Cocktails with cognac: a secret of noble taste

Cocktails, as a kind of alcoholic beverages, appeared about two hundred years ago and America was originally a mixture of quite strong spirits. The most famous were cocktails with rum and cognac. True connoisseurs of such mixed alcoholic beverages consider cognac to be one of the most noble bases for making cocktails. This noble drink begins its history in one of the French provinces - Cognac, its ancestor is Charente wine, which was distilled twice, that is, double distilled. As a result, a clean, strong, soft grape alcohol is obtained. It is rolled in oak barrels and subjected to a long exposure, not less than 5 years.

Cocktails with cognac belong to the group of digestives, that is, alcoholic beverages that can be drunk at any time of the day. But eating them before meals or during feasts is not recommended, because they have a sweet taste and dull appetite. Connoisseurs of cocktails, in which there is cognac, serve them to the table after dinner or, more often, dinner, directly to dessert. Cocktails with cognac are presented in small conical glasses with a beautiful elegant leg, a capacity of not more than 100 ml. The glass is usually put ice and insert a straw or a cocktail.

Ideal gastronomic accents to these alcoholic beverages and to brandy, as an independent element, will be coffee, chocolate, fruit of solid species, for example, melons, apples, pears. Nuts and cheeses are excellent, sweet friable cookies, biscuit, puff cakes.

Cocktails with cognac are prepared in two ways: pour the main constituents in layers or mix in a shaker. When preparing layered cocktails, the ingredients are selected in such a way that they are all in contrast in color. The secret of the successful preparation of beverages of this kind is the correct choice of all components and the correct alternation of layers. Therefore, the bottom layer of the cocktail should be the densest and sweetest. Most often, dessert liqueurs, syrups, sweet liquors and tinctures are used for this purpose. The lightest ingredients are whiskey, vodka, milk, gin, juice and water.

Currently, in bars, visitors are invited to try a wide variety of cocktails with cognac, with many different ingredients. But you can cook a delicious and invigorating drink at home. It's simple, you just need to pick a quality foundation - cognac. Recipes for exquisite cocktails can easily be found on the websites of websites. Fortunately, that now on the Internet a lot of resources that are specifically devoted to the art of creating these alcoholic beverages. I suggest you try to make the simplest cocktails with cognac, which can not fail.

"Alexander"

It will take: 1 part of excellent quality cognac, 1 part of low-fat cream, 1 part of Crème de Cacao liqueur, nutmeg powdered .

Preparation: top of the shaker fill with small ice cubes, add cognac, cream, liqueur. Shake the shaker for about 10 seconds, then pour all the contents into the cocktail glass, straining through the bar stain. Sprinkle the drink on top with grated nutmeg, which gives it a stunning scent.

Brandy Flee

It will be required: 50 ml of high-quality cognac, 40 ml of low-fat cream, 10 ml of sweet sugar syrup, egg yolk.

Preparation: add all the ingredients to the shaker, mix, pour into a glass, sprinkle with powdered nutmeg.

"Honeymoon"

It will be required: 1 part cognac, 1/4 part unsweet white wine, 1/4 part Cointreau liqueur, orange peel circle.

Preparation: add all the ingredients to the mixing glass, add the ice, mix for a few seconds, pour the drink into a cold glass and decorate by stripping an orange circle on the edge of the glass.

«Peach haze»

It will be required: 1 ripe peach, 50 ml of champagne, 25 ml of quality brandy, 25 ml of freshly squeezed orange juice

Preparation: pour cognac and juice into the mixing glass, cut the pulp of the peach, beat the mixture, pour into a serving glass, and carefully add the champagne.

"Cherry Milk"

It will take: 1 part quality brandy, 1 part milk, 1/2 part natural cherry juice.

Preparation: mix cognac and juice in a glass, pour the mixture into a cone glass and add cold milk to it. Drink through a straw.