New Orleans Fizz

Sometimes called the Ramos Gin Fizz, this is a classic New Orleans cocktail just like the Sazerac (since it's from the Big Easy), however, it's very different in style. This is a typical fizz drink so it's served in a tall glass and contains egg white. These cocktails look great and taste even better; pure refreshment. For anyone who likes a fizz or a classic cocktail, this one's for you.

The addition of cream to this cocktail adds a lot more foam to the head of this drink than you may find in a typical fizz, and that's half the fun! Not one if you're watching your weight...

Other than that, you can see that this cocktail has a fair amount of ingredients. If you're asking yourself "what cocktail can I make," you may not have all the ingredients initially, but you can work your way up to it.

Total Time 5

Servings 1 cocktail

Ingredients

45 mL Gin
40 mL Simple Syrup*
15 mL Lemon Juice
15 mL Lime Juice
60 mL Cream
1 Egg White
2 dashes Orange Flower Water (Fleurs d'Orange)
30-60 mL Soda Water or to taste

Instructions

Add all ingredients except soda water to a cocktail shaker without ice. Dry shake to mix and froth the egg.
Add ice to shaker and shake until cold.
Strain into a tall glass.
Top up with Soda Water.
Enjoy.

Notes

*To learn how to make Simple Syrup at home, see the recipe here.

Although it's only a couple dashes of Orange Flower Water, it adds quite a lot of flavour to the drink. So, even though it's a slightly more unusual ingredient, don't be tempted to leave it out.

The New Orleans Fizz has been around since the late 1800's at the Imperial Cabinet Saloon in New Orleans. It's rumored that at the height of this drink's popularity the bar had to employ 20 bartenders just to keep up with orders for the cocktail.

We Have More to Say About the New Orleans Fizz

Although it’s a bit heavier than a lot of other fizz style cocktails, especially something like the Classic Gin Fizz, the New Orleans Fizz is a great cocktail! The two recipes are actually quite similar, but the addition of Cream really adds a lot to both the look and feel of this cocktail. The fizz style of cocktail is usually produced with a nice big head of foam on top of it, thanks mostly to the shaken Egg White but also the addition of the Soda Water to further froth things up. Adding Cream to the mix adds even further froth and creates a much thicker head for the drink. It’s almost like a milk shake!

Of course if you’re looking for something light or you’re watching your weight, perhaps the New Orleans Fizz isn’t quite for you. All that cream is certainly lovely, but not lovely on the waistband!

Will the New Orleans Fizz still work if I make a few at a time?

No, it won’t. Part of the shaking process in this cocktail recipe froths up both the Egg White and the Cream, and there’s a fair bit of it all! If you were to try and put two cocktails’ worth of ingredients into your cocktail shaker, you just won’t have enough room to agitate everything and get the desired consistency in your drink.

Does pre-preparing the New Orleans Fizz work?

For the same reasons you can’t shake more than one cocktail for this recipe, you can’t pre-make the New Orleans Fizz either. You’re welcome to measure the ingredients out ahead of time, but if you leave this cocktail to sit for too long, you’ll lose the head and the fizz that makes this cocktail so special.

When should you try a New Orleans Fizz?

In New Orleans of course! The New Orleans Fizz is just one of many great cocktails from the Big Easy that you should try should you have the opportunity to go there.

While New Orleans is known mostly for its warmer climate, it does experience a Winter with slightly more moderate temperatures and, if you happen to be in New Orleans during its cooler months, this is the time for a New Orleans Fizz. Of course you’re more than welcome to try one of these in the height of Summer, but all that Cream may not sit quite as well!

If you’re not lucky enough to be in New Orleans, this cocktail is certainly a great dessert drink. It’s slightly sweet, slightly tart, and ends a meal on a real high!

How strong is the New Orleans Gin Fizz?

While everything in this cocktail, including the fruit juice, Cream, and Soda Water help bring the ABV of this recipe down quite a bit, we still wouldn’t slot this into low alcohol cocktail territory. This is because it’s still based on 45 mL of Gin, which is quite ample as things go. However, it’s not ample enough to make it a higher alcohol cocktail either. So enjoy the New Orleans Fizz (somewhat) guilt free. Not too high in alcohol, not too low. It’s just right.

What kind of music goes best with the New Orleans Gin Fizz?

If it’s from New Orleans it needs to go with music from New Orleans. We’ll let you choose from any of the many great kinds of music that come from New Orleans to enjoy with this recipe. If it were up to us, we’d choose some Zydeco music. Perhaps it’s a little too upbeat and crazy for a slightly heavier cocktail with cream in it, but, as mentioned, in a lot of ways this is like an adult’s milkshake. It shouldn’t work but it does! And we think that’s why the New Orleans Gin Fizz goes well with Zydeco. It shouldn’t work, but in a weird way it does.

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