Thursday, December 10, 2009

What is a cocktail?

Cocktails - a mixed drinks, which contain (usually) not more than 5 ingredients, including all extensions used in very small quantities, such as salt, spices, bitters, etc. 
Composition of cocktails can be very different. Most of the cocktails prepared with ice, so he should be given special attention. To prepare the ice better use of poorly mineralized or simply purified water. It should be completely transparent and without taste. 

You can use distilled water. Cocktails are usually served with ice in a tumbler glasses, Old fashioned or highball. Cocktails, which are prepared in a shaker and serve without ice, poured into a glass with her foot. 

Often used for cocktails, sugar syrup, which you can prepare yourself by dissolving 1 kg of sugar in 1 liter of boiling water. Ready-sugar syrup should be stored refrigerated. 

The proposed number of recipes ingredients specified in the parts of servings, sometimes - in a teaspoon or deshah.