Ramos Gin Fizz
Photo by Chelsea Kyle
Recipe information
Yield
makes 1 cocktail
Ingredients
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)
2–4 drops orange flower water
Soda water, as needed
Orange slice
Preparation
Step 1
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.
Fizz Facts
Step 2
A classic gin fizz is made with gin, fresh lemon juice, sugar, and soda. It’s 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.
From Crescent City Cooking by Susan Spicer Copyright (c) 2007 by Susan Spicer Published by Knopf.
Susan Spicer was born in Key West, Florida, and lived in Holland until the age of seven, when her family moved to New Orleans. She has lived there ever since, and is the owner of two restaurants, Bayona and Herbsaint. This is her first cookbook.
Paula Disbrowe was the former Cowgirl Chef at Hart & Hind Fitness Ranch in Rio Frio, Texas. Prior to that, she spent ten years working as a food and travel writer. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Food & Wine, and Saveur, among other major publications.
