Tabasco is a spicy sauce made from the flesh of chili pepper with the addition of vinegar and salt. Ideally, the sauce should be infused for 3 years in oak barrels, almost like wine. The sauce is actively used both in the preparation of various dishes and cocktails, especially alcoholic ones. And the story began with cocktails with tomato juice and Tabasco.
The beginning of the story
They started making cocktails with the sharpest Tabasco sauce back in 1933, and bartender Ferdinand Petya, who worked at the St. Petersburg Hotel, became the discoverer. Regis. His boss was Serge Obolensky, co-owner of the hotel, it was he who became the first taster of a new cocktail. Pettyu gave him vodka with packaged tomato juice, which had just begun to be sold in America in those years. Obolensky did not like the taste of vodka with juice, and Ferdinand decided to add lemon juice, pepper and tabasco to the cocktail. And so the first cocktail with this burning sauce turned out. Since then the era of spicy and spicy drinks has begun, which literally makes the heart beat faster. Tabasco cocktails are especially popular in France.
What is tabasco sauce?
The sharpness of the sauce is 8 thousand units of hotness according to the generally accepted Scovilla table. All lovers of spicy cocktails note that drinks with Tabasco literally relieve fatigue, sadness and longing. And the whole secret of the sauce lies in one ingredient - it is cayenne pepper or chili pepper, to which vinegar and salt are added.
How to make a “fire-breathing” cocktail?
If you try a drink with Tabasco at least once in your life, this unique taste will be remembered forever, it will be extremely difficult to mix it with another. Whatever ingredients are added to the cocktail, the sauce will reduce sweetness at times and add piquancy. Most tabasco-based cocktail recipes are based on vodka. That's because the sauce gives an unpleasant taste to the Russian drink an unusual shade. Therefore, vodka and Tabasco sauce are recognized as the ideal combination for a cocktail. Sauce is added in scanty amounts, and it is no accident, because even a little too much can harm the digestive system, because the severity of Tabasco is very high. Nevertheless, the sauce contains many B vitamins, as well as A, C, E, in addition, it contains phosphorus, calcium, iron.
"Bloody Mary"
Probably the most famous and most popular cocktail is Tabasco and vodka. Its original variation was filed in Paris in 1921. It was just vodka with tomato juice, but many connoisseurs did not like the flat taste. The composition of the burning "Bloody Mary" includes the following ingredients: ice, salt, parsley, a glass of tomato juice, black pepper, lime or lemon, a stem of celery, tabasco and vodka. The method of preparing the cocktail is as follows:
- 50 ml of vodka, 200 ml of tomato juice and Tabasco sauce are sent to a tall glass.
- From a quarter of lemon, squeeze the juice into a container with already mixed ingredients.
- There you should add a pinch of salt and pepper and mix all the ingredients thoroughly until smooth.
- Ice is sent to the glass; the almost finished cocktail needs to be mixed again.
The burning "Bloody Mary" should be decorated with a celery stalk, a slice of lime and a sprig of parsley. And voila, you can serve a cocktail. An excellent alternative would be the Dog cocktail with Tabasco. He will need vodka, lemon juice and tabasco, a stack.
MELLOW
A light cocktail will especially appeal to you in hot weather, and an unusual sweet taste with a share of pungency will impress even a real gourmet. So, to make a cocktail you will need a lot of crushed ice, powdered sugar, half lime or lemon, literally one drop of hot tabasco, gin, mint, chocolate syrup, raspberries. A cocktail is prepared as follows:
- Mix a drop of Tabasco, 50 milliliters of gin and 40 milliliters of chocolate syrup in a shaker.
- There you need to squeeze the juice of half a lemon.
- Put literally 20 grams of raspberries in a shaker and mix all the ingredients thoroughly.
- Prepare a tall glass that is filled with crushed ice.
- Next, the contents of the shaker are sent to the glass.
The unusual cocktail is ready, it remains only to add ice, if the drink requires it, and decorate it with icing sugar, mint and raspberries.
Tabasco Cucumber Cocktail
One look of cucumber cocktail inspires confidence. Bright, fresh, green - a real breath of vigor, especially thanks to the burning Tabasco. To prepare in advance, prepare a cucumber, gin, vermouth, lemon juice, salt and, of course, Tabasco sauce. A cocktail is prepared as follows:
- One cucumber needs to be cut into six parts and pass them through a juicer or a blender.
- Take a shaker and send there cucumber juice, 40 milliliters of gin, 15 milliliters of vermouth and 5 milliliters of Tabasco.
- Mix all the ingredients thoroughly and strain the drink through a fine sieve.
Serve the cocktail only cold, if desired, decorate with a small gherkin.
Tabasco rum punch
Unusual rum punch will not leave anyone indifferent. Sweet pineapple, citrus fruits and burning tabasco - this is the secret of the perfect cocktail. To prepare, make sure that 150 ml of pineapple juice, a tablespoon of lemon juice, 50 ml of rum and a few drops of your favorite Tabasco are in the refrigerator. The drink is prepared as follows:
- Here you will not need any shakers and special devices, just a glass for whiskey, where pineapple, lemon juice and rum are poured.
- There you need to add a few drops of Tabasco, the main thing is not to overdo it.
- Now the cocktail needs to be gently mixed, preferably with a long bar spoon.
- Add ice and stir the cocktail again.
You can decorate the drink with a slice of pineapple, a cinnamon stick and sugar. On a pineapple, you can once again add a drop of Tabasco.
"Beetroot Mary"
A worthy alternative to "Bloody Mary" will be a cocktail with Tabasco and tequila. It will be a real highlight of any evening, and an unusual taste will be felt for a long time on the tongue. So, for the preparation of the cocktail, we need black sea salt, lemon, tequila, beet juice, sage and spicy tabasco. We start cooking:
- Peel the beets and squeeze the juice out of it. If there is no juicer, you can use a blender, but in this case the juice will need to be filtered.
- Pour 10 grams of salt onto a plate and distribute it evenly.
- Cut a lemon and rub it with the edges of a tall glass, which will then be a cocktail.
- Sprinkle the edges of the glass with black sea salt.
- Now it's up to the shaker, pour 40 ml of tequila, 40 ml of beetroot juice into it and add a tablespoon of lemon juice, a drop of Tabasco.
- Mix the cocktail thoroughly and pour through a sieve into a glass. The main thing is not to touch the salt around the edges.
You can decorate a cocktail as follows: put a few small pieces of beets and lemon on a wooden skewer. A sage leaf will complete the composition. Tabasco cocktails will not leave anyone indifferent.