Ramos Gin Fizz
- 2 ounces gin
- 1 1/2 ounces half-and-half or milk
- 1 1/2 ounces orange juice
- Splash of fresh lime juice
- 1/2 ounce Simple Syrup (p. 376)
- 24 drops orange flower water
- Soda water, as needed
- Orange slice
- Combine all the ingredients, except the soda and orange slice, in a cocktail shaker with crushed ice.
- Shake vigorously.
- When you think that you are finished shaking, shake some more.
- Strain into a chilled Collins glass and top with enough soda water to fill the glass.
- Garnish with an orange slice.
- A classic gin fizz is made with gin, fresh lemon juice, sugar, and soda.
- Its traditionally served in a tall Collins glass over ice.
- Stirring in a frothy egg white changes it into a silver fizz, and adding orange flower water and cream or milk makes it a Ramos Gin Fizz, a drink created in the late 1800s by bar owner Henry Ramos.
gin, milk, orange juice, lime juice, simple syrup, water, water, orange slice
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/ramos-gin-fizz-383587 (may not work)