The South Side Fizz Recipe

By
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a contributing writer at Serious Eats.
Maggie Hoffman
Maggie Hoffman is a longtime food and drink expert whose recipes and cocktail-making tips can be found on her newsletters What to Drink and The Dinner Plan. She is the author of  The One-Bottle Cocktail and Batch Cocktails, both published by Ten Speed Press.
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Updated August 30, 2018
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Maggie Hoffman

This tart and refreshing cocktail, adapted from Kate Simon's Tiny Bubbles: Fizzy Cocktails for Every Occasion is quite a bit more complex and tasty than the bottle of subpar Prosecco you're likely to find in the New Year's Eve party fridge. It's a variation on the South Side cocktail, with the bitter oils of the citrus contributing a refreshing pungent note, and the bubbly adding brightness and light.

You don't need to use fancy wine—the fresh lemon, orange, mint, gin, and Cointreau mask most of its flavor anyway. Even if you pour $5 plonk, this cocktail makes for a pretty elegant midnight countdown.

Recipe Details

The South Side Fizz Recipe

Active 10 mins
Total 10 mins
Serves 1 serving

Ingredients

  • 1 slice of orange, about 1/2 inch thick
  • 1 slice of lemon, about 1 inch thick
  • 12 mint leaves
  • 1/4 ounce gin
  • 1/4 ounce Cointreau
  • Chilled sparkling wine

Directions

  1. In a shaker, muddle citrus slices, mint, gin, and Cointreau. Shake vigorously with ice. Strain into a 6-ounce cocktail glass or Champagne flute.

  2. Top up with chilled bubbly. Garnish with mint leaves if desired.

Special equipment

Cocktail shaker, muddler

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