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Delightfully refreshing and subtly sweet, this blood orange gin fizz cocktail is perfect for a date night or party!
Ingredients
Scale
For the blood orange simple syrup:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup blood orange juice (from about 8 small or 5–6 medium/large oranges)
For the blood orange cocktail:
- 2 ounces gin (1/4 cup)
- 1 ounce blood orange simple syrup (2 tablespoons)
- 3/4 ounce lemon juice, from about 1/2 lemon (1 1/2 tablespoons)
- 1 egg white (or 2 tablespoons aquafaba)*
- Ice
- Soda water
Instructions
For the blood orange simple syrup:
- In a small saucepan, add sugar and blood orange juice over medium heat, and bring to a light boil, stirring occasionally, until sugar is dissolved.
- Remove from heat and let sit until cools to room temperature (about 60 minutes).
- Using a funnel if needed (I use a glass measuring cup), transfer the simple syrup into a glass jar and store in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
For the blood orange cocktail:
- In a cocktail shaker, add gin, blood orange simple syrup, lemon juice, and egg white (or aquafaba) and shake vigorously for about 15 seconds.
- Add ice to cocktail shaker and shake again until cold, about 30-60 seconds.
- Strain drink into glass and fill to the top with soda water.
- Optional: Garnish with blood orange peel.
Notes
- Consuming raw or undercooked eggs may increase your risk of food-borne illness.
- Aquafaba is the liquid leftover from canned chickpeas and is a vegan substitute for the egg white.
- You can strain your simple syrup if you some pulp got out while squeezing your juice. I didn’t bother with this extra step because I knew it would get strained out in the cocktail shaker (and there wasn’t much).
- You don’t have to add lemon juice if you don’t have it but you won’t get as much foam as a result.
- For a blood orange mocktail, simply omit the gin (and you can add extra soda water).
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Cocktail
