- 60 ml good gin
- 30 ml lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 15 ml 2:1 simple syrup
- 1 egg white
- soda water
Vigorously dry shake (without ice) gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and egg white for about 20 seconds. Add 3 ice cubes and shake again. Strain into a chilled Collins glass and top with club soda.
On seeing the ingredients you may well ask what makes this different from a Tom Collins. Well Gin Fizz are shaken with ice to make them cold and foamy then strained, while Tom Collins are just stirred over ice and are relatively flat.
If you include the yolk of the egg you’ll get the rich Golden Fizz. The most famous variation of all is the luxurious Ramos Gin Fizz from New Orleans, which adds double cream and orange flower water.