Alcohol is an important part of the festive table. And if you do not want to drink regular drinks, then do not do this. Just learn recipes for simple alcoholic cocktails - please and surprise your guests.
How to cook?
There is a great variety of drinks, which include liqueurs, whiskey, vodka, rum, juices and much more. We offer you the most popular of them.
Mojito
Fresh and tasty Mojito is very popular among young people. Such a recipe for an alcoholic cocktail at home involves the use of the following ingredients:
- 50 ml of white rum (the best option is Bacardi);
- 8-10 mint leaves;
- 2 tsp Sahara;
- 50 ml of sparkling water;
- 1 slice of lime;
- 5 tsp lemon juice.
This recipe for an alcoholic cocktail at home is easy to make. At the bottom of the glass, put sugar, then mint. After that, add the lemon juice and shake everything well so that the sugar dissolves and the mint gives off the juice. Then put a slice of lime and add crushed ice, again, shut everything down. Now pour rum and sparkling water, mix everything well. The drink is ready.
"Pina colada"
This recipe for an alcoholic cocktail at home involves the use of the following ingredients:
- 100 ml white rum;
- 150-170 ml of coconut liquor (the most popular of these is Malibu);
- 150-200 ml of pineapple juice;
- ice;
- You can decorate the glass with a slice of pineapple and sugar.
Method of preparation: first you should decorate the glasses. To do this, moisten their edges in water and dip in sugar. It will turn out a beautiful edging. Now you can put a pineapple slice on the edge. To make a drink you need a blender, although you can do without it, but then you have to mix very actively. So, put ice in the bowl, then pour rum, liquor and juice. Mix everything well for 20-30 seconds. The cocktail is ready!
Cuba LibreThis recipe for an alcoholic cocktail at home will be appreciated by many, because it is such a drink that young people drink in clubs and other similar places. The following ingredients will be required:
- 100 ml of Coca-Cola;
- 50 g of golden or light rum;
- ½ lime or ¼ lemon;
- 1 slice of lime for decoration;
- 5-6 pieces of ice.
So, take a glass and put ice in it. Now pour Coca-Cola and then rum. After that, squeeze the lemon juice directly into the drink, mix everything, and then put a slice of lime in a glass (or place on its edge). You can serve.
Margarita
Also quite a popular cocktail. To prepare it, use the following ingredients:
- 30 ml of tequila;
- 30 ml of lemon juice (can be replaced with lime);
- 15 ml of orange liquor ;
- 1 slice of lime for decoration;
- 1 pinch of salt.
To make such a drink, mix liquor, juice and tequila in a blender, adding ice (it is better to beat it beforehand). Pour everything into a glass on a high leg (it is in these that this cocktail is served). By the way, the edge of the container must be moistened and immersed in salt. This is necessary both for decoration and to improve the taste of tequila. Do not forget about the lime wedge, place it on the edge of the glass.
Now you know how to make homemade alcoholic cocktails, the recipes of which for the most part are not so complicated.