Cocktail "Belorussia": delicious, beautiful and noble

Amateurs do not just "take to the chest," but to arrange a holiday beautifully and use drinks only as an addition to the conversations and dances, have long begun to master the cocktail culture. Many can already boast that they know more drink recipes than some professional bartenders. And necessarily in their list there will be a cocktail "Belorussia". By the way, the employees of the rack in nightclubs, he also enjoys well-deserved respect.

Funny confusion

Very interesting is the story of how the cocktail "Belorussia" got its name. There are two versions. According to the first, initially the drink began to exist in 1930, when vodka began to spread throughout the world. The original recipe included vodka, gin and liquor based on cocoa and was called "The White Bear". Then the bear, in accordance with Western stereotypes, was replaced by "Russian", and the gin from the list of ingredients disappeared.

According to the second legend, the cocktail "Belorussia" is a somewhat "crookedly" translated name for the drink White Russian from the movie "Big Lebovsky", in which the central character constantly uses this drink.

In any case, the correct translation should sound like "White Russian" (whiteguard), but the cocktail was popular with the Russian-speaking population precisely as "Belorussian". Probably so simply shorter.

Cocktail "Belorussian": recipe, preparation and use

Components are few, and all are taken in equal numbers. On a standard glass of the type old fashioned glass - 40 ml each. First, the bottom of the glass is filled with a third or half of ice. Then vodka is poured (if you want the cocktail to match the name, take the Belarusian, like "Blakitnogo edge" or "Bulbash"). Next is introduced Kahlua - coffee liqueur. The latter are low-fat, 10 percent, cream. They can be replaced by milk, but it is extremely undesirable - both taste and consistency will suffer. All the ingredients are carefully mixed, insisted right into the glass for about five minutes, and the drink is ready for insertion inside.

It is necessary to observe the culture of drinking: the cocktail "Belorussia" refers to the dijestivities. That is, drink it is necessary after a dense dinner / dinner. If you do not want (or not the time) to nourish nourishing, you can drink after a good snack.

Variations on the theme

Like any work of culinary art, the cocktail "Belorus" allows for a wide freedom of creativity. The ratio of vodka and liquor is not strictly defined and can be changed. For ladies, it is permissible to mix a couple of varieties of coffee and cocoa liquors without adding strong alcohol. Many aesthetes replace the usual cream whipped; There are fans of the introduction of ice cream instead of them and sprinkling of the building with a crumb of chocolate.

But the composition changes lead to the appearance of other drinks. Add kefir instead of cream - and get "Anna Kournikova". If vodka is replaced with rum, you will have a "White Cuban", and if the whiskey - "White sucks." Add instead of cream "Baileys" - and you can try a cocktail "Bolshevichka". Everything is delicious, but it's called something else.