Tom collins cocktail
Serves: 2
Total time: 
Recipe photograph by Sam Folan
Tom collins cocktail
One of the oldest cocktails, the first recorded recipe for this zingy gin and lemon drink was in an American book in 1876
Serves: 2
Total time: 
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Nutritional information (per serving)
Calories
0Kcal
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Abigail Spooner
Abi is our Head of Food. She loves the precision and creativity of baking, turning fridge odds-and-ends into a weeknight pasta, and is always bookmarking new restaurants to try. She's happiest hosting friends around a table overflowing with food (and insisting everyone has seconds) or planning holidays around what to eat.
Ingredients
- 120ml gin
- 60ml lemon juice
- 30ml sugar syrup
- soda water
- 4 lemon slices, optional
- 2 maraschino cherries, optional
Step by step
- Take 2 tall glass tumblers and divide the gin, lemon juice and sugar syrup between them. Stir well, then top up with ice and soda water. Serve garnished with a slice of lemon and a maraschino cherry, if you like.
