Monday, January 11, 2010

Cold drinks and wine

Punch - a very popular soft drink, which is usually served at celebrations and festive home gatherings. Drinks, as a rule, is prepared in kryushonnitsah crystal or crystal jars. Punch in translation from French means "little jug". You can file a punch and kompotnitse. 
Depending on the season in all punch put fresh or canned fruit (peaches, apricots, pears, oranges, tangerines), cut or divided into segments, or berries (fresh or freshly frozen strawberries of the garden). If guests drink bottled unoxidizable spoon into large cups or glasses, resting on the bottom of the fruit or berries. A glass with a straw placed on the saucer, it put a teaspoon of fruit and berries. Punch is served chilled, the temperature of the drink should be no higher than 15 ° C. In addition, a separate crystal salad bowls put crushed ice. 
The cooking process is punch in the mix of wine, add to it sugar, fruit or berries, and cool content. When using citrus fruits should be borne in mind that most of the aromatics contained in the peel of the fruit, so it does not need to throw away, and the appropriate cut and left in the vessel to dissolve sugar. Then, if desired, the peel can be removed.