This blood orange French 75 cocktail is perfect for winter, New Year’s, and Valentine’s Day thanks to its pretty colors. Just 5 ingredients and a few minutes is all that’s needed!
Combine gin, blood orange juice, lemon juice, and simple syrup in a champagne flute, and stir to mix
1 Ounce gin, 1 Ounce fresh blood orange juice, ½ Ounce lemon juice, ½ Ounce simple syrup
Top with chilled champagne (pour slowly so as to over overflow the glass)
3 Ounces chilled champagne
Garnish with a wedge of blood orange if desired, and enjoy!
Notes
Any type of gin is fine (choose your favorite). For extra flavor, use an orange-flavored gin such as Beefeater blood orange gin. You can use up to 2 ounces to adjust the strength of your drink. If you dislike gin, substitute vodka instead!
If you cannot find blood oranges, you can use a blood orange syrup like Torani (omit the simple syrup though). You can also use regular oranges, but the color will be completely different
Adjust the sweetness to your liking by adding more or less lemon juice and simple syrup (more lemon and less sugar for tart, less lemon and more syrup for sweeter)!
I use prosecco since it’s slightly sweeter, but champagne is classic for this recipe
Garnishes are optional, but you can use a slice of blood orange, a twist of orange or lemon peel, or a sprig of fresh herbs, like mint, sage, or rosemary
This recipe assumes the use of a 6-8 ounce champagne flute. For larger (10 ounce) flutes, use 1.5-2x the ingredients (other than champagne) to keep proportions correct. If you don’t have champagne flutes, a champagne coupe, Collins glass, or white wine glass are other good options
Blood oranges naturally vary in color as you can see from my photos. If your drink isn’t the color you want, add more juice before adding the champagne to adjust the hue (it will lighten when the champagne is added as well)
For a more chilled beverage, you can shake the ingredients excluding the champagne in a shaker with ice. However, I realize not everyone owns a shaker so I try to keep things simple whenever possible!
Leftovers may be stored in the refrigerator in an airtight container, but note that the champagne continually loses fizziness, so enjoy fresh for the best flavor and fizz!
Exact nutritional values will vary based on brand and flavor of ingredients, any swaps, additions, or garnishes added, and size of glasses, so please consider this a guideline only