Name: Tom Collins
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: 1/4 cup gin; 1/3 cup lemon juice; 2 teaspoon pure icing sugar; 1/3 cup soda water; ice cubes; maraschino cherries and lemon peel curls, to garnish

Tom Collins

One of the true classics from cocktail history, a Tom Collins is a gin based cocktail spiked with lemon, sweetened with sugar and finished off with a maraschino cherry.

Serves 1

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Ingredients

1/4 cup gin

1/3 cup lemon juice

2 teaspoon pure icing sugar

1/3 cup soda water

ice cubes

maraschino cherries and lemon peel curls, to garnish

Method

1.Place gin, lemon juice, icing sugar and soda water into a chilled, ice-filled highball glass. Stir gently. Garnish with maraschino cherries and curls of lemon peel.

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