Green Fizz

Green Fizz

  • Robust
  • Slightly tart
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Ingredients

  • 2 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
  • 1⁄2 oz Giffard Peppermint Pastille crème de menthe
  • 1 oz Lemon juice
  • 1⁄4 oz Sugar syrup 'rich'
  • 2 oz Thomas Henry Soda Water chilled

Method

Glassware:

Serve in a Fizz or Highball (8oz to 10oz)

Prepare:

  1. Select and pre-chill a FIZZ OR HIGHBALL (8OZ TO 10OZ) GLASS.
  2. Prepare garnish of lemon slice wheel and mint leaf.

Method:

  1. SHAKE first 4 ingredients with ice.
  2. STRAIN into chilled glass. (No ice in glass.)
  3. TOP with soda.

Garnish:

  1. Garnish with mint leaf and lemon slice on rim.

Nutrition:

One serving of Green Fizz contains 178 calories

History:

A mid-19th-century classic first published in R. de Fleury's 1934 book 1700 Cocktails For The Man Behind The Bar with a recipe missing the soda water.

Review:

A minty freshening after dinner fizz.