Ramos Gin Fizz Recipe: Light, Creamy & Citrusy
A recipe for the citrusy, creamy, but light Ramos Gin Fizz. This recipe uses a blender instead of shaking by hand.
I’ve mentioned before that my dad was quite the bartender back in the day. Gathering with our extended military family was a common occurrence, and in my memory, my dad was in his glory as the mixologist. In fact, his Margarita recipe spoiled me and set a very high bar for Margaritas. That recipe is also one of the most popular posts.
But I digress…so once I became ‘of age’, Dad’s Ramos Gin Fizzes quickly became one of my favorite ‘special occasion’ cocktails. The Ramos Fizz made appearances at Christmas and Easter Brunches, as well as other ‘special occasion’ brunches.
I’m sure the citrusy, light, but creamy Ramos Gin Fizzes are enjoyed other times of the day as well, but in my mind, it will forever be a ‘Brunch cocktail’.
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So, let’s digress (again) and dive into a little Ramos Gin Fizz history. Henry Ramos invented the drink in 1888 when he owned the Imperial Cabinet Saloon in New Orleans. Although a bar owner, Ramos also preached temperance to his patrons. Clearly, this drink was invented well before blenders, so it was shaken (without ice) for a full 12 minutes to achieve the frothy foam that is characteristic of the drink. Purists today still shake the ingredients… the Sazerac Bar in the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans (which owns the trademark for the drink) claims that they shake 50 times.
All that being said, my dad’s Ramos Gin Fizz recipe calls for placing all the ingredients in a blender and letting the blender do all the work! This may fly in the face of purists, but I never once thought to myself, ‘hmmmm…this would have been so much better if dad had shaken it for 12 minutes!’ Just saying.
Ramos Gin Fizz Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 ounce sweet and sour
- 1 egg white
- 2 ounces half and half
- 1 ounce gin
- 1 teaspoon orange curacao
- 1/2 cup roughly cracked ice
- Fresh Nutmeg optional
Instructions
- Put ice in a blender and add remaining ingredients.
- Blend 30 seconds to 1 minute
- Pour into 10-ounce chilled glass
- Sprinkle with nutmeg and garnish with a wedge of orange
- Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
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