Complex multi-component cocktails can only be mixed by an experienced bartender. At home, it is better to make drinks easier, for example, popular cocktails with vodka. This strong drink goes well with syrups, fruit and vegetable juices, cream, various types of alcohol.
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Vodka as an ingredient for a cocktail: features and benefits
Quality vodka is an excellent component for a cocktail. It has no color and odor, has a high strength, goes well with the classic components for complex alcoholic beverages. Bartenders offer a universal cocktail formula: a combination of 1 part syrup or liquor with 2 parts sour juice and 7 parts vodka. Given this ratio, you can cook dozens of different cocktails for every taste.
For cooking you need high-quality alcohol. It is advisable to cool it before mixing, this procedure helps to improve the taste even of not too expensive vodka. The proportions of the components can be changed to taste, creating author's variations of familiar recipes.
Simple and light cocktails with vodka: step by step preparation
The most popular option is the Screwdriver mix, combining vodka and orange juice. You can use freshly squeezed fresh juice or juice from the package. An important condition is good cooling of the components. The proportions of vodka and juice can be changed to taste. A screwdriver is served in old-fashioned glasses with a wide flat bottom or in whiskey glasses. The finished drink is supplemented with several ice cubes and a straw.
Another popularly loved cocktail is Bloody Mary. It is based on vodka and high-quality tomato juice. Add piquancy to Tabasco sauce and lemon juice. You can decorate the cocktail with celery greens.
As an aperitif, it’s worth serving the Long Drink Vodka Sprite. The components are quite affordable - carbonated sprite (150 ml), vodka (50 ml) and lime. Fill a tall thin-walled glass with ice cubes, pour in well-chilled vodka and add it with a sprite. Stir the cocktail with a bar spoon and garnish the glass with thin slices of lime.
The spectacular long-drink "Cape Coder" is prepared on the basis of vodka and cranberry juice. The mixture looks spectacular in photos and videos, great for summer parties. Replacing regular cranberry vodka will help to add an original flavoring nuance. Pour ice into a highball glass, add 50 ml of vodka to 150 ml of berry juice. Stir, garnish with fresh or candied cranberries. Mandatory addition - a straw.
Those who like savory bittersweet cocktails will surely enjoy the honey-citrus "IQ". Despite the complex taste, preparing a drink is very easy. Pour 50 ml of vodka, 20 ml of honey syrup and 150 ml of freshly squeezed or packaged grapefruit juice into a tall glass filled with ice cubes. Garnish the glass with thin slices of orange. A good decoration will be the sugar rim. Lubricate the edges of the glass with protein and dip in a saucer with fine sugar.
A connoisseur of simple and strong drinks is suitable for a mixture of vodka and martini. This cocktail belongs to the category of short drinks and is drunk in one gulp, as an aperitif. To prepare a drink, you need the skills of a bartender. Ice is poured into the mixing cup, stirred until frost comes out on the walls. Melt water must be drained, add 75 ml of vodka and 15 ml of dry vermouth. Stir the cocktail with a bar spoon and pour into a well-chilled martini glass. The final touch is a green olive, which must be lowered to the bottom of the glass. There is another option called "Dirty Martini" in this case, not only olive is added to the glass, but also a little extra virgin olive oil.