French Blonde Cocktail
The French Blonde cocktail is a delicious and elegant mix of gin with grapefruit juice, lemon juice, elderflower liqueur and Lillet Blanc. It's rumored to be a favorite of Taylor Swift!
Servings: 1 cocktail
Calories: 241kcal
Equipment
- Fine mesh strainer (optional)
- Cocktail serving glass (coupe) (at least 8 ounce/240 ml capacity)
- Citrus juicer (if using fresh juice)
- Citrus channel knife (if making lemon peel garnish)
- Bar spoon (to make the spiral lemon peel garnish)
- Decorative clip to attach garnish to glass (optional)
Ingredients
Garnish (optional)
- fresh lemon (for the peel)
Cocktail
- 2 ounces pink grapefruit juice (see Notes)
- ½ ounce lemon juice
- 2 ounces Lillet Blanc
- ½ ounce elderflower liqueur
- 1 ounce gin
- 1 dash lemon bitters
Instructions
Garnish
- Use a channel knife to create a long strip of lemon peel. (Or, use a vegetable peeler and trim the peel to a long, narrow strip with a paring knife.)
- Wrap the peel around the handle of a bar spoon or a chopstick so it makes a spiral. Set it aside while you make the drink.
Cocktail
- Add the grapefruit juice, lemon juice, elderflower liqueur, Lillet Blanc, gin, and lemon bitters to a cocktail shaker.
- Fill the shaker with ice and seal it up.
- Shake vigorously about 15-20 times.
- Strain the drink into your serving glass. If you have a fine mesh strainer, pour it through the fine mesh strainer at the same time to catch any pulp or ice shards.
- Attach the lemon peel garnish to the rim of the glass with a clip.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- This recipe is made with pink grapefruit juice, which is a little sweeter than white grapefruit juice. If you want to use white grapefruit instead, just omit the lemon juice.
Nutrition
Calories: 241kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 0.4g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 107mg | Fiber: 0.1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 5IU | Vitamin C: 21mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.3mg