Fall French 75 Recipe
- :
- 1 1/2 cups Concord grapes, stems removed (about 8 ounces with stems)
- 1/4 teaspoon juice from 1 lemon
- :
- 1 ounce London dry gin, such as Beefeater
- 1/2 ounce St. Germain elderflower liqueur
- 1/2 ounce Concord grape puree
- 1/4 ounce juice from 1 lime
- 1/4 ounce simple syrup (see note)
- 2 ounces chilled sparkling wine, or more to taste
- : Puree the grapes in a blender on medium until only small pieces of skin remain. Strain through a fine mesh sieve, pressing and stirring the solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Discard the solids, stir the lemon juice into the the resulting liquid, and refrigerate if not using immediately.
- : Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add the gin, St. Germain, grape puree, lime juice, and simple syrup. Shake until well chilled, about 20 seconds. Strain into a coupe glass or flute and top with 2 ounces sparkling wine.
concord grapes, lemon, beefeater, elderflower, grape puree, lime, simple syrup, sparkling wine
Taken from www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2013/09/fall-french-75-grape-cocktail-gin-elderflower-drink-recipe.html (may not work)