It is not necessary to go to the bar if you want to try a delicious cocktail - many of them can be easily made at home. You just need to have the ingredients you need and choose the appropriate glasses.
What you need to know about glasses
Before making a cocktail, you need to take care of suitable glasses. It would seem that a cocktail can be served in any glass, but in the bar business there are nuances. The fact is that the glasses for cocktails are made according to a special principle: the upper part of the glass should be made of thin glass, which affects the taste sensations. But the bottom of the glass should be thick and stable - to keep the cold well and stay durable.
Different types of cocktails are usually served in certain glasses. For example, chilled cocktails without ice cubes (or not requiring cooling at all) are served in glasses for Martini, Margarita, a thin and long champagne flute, a champagne saucer and in a shots pile.
Glasses like a glass for whiskey, goblet, high highball and hurricane glass are intended for filling with ice - chopped or cubed. But the glass like Irish-coffee glass is excellent for hot drinks like grog and mulled wine.
Bar Tools
It will be perfect if you have a bartender set in your kitchen. It usually includes:
- shaker for mixing;
- cocktail spoon;
- jigger;
- bar strainer;
- geyser;
- press, with the help of which juice from fruits and berries is squeezed.
However, if you do not have these special devices, you can do without them at home. For example, instead of a shaker, a simple glass with lid or blender will be fine. To measure the amount of ingredients, it is enough to have a measuring cup. Ice freeze in special forms, and for grinding, use a suitable blender nozzle.
Home tips
If you want your home-made cocktails to be the best just follow simple tricks. For example, to create a salt or sugar edge, cover the rim of the glass with a squeezed lime, lemon or orange juice - from the outer and inner sides. Pour salt or sugar in the saucer and dip the glass in it. Scroll the glass a couple of times, lightly pressing.
Always keep mint or lemongrass in the freezer. For stem and leaves not to be crumpled, store them not in a package, but a plastic container. The same applies to the slices of pineapple or other exotic fruits.
If among the cocktail ingredients fruit juice and milk cream are, choose 10-12% milk cream. Heavy cream can get gummy because of juice acid.
Before making cold cocktails, cool the glass in the freezer. This will help to keep the temperature of the drink longer.
Easy-to-make cocktails you can prepare at home
№1: Margarita
Ingredients: 30 ml of Sauza Tequila Gold, 20 ml of Cointreau Triple Sec liqueur, 15 ml of lime juice, 100 ml of sprite, 1 lime, ice cubes.
Step 1: Fill the margarita glass with ice cubes to the top.
Step 2: Pour tequila, liqueur and lime juice into the glass.
Step 3: Add the sprite to the top and gently stir the composition. Decorate the cocktail with a lime slice.
№2: Ice-cream rum
Ingredients: 50 ml of dark rum Bacardi, 150 gr of vanilla ice cream, grated black chocolate, ice cubes.
Step 1: This cocktail will be served in a rox glass or any glass without a leg with a wide neck. Fill it with ice cubes.
Step 2: Whip vanilla ice cream with rum using a blender.
Step 3: Pour the drink into the glass. Sprinkle with grated chocolate.
№3: Lebowski
Ingredients: 50 ml of Finlandia vodka, 25 ml of sugar syrup for cocktails, 50 ml of espresso, 50 ml of heavy cream, ground nutmeg, ice cubes.
Step 1: Fill a low glass of ice cubes to the top.
Step 2: Pour vodka, sugar syrup and cold espresso into the glass, mix the ingredients.
Step 3: Spoon the top layer of fat cream on top. Sprinkle the smoothie with ground nutmeg.
№4: Peach cocktail
Ingredients: 1-2 ripe peaches, 100 ml of red wine, 10 grams of sugar (to your liking), ice in cubes.
Step 1: Peel the peaches and remove the stone. Whisk them with a blender to a consistency of puree, if necessary, add sugar.
Step 2: Fill half the empty glass with mashed peaches. In the center of the glass pour wine. The wine should sink to the bottom, leaving a bright red spot in the center.
Step 3: Put 1-2 ice cubes into the glass.
№5: Apple cooler
Ingredients: 50 ml of white rum Bacardi, 100 ml of apple juice, 50 ml of sprite, 1 green apple, ice in cubes.
Step 1: Fill the high glass with ice cubes to the top.
Step 2: Pour apple juice and rum into the glass.
Step 3: Add the sprite to the top and mix the ingredients. Decorate the cocktail with thin slices of apple.
№6: Royal Dream
Ingredients: 200 ml of Martini Prosecco, 20 ml of strawberry syrup, 100 gr of fresh strawberries, 1 orange, ice cubes.
Step 1: Fill a tall cocktail glass with ice cubes.
Step 2: Whip fresh strawberries and strawberry syrup using a blender. Pour it into the glass.
Step 3: Pour in a glass of prosecco and gently stir. Decorate a glass of cut strawberries on a skewer and a mug of orange.
№7: Tequila Sunrise
Ingredients: 50 ml of Sauza Tequila Silver, 10 ml of grenadine syrup, 150 ml of orange juice, orange, ice cubes.
Step 1: For this cocktail, a tall glass without a leg, such as a highball, is ideal. Fill it with ice cubes to the top.
Step 2: Add grenadine and tequila to the ice.
Step 3: Add orange juice and gently stir the ingredients. Decorate the edge of the glass with an orange slice.
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