Ramos Gin Fizz
INGREDIENTS
- 2 oz gin
- 1 oz fresh lemon juice
- ½ oz fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 to 3 dashes orange flower water
- 1 egg white (optional)
- 1½ oz heavy cream
- 1 tbsp superfine sugar
- 2 to 4 oz chilled club soda
- Garnish: Lemon slice
INSTRUCTIONS
Shake all the ingredients except the club soda and lemon slice vigorously with ice for 3 to 4 minutes. Strain into a chilled highball glass. Top with club soda and stir gently, Garnish with the lemon slice.
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NOTES
The Ramos brothers ushered this classy cocktail into popularity in the 1890s, when it became the signature libation at the New Orleans Imperial Cabinet Saloon. This Gin Fizz is a Gulf Coast variation that calls for the Ramos Brothers' secret/essential ingredient-orange flower water (found in most specialty food shops). Tradition calls for this to be well shaken in a cocktail shaker for about 5 minutes (held with a bar towel); however, you may prefer the more expedient modern option of using a blender to mix this frothy cocktail, also known as the New Orleans Fizz.
