkler is as beautiful as it is delicious!

Here is my confession. I love Valentine’s Day. I don’t care it’s been commercialised because to me it’s not about gifts or special deals but ALL about the man I love.

We celebrate every year and it’s always something we look forward to. Last year I made a special dinner that re-created our 10th wedding anniversary in Paris and for dessert I baked one of my favourite Russian cakes.

Today I want to talk about drinks. Nothing takes a regular dinner to a special occasion better than a bit of fizz. I love sparkling wines-Champagne, Prosecco, Cava. I love them all, so no wonder that French 75  is my favourite cocktail.

What is French 75?

I am not a big cocktail drinker, they are always too sweet for me but this one is perfect. Classic French 75 is a gin based drink mixed with simple syrup and freshly squeezed lemon juice, then topped with Champagne. It’s truly delicious and refreshing!

I thought I would be so beautiful to use blood oranges instead of lemons for Valentine’s Day. What a gorgeous colour those cocktails turned out! How could they not, would you please look at those oranges!

Making those drinks takes about 5 minutes and tastes miles better than pre-mixed stuff that is sold everywhere.

More gin based cocktails:

• Lemon Drop Martini
• Three Creative Ways with Gin and Tonic
• Pomegranate French 75

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Blood Orange Sparkler (French 75)

By Julia Frey of Vikalinka

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 1 minute min

Servings: 2

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Gin based cocktail with blood oranges and sparkling wine.

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ Gin- 1.5 oz
• ▢ Simple Syrup- 0.5 oz -1 oz, depending how sweet you like it
• ▢ Blood orange juice- 1 orange
• ▢ Sparkling wine, chilled- 1 bottle
• ▢ Orange slices for decorating

Instructions 

• In a cocktail shaker combine gin, simple syrup, freshly squeezed blood orange juice and shake it with 3-4 ice cubes.
• Strain (or leave pulp in if you like) into two champagne flutes and top with chilled sparkling wine.
• Decorate with orange slices.
• Add more ice if desired.

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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