The most long-awaited holiday for most people is the New Year, which is associated with the beginning of something bright and magical, and therefore even the most avid teetotalers can afford cocktails for the New Year. After all, a set of champagne, cognac, vodka, wine, martinis and other alcoholic drinks seems too banal. Some of them can be combined, diluted with other components, so that the result is an original and extremely tasty mix. Most New Year's cocktails - non-alcoholic and alcoholic - are extremely simple to make. However, thanks to them, the festive table turns out to be especially elegant and chic.
Cocktail "Margarita"
You can make a variety of cocktails for the New Year 2019. However, one should not write off the classics. This is, for example, the drink “Margarita”. This cocktail is extremely popular in the USA and Europe, which is not surprising. After all, there are many original interpretations of this drink. But for the New Year, it’s optimal to prepare a classic version.
Number of servings – 1.
Ingredients
To prepare the classic Margarita cocktail for the New Year's table you need:
- tequila – 90 ml;
- lime juice – 30 ml;
- Cointreau orange liqueur – 30 ml;
- ice cubes - as needed.
Cooking method
The classic Margarita, which fits perfectly into the holiday menu, is very simple to prepare.
- Pour tequila, lime juice and orange liqueur into a shaker.
All components must be thoroughly mixed.
Take a glass to serve the drink. Its edges should be dipped in lime juice and then sprinkled with salt.
Ice cubes are poured into a glass and the cocktail is poured.
You can garnish the mix with a slice of lime.
On a note! If you don't have a shaker at home, you can use a mixer.
Bloody Mary cocktail
"Bloody Mary" is a true classic of the genre. Perhaps not a single party is complete without this cocktail. What can we say about the New Year! Surely there will be those who will be happy to taste this bright mix.
Cooking time – 15 minutes.
Number of servings – 1.
Ingredients
To prepare a classic English cocktail you need to take the following ingredients:
- tomato juice – 120 ml;
- vodka – 60 ml;
- Watchchester sauce – 3 drops;
- lemon juice – 20 ml;
- Tabasco sauce – 4 drops;
- salt and pepper - to taste;
- ice - 3 cubes.
On a note! Watchchester sauce can be replaced with soy sauce. For decoration, it is also recommended to take celery and lemon.
Cooking method
Preparing this festive drink couldn't be easier. However, on the table this mix looks very impressive.
- The first step is to put ice cubes in the shaker.
Tomato juice and chilled vodka are also poured into it.
The mixture is diluted with lemon juice, which has just been squeezed. Both types of sauces are added to the ingredients.
Upon completion, the mix should be diluted with pepper and salt.
The shaker is closed and shaken vigorously several times.
All that remains is to pour the Bloody Mary cocktail into a highball glass. It can be garnished with a lemon slice and a piece of fresh celery stalk.
New Year's cocktail "Winter Sun"
A great option for a New Year’s cocktail is the “Winter Sun” drink. It looks very appetizing and beautiful, which is confirmed by the photo, and anyone can make it.
Cooking time – 10 minutes.
Number of servings – 1.
Ingredients
To prepare the “Winter Sun” cocktail, which fits perfectly into the table decoration concept for the New Year celebration, which prefers yellow and orange shades, you need:
- orange - 2 pcs.;
- vodka – 40 ml;
- orange liqueur – 15 ml;
- sugar – 1 pinch;
- lemon – ½ piece;
- lemon zest – 1 pinch;
- ice and a sprig of rosemary for serving.
On a note! When choosing from the varieties of orange liqueurs to prepare this drink, it is recommended to choose Curacao or Triple Sec.
Cooking method
The wonderful New Year's cocktail “Winter Sun” is an excellent alcoholic mix that can be made simply and quickly.
- Lemon zest is grated.
You need to squeeze the juice out of oranges and lemons.
Liqueur, vodka and both types of juices are mixed in a shaker. Everything is shaken well.
Ice cubes are carefully placed into the serving glass, after which the drink itself is carefully poured.
The drink is garnished with a sprig of rosemary.
Traditional Egg Nog
The Egg Nog cocktail is often prepared for Christmas and New Year. There are several interpretations of this drink - alcoholic and without “degree”. The proposed option contains hops, and therefore this should be taken into account when creating a menu.
Cooking time – 25 minutes.
Number of servings – 2.
Ingredients
To prepare the traditional New Year's Egg Nog cocktail, you will need to use the following components:
- sugar – 1 tbsp. l.;
- egg – 2 pcs.;
- cream 15% - 300 ml;
- dark rum – 100 ml;
- cinnamon – 1 stick;
- vanillin – 1 pinch;
- nutmeg - on the tip of a knife.
Note! Dark rum can be replaced with cognac or whiskey, and chicken eggs with quail eggs, but in a ratio of 1:5.
Cooking method
“Egg Nog” is an original, but quite simple to prepare New Year’s cocktail.
- The eggs will need to be broken, mixed with vanilla and granulated sugar. Everything is whipped with a mixer or blender until smooth.
Chilled cream is poured into the egg mixture in a thin stream. Everything gets mixed up.
The composition must be placed on the stove. Low heat is set. The mixture must be boiled for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally with a whisk. The main thing is to wait until the mass thickens, but do not boil it.
The mass is removed from the heat and stirred for a couple more minutes.
Rum or other suitable alcohol is poured into the mixture in a thin stream. The mixture must be stirred continuously.
The finished drink is sprinkled with nutmeg and poured into portioned glasses.
Cocktail “Polar Night”
When naming cocktail recipes for the New Year, it is difficult to ignore the original version - “Polar Night”.
Number of servings – 1.
Ingredients
The original “Polar Night” cocktail turns out to be invigorating and refreshing mainly due to the components it contains. Here they are:
- champagne – 120 ml;
- rum – ½ tsp;
- ice cream – 2 tsp;
- cognac – 1 tsp;
- liqueur – ½ tsp;
- ice - for serving.
Cooking method
The process of preparing such an alcoholic mix is extremely simple.
- Place ice cubes in a thin glass.
Ice cream is placed on top of it.
All this is poured with rum, and on top - with cognac and liqueur.
The drink is served immediately with a straw.
Cocktail “Snowy Peak”
“Snowy Peak” is another wonderful cocktail that fits perfectly into the concept of celebrating the New Year. After all, the shade of this drink is appropriate – bright and festive.
Cooking time – 5 minutes.
Number of servings – 1.
Ingredients
To prepare the original drink you need:
- gin – 200 ml;
- Curacao Triple sec liqueur – 200 ml;
- Grenadine pomegranate syrup – 10 bar spoons;
- orange juice – 100 ml;
- ice - optional.
Cooking method
Everything is very simple here.
- The first step is to put ice in the shaker.
Pomegranate syrup, gin, liqueur and orange juice are also poured into it.
Everything is carefully shaken.
The drink is filtered into a glass for serving.
On a note! If desired, the cocktail can be topped with champagne.
You can decorate a cocktail glass with orange slices, cherries or fruit.
Video recipes
Video recipes will help you prepare alcoholic cocktails for the New Year:
The New Year's table may well be non-alcoholic, especially if many children and teenagers gather around it. Delicious and natural non-alcoholic cocktails will create a pleasant atmosphere and decorate the festive table.
To prepare such drinks, you will need a shaker or blender, and, of course, the necessary products. The success of the New Year's party is in your hands!
Yogurt cocktail
Compound:
mango – 2 pcs.
yogurt – 2 cups
sugar – 2 tablespoons
cardamom - a pinch
cinnamon - a pinch
Preparation: Peel the mango (it is better to take very ripe fruit). The pulp of the fruit must be beaten together with yogurt. Natural yogurt is preferable; in general, it’s good if you make it yourself. Add sugar to the cocktail, add a pinch of cardamom and cinnamon. If desired, you can put an ice cube in each glass.
Cocktail “Snow Maiden”
Compound:
ice cream – 200g
milk – 0.5 cups
yogurt – 0.5 cups
kiwi – 1 pc.
chopped nuts - for decoration
Preparation: Beat any ice cream with 0.5 cups of milk and 0.5 cups of yogurt. First throw sliced kiwi into each glass (as many as you like), pour in whipped yogurt and sprinkle chopped nuts on top.
Cocktail “Chocolate”
Compound:
vanilla ice cream – 100g
milk – 0.5 cups
orange juice – 5 tablespoons
chocolate syrup – 5 tablespoons
grated dark chocolate - for decoration
Preparation: Beat ice cream with 0.5 cups of milk, 5 tablespoons of orange juice and the same amount of chocolate syrup. Pour this cocktail into tall glasses and sprinkle grated dark chocolate on top.
Cocktail “Refreshing”
Compound:
ice cream – 200g
milk – 200 ml
mint syrup – 40 ml
whipped cream
mint sprig - for decoration
Preparation: Beat 200 ml of milk and any ice cream, 40 ml of mint syrup. Pour into glasses, garnish with a dollop of whipped cream and a small sprig of mint.
Non-alcoholic champagne
Compound:
lemon – 6 pcs.
sugar – 75g
mineral water (carbonated) – 1l
apple juice – 2l
apples (red) – 2 pcs.
Preparation: Dissolve 75 g of sugar in the heated juice of 6 lemons. Mix this syrup with 1 liter of sparkling mineral water and 2 liters of apple juice. Cut 2 ripe apples (preferably red) into small pieces, place in a large bowl and pour over the resulting drink. Cool, pour into glasses, garnish with mint sprigs and add ice cubes.
Creamy cherry drink
Compound:
ice cream – 200g
milk (cold) – 1 glass
cherry syrup – 3-4 tablespoons
Preparation: Mix 200 g of ice cream, 1 glass of cold milk and 3-4 tablespoons of cherry syrup. Whisk everything thoroughly to form a fluffy foam and pour into tall glasses.
Cocktail "Strawberry"
Compound:
strong sweet coffee (cooled) – 1 small cup
ice cream – 100g
strawberries – 100g
Preparation: Mix coffee (pre-brewed and cooled) with ice cream and strawberries; frozen strawberries will do if you don’t have fresh ones. Shake, pour into beautiful glasses, you can decorate each glass with a small strawberry.
Orange cocktail
Compound:
oranges – 4 pcs.
water – 1 glass
sugar – 2 tablespoons
cloves – 3 pcs.
cinnamon – 2 cm sticks
nutmeg - a pinch
Preparation: Mix the juice of 4 oranges, 1 glass of water and 2 tablespoons of sugar. Boil with 3 pcs. cloves and 2 cm cinnamon sticks. Strain, cool, pour into glasses and sprinkle grated nutmeg on top.
Cocktail "Mojito"
Compound:
mineral water (sparkling)
honey (liquid)
mint sprigs - for decoration
Preparation: Throw 2 pieces of ginger and a slice of lemon into the bottom of each glass, add a few sprigs of mint and pour in a little tarragon. Now pour 50 g of mineral water, stir, crush the lemon and ginger with a spoon. Put 0.5 tablespoon of liquid honey, pour in soda, garnish with mint sprigs and put a straw in each glass.
These non-alcoholic cocktails, bright and colorful, will definitely decorate your holiday table and not only on New Year's Eve!
Olga Moiseeva for Women's magazine "Prelest"
New Year is a holiday for which only the best and most delicious things are prepared, the most exquisite delicacies are bought, noble alcohol is purchased... It is not for nothing that the belief has taken root among the people - how you celebrate the New Year is how you will spend it! Therefore, non-alcoholic New Year's drinks should not only be tasty, but also natural.
It’s very easy to prepare natural New Year’s drinks, because they can be all kinds of fruit drinks, compotes and homemade lemonade. Non-alcoholic New Year's drinks are prepared quickly and simply, from a minimum of ingredients.
Ice can be used to cool soft drinks. To keep the ice crystals completely transparent, freeze boiled water. You can put a berry in each ice mold or even make ice from natural juice. Both tasty and beautiful. Or you can simply put them on the balcony or on the street if you live in a private house. The main thing is not to forget them there, in the cold.
It’s not enough to prepare delicious and beautiful New Year’s drinks, it’s also important how to serve them. Be sure to decorate the jugs and bottles that will be on the New Year's table. There is nothing complicated about this; this task can be entrusted to children: you can glue glitter in the form of snowflakes to the walls of the vessel or apply an elegant design with gold or silver paint (they can then be washed off without any problems). You can tie tinsel or shiny ribbons around the neck of the bottle. Everything should shine on New Year's Eve!
Blackcurrant juice
Ingredients:
300 g black currants (frozen),
240 g sugar,
2 liters of water.
Preparation:
Thaw the berries, squeeze out the juice, pour it into a glass container, cover with a lid and place in the refrigerator. Pour boiled water over the pomace, add sugar, boil for 10 minutes, then strain. Cool the resulting broth, combine with cooled juice and place in the refrigerator.
Orange juice with cinnamon “The most New Year’s”
Ingredients:
4 oranges,
3 liters of water,
350 g sugar,
a little cinnamon.
Preparation:
Wash the oranges, wipe them dry and carefully remove the zest and squeeze out the juice. Grind the remaining pomace, add water, add sugar, zest, a little ground cinnamon and cook over low heat at a low boil for 10 minutes. Then leave the mixture for 30 minutes to infuse, strain and pour in the juice. Pour the finished fruit drink into a jug and put it in the refrigerator to wait for its finest hour.
Blackcurrant and tangerine juice
Ingredients:
500 g black currants,
4 tangerines,
6 tbsp. l. Sahara,
3 liters of water.
Preparation:
Thaw the blackcurrants, peel the tangerines (do not throw away the peels). Grind the currants and tangerines in a blender, strain the juice and set it aside. Pour water over the pomace along with tangerine peels, add sugar, bring to a boil, turn off the heat and let it brew for 15 minutes. Then strain and cool. Stir in juice and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Drink "Malinka"
Ingredients:
1 liter of boiled water,
400 g frozen raspberries,
300 g sugar,
1 lemon.
Preparation:
Thaw the raspberries and grind them with sugar (you may already have grated raspberries with sugar in your bins). Squeeze the juice from the lemon and pour it into the raspberries with sugar. Dilute everything with boiled water, stir thoroughly until completely dissolved and strain. Cool. You can make a drink from blackberries in the same way.
Drink made from dried fruits and oranges
Ingredients:
1 tbsp. dried fruits,
4 oranges,
2 liters of water,
1 lime or lemon
sugar - to taste.
Preparation:
Wash dried fruits thoroughly, pour boiling water over them, remove seeds and chop. Mix dried fruits with sugar in a small saucepan, cover them with water, add orange slices and keep on low heat for about 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Then cool the drink and add lime or lemon juice.
Orange lemonade “New Year's Flavor”
Ingredients:
4 oranges,
6 liters of water,
juice of 1 lemon,
300 g honey,
2 tsp. cinnamon.
Preparation:
The night before, pour boiling water over the oranges and put them in the freezer overnight. In the morning, take the fruits out, let them thaw and grind them in a blender (there is no need to peel the fruits, freezing has already removed all the bitterness from the skin). Pour 3 liters of drinking water over the orange pulp and leave for 30 minutes, then strain through several layers of cheesecloth. To prevent the drink from being cloudy, you can put coffee filter paper (if you have a coffee maker) or a clean microfiber cloth between layers of gauze. Mix honey with cinnamon and add lemon juice to lemonade. Add the remaining water, stir and put the drink in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours. Serve garnished with an orange slice and a cinnamon stick.
Apple mint drink
Ingredients:
1 liter of apple juice,
2 apples,
4 tbsp. l. Sahara,
400 ml water,
10 g mint.
Preparation:
Peel the apples, remove the core and cut into medium-sized slices. Dissolve sugar in water, bring the liquid to a boil and, without cooling, pour it over the apple pieces. Pour apple juice into the cooled mixture. Wash and finely chop the mint leaves. After pouring into glasses, sprinkle the drink with chopped mint and refrigerate for 30-40 minutes.
Dried fruit compote with cinnamon
Ingredients:
500 g mixture of prunes, apples, pears and apricots,
zest of 1 lemon,
cinnamon - to taste,
sugar - to taste,
water.
Preparation:
Wash the dried fruits, place in a saucepan, sprinkle with cinnamon, cover with water and cook until soft. Then remove the cooked dried fruits with a slotted spoon and place in a separate container. Add lemon zest to the syrup, add sugar and simmer until one fifth of the total water has evaporated. Serve the finished compote chilled.
Homemade cherry-apple lemonade
Ingredients:
500 g frozen pitted cherries,
100 g sugar,
1 liter of highly carbonated water (not mineral, but drinking),
1 lemon,
1 apple,
1 tsp. cinnamon,
¼ tbsp. boiled water.
Preparation:
First remove frozen cherries from the refrigerator and defrost. Make a thick syrup from sugar and boiled water, add cinnamon to it. Remove the core from the apple and cut it into cubes. Grind half the total mass of chopped apples and cherries in a blender and add to the sugar syrup. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon and pour into the mixture. Pour the syrup into a jug, add sparkling water and stir. Pour the finished lemonade into glasses, add a few cherries and apple cubes to each. Cherries and apple cubes can be filled with water in an ice cube tray and frozen. Add these ice cubes just before serving.
Lemon drink with pineapples
Ingredients:
800 ml water,
5 tbsp. l. Sahara,
juice and zest of 2 lemons,
1 can of canned pineapple.
Preparation:
Wash the lemon, remove the zest, chop it finely, add water and cook for 5 minutes. Leave the broth to steep for 4 hours, then strain it, add sugar and cook for another 10 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the second lemon and the pulp of the first, add to the decoction of the zest and cool. Pouring the drink into glasses, add syrup and pineapple pieces to each.
Prepare two or three types of soft drinks, preferably colorful ones. Guests will love it!
Larisa Shuftaykina
Each company is unique in its tastes and participants. However, everyone dreams of having a fun and tasteful holiday. For those who are planning to beautifully welcome guests on New Year's Eve and pamper their taste buds, we have compiled a rating of the best cocktails for the New Year. We specially selected recipes that are easy to reproduce at home.
To prepare New Year's cocktails with a warming effect, you will need a soulful atmosphere and about half an hour of time.
And if you don’t know what cocktails you can make for the New Year, if there is a close family group where alcohol is inappropriate or some of the guests do not drink, then we recommend trying non-alcoholic mulled wine according to the original recipe.
| Non-alcoholic mulled wine | |
Ingredients:
Exit: 2 liters of drink Time: half an hour Preparation. Place a grater on a large saucepan and finely grate the zest of lemon and tangerines. One of the tangerines is peeled, divided into slices and placed in a pan. Clove seeds are stuck into another tangerine and also placed inside the pan. A lemon cut in half is also sent there. Afterwards sugar is poured in and fruits and spices are poured with wine. Cover the pan with a lid and place on low heat. Mulled wine should be well heated, but not brought to a boil. Before serving, the cocktail is filtered and poured into tall mugs or glasses. Mulled wine is a warming drink and is not intended for reheating. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 5 l Time: half an hour Preparation. Pour 4.5 liters of water into a saucepan and boil. At the first sign of boiling, toss in the berries and sugar. Cut the oranges and squeeze the juice into a separate container. Press the berries into the bottom of the pan while cooking. Leave the peel of one orange to add to the drink after boiling again. Stirring, cook non-alcoholic mulled wine for another 10 minutes over low heat. At the last minute, while the cocktail is on fire, pour in orange juice and add spices: ginger, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg. Remove from heat, leave for 20 minutes, strain and serve immediately. |
Simple alcoholic cocktails for the New Year do not take more than five minutes to prepare.
But even if a cocktail is prepared quickly, this does not mean that it will be ordinary. See for yourself.
| New Year's punch | Bee | Olive Blues |
Ingredients:
Exit: 35 servings in glasses Time: 5 minutes Preparation. Take a large punch bowl and place ice cream in the center. Pour orange juice on top. On top - lemonade, and lastly - a couple of bottles of champagne. The drink is stirred very carefully and wait for foam to form. The punch is immediately poured into glasses and served to the guests. P.S. Champagne, orange juice, lemonade should be cold. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 10 servings in glasses Time: 5 minutes Preparation.To quickly prepare a honey cocktail with gin, you need to mix all the parts in a blender: juices, honey and gin. Beat the products until foamy. Then the cocktail is poured into a jug with ice and brought to the table. Honey brings a touch of sweet comfort to homemade cocktail recipes for the New Year. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 2 servings Time: 5 minutes Preparation. This is one of the most elegant cocktails with exquisite ingredients for two persons. Chill the gin and a couple of martini glasses in the freezer. Pour 60 ml of gin into each glass. Scoop olive juice onto the tip of a teaspoon and drop into the cocktail. Thread the olives stuffed with blue cheese onto a skewer and place them in glasses, after which the drink can be consumed. |
Quick and simple: this is what the top three “urgent” cocktails for a large group look like.
Alcoholic cocktails for the New Year
New Year's cocktails with a high degree go perfectly on a long festive night. We focus on the fact that delicious alcoholic drinks can be perfectly mixed with your own hands at home, if you know the correct proportions and sequence of actions.
| Screwdriver | Hot Toddy (Hot Toddy) | Bloody Mary |
Ingredients:
Exit: 15 servings in glasses Time: 15 minutes Preparation. Fill the glass halfway with ice, pour in 180 ml of orange juice. Lastly, add a shot of good chilled vodka (45 ml) - and that’s it. The screwdriver is ready for use. P.S. Among all the cocktails with vodka for the New Year, the screwdriver is the easiest to prepare, and at the same time has a pleasant, balanced taste. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 10 minutes Preparation. In a mug we put honey, a cinnamon stick, a lemon with three cloves stuck in it. Pour boiling water and add whiskey. The whiskey drink should sit for at least five minutes, during which the spices will reveal their aroma. Sprinkle a pinch of nutmeg on top and serve hot to your guests immediately. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 5 minutes Preparation. Take a tall glass and cover the rim with salt. For this edge, dampen the edge with a wet towel and dip into a bowl of sea salt. Fill the glass with ice cubes. In a shaker with ice, combine vodka, tomato juice, both sauces, pepper and salt. After vigorous whisking, pour into glasses. Olives strung on a toothpick, as well as a celery stalk cut into strips, will complement the cocktail as a decoration. |
| Margarita | Creamy whiskey cocktail |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: half an hour Preparation. The shaker is filled with ice, tequila, Cointreau, lime or lemon juice is poured in. The contents mix very well. We decorate the edges of the glass with coarse salt crumbs, after wetting them. Shake until a thin rim of salt remains. The cocktail is transferred from a shaker to a glass and garnished with a neat slice of lime. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 16 servings Time: 10 minutes Preparation. Mix whiskey, condensed milk, cream, instant coffee, chocolate syrup, vanilla extract in a blender and add a little Amaretto (by the way, you can replace it with a teaspoon of almond essence). In a large container, beat the mixture for at least 30 seconds at high speed. The cocktail can be drunk immediately, or you can tightly close it and cool it in the refrigerator. In the second case, the drink is shaken before serving. P.S. The popular long drink with whiskey has a pleasant creamy taste and a coffee-chocolate aftertaste with notes of almonds and vanilla. |
| Orange sunset | Tequila Sunrise |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: half an hour Preparation. If you want to make a long drink with vodka, we offer a New Year's alcoholic cocktail, the recipe of which is a little more complicated than the previous ones, but the taste is incomparably richer. So, squeeze the juice of half a lemon and two oranges, grate the lemon zest onto a fine grater. Place the juice, vodka and liqueur in a shaker and shake well. Pour the zest into the bottom of the glass, fill it with ice in the form of cubes, and pour the mixture into it from a shaker. Before serving, the cocktail is decorated with a sprig of rosemary and an orange slice. The ingredients are calculated based on the quantity in one cocktail. Increase them proportionally depending on the number of guests. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 5 minutes Preparation. Fill a tall glass with ice, pour in tequila, then orange juice. Pour grenadine (pomegranate syrup) down the center. Stir the contents of the glass with a cocktail spoon until a beautiful gradation of warm shades appears. Insert a straw and garnish with a cocktail cherry on top of the ice. P.S. The famous long drink with tequila is included in the official list of the International Bartenders Association. |
We present the five most popular DIY cocktails for the New Year that you can quickly prepare and drink in one fell swoop. Choose your favorite base - vodka, whiskey, tequila, absinthe or cognac - and prepare delicious combinations with your own hands.
| BMW whiskey based | Royal shot with vodka base | Tequila based clouds |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 2 minutes Preparation. Using a bar spoon, create a layered shot: Baileys on the bottom, Malibu as a second layer, and Irish whiskey on top. P.S. The name of the cocktail is an abbreviation of the ingredients in capital letters. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 stack Time: 2 minutes Preparation. Place a raspberry in a stack and fill it with raspberry syrup. A layer of vodka is carefully placed on top of the thick syrup using a cocktail spoon. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 5 minutes Preparation. First of all, pour in the sambuca, then the tequila. It is convenient to use a bartender's spoon for the process. Using a straw, instill the specified amount of liqueur. Spoon over the top layer of absinthe. |
| Burning absinthe-based shot | Honeymoon based on cognac |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 5 minutes Preparation. All ingredients are mixed in a blender. Then they move it into a glass and give it a minute to separate into layers, after which they set fire to the top layer of absinthe and drink it quickly through a straw. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 10 minutes Preparation. A layered cognac-based shot begins with a honey layer at the bottom. Then, using a bartender's spoon, add coffee liqueur, lemon juice and cognac in exactly the described sequence. |
Light cocktails for the New Year
We will help you choose the best New Year's cocktails, the recipes of which delight you with a light taste and low strength. These are primarily New Year's cocktails based on champagne, as well as delicious alcoholic mixtures with martinis, wine, and other ingredients with a low alcohol content.
| Great Expectations with Champagne | polar night | Rays of glory with martini |
Ingredients:
Exit: 4 servings Time: 20 minutes Preparation. Champagne and juice make excellent flavor combinations. To do this, grate the grapefruit zest on a fine grater. Pour 75 ml of grapefruit juice into one glass, and then fill to the top with champagne. The cocktail is presented with raspberry berries on a skewer and zest shavings. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: half an hour Preparation. Here's a great way to make themed champagne cocktails for the new year. Place crushed ice, previously crushed in a blender, into triangular liqueur glasses. Place two tablespoons of ice cream in each glass. Pour in the rum, and then carefully, using a bartender's spoon, surround the ice cream mound with champagne. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 10 minutes Preparation. Pour the components into the glass one by one, stir with a thin straw until you get the “red sun” effect - a gradual transition of shades of the warm spectrum into one another. At the end of the process, add an ice cube and garnish with a cherry. |
| Martini with champagne | Chocolate kiss - an unusual cocktail with wine |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 5 minutes Preparation. Fill the glass with ice, pour in red vermouth, champagne and lastly syrup. Do not stir for a beautiful transition of shades. Place a mint leaf on top. |
Ingredients:
Exit: 1 serving Time: 20 minutes Preparation. At home, you can achieve completely unexpected and original tastes by mixing wine with liqueur. Mix cream, chocolate liqueur and red wine in a shaker. Pour liquid from a shaker into a glass with ice. Thickly decorate with grated chocolate chips and serve with a straw. |
Decorating cocktails for the New Year
Decorating cocktails for the New Year occupies the minds of all perfectionist owners who strive to make the perfect drink in every way. Firstly, on a festive night, guests take a lot of photographs and you want the themed decor to complement the atmosphere even in the smallest detail. Secondly, it’s simply beautiful: first visually enjoy the perfection of the cocktail, and then evaluate its taste.
So, what New Year's cocktail decorations will be trendy this season? Let's start with simple and accessible ideas.
- Take ribbons for decorating bouquets, cut them into thin strips and twist them into a serpentine using scissors, and then attach a pair of bright ribbons to each glass. Choose the color according to the table decorations or your own interior.
- Crushed snow is a favorite among bartenders for individual cocktails. For the New Year, you can experiment and decorate almost any drink with it. Sugar, powdered sugar or salt are suitable for this: just moisten the edges of the glass and dip into a plate with a white, free-flowing substance.
- A Christmas tree in a glass is an imitation of an evergreen beauty using a sprig of rosemary. It also adds a special spicy freshness to the taste and aroma of your cocktail.
- Tangerines, as a symbol of the New Year, will elegantly complement any cocktail: they can be placed in slices into the drink, or they can be unobtrusively decorated with zest.
- Patterned snowflakes made of paper, the same ones that we carefully cut out in childhood, will become good themed coasters for glasses. This activity can include the whole family who has gathered together for the holidays. Whichever drink you prefer, the main thing to remember is that cocktails for the New Year at home are quite possible, economical and fun. And the most difficult thing is to decide on a wide variety of recipes.
What do we know about cocktails? The menu of any expensive restaurant or small cafe will definitely include a drink with this name. Can any mixed drink be called a cocktail? And what is good about a non-alcoholic cocktail? We will talk about the variety of this drink and its usefulness below. Moreover, astrologers do not advise getting too carried away with drinking when meeting the Yellow Tiger, otherwise you can become like the noisy Monkey, which the owner of the coming year does not like so much.
A storehouse of vitamins
The non-alcoholic cocktail has another name - mocktail, which means “imaginary, or false, cocktail.” This name came from America and quickly took root in other countries. After drinking such a cocktail, you will never feel worse - on the contrary, it can only improve.
Prepare non-alcoholic cocktail can be made from a variety of ingredients - fruit and vegetable juices, ice cream, cream, milk, coffee, tea. They often add fruits, berries, chocolate, eggs and all kinds of spices.
The method of preparing non-alcoholic cocktails is exactly the same as alcoholic ones, only without the addition of drinks containing degrees.
Types of non-alcoholic cocktails
Depending on the composition, cocktails are divided into several types: sherbet, flip, julep, cobbler, physical, bowl.
Phys.- fizzy drink. The glass is filled with sparkling water. Serve very chilled (straight from the refrigerator) with straws.
Bowl(crushon) - a chilled drink, it is prepared from a mixture of fruit and berry fruit drinks and juices.
Decoration or garnish?
Cocktails delight us not only with their richness of taste, but also with the beauty of their design. Cocktail garnish is sometimes called a garnish. Garnishes are often used to decorate a glass and as a flavor component in a cocktail.
Main types of side dishes:
- a circle of lime, lemon or orange, cut along the radius and placed on the edge of the glass;
- glazing with sugar, called sugar frosting or frosting. To obtain it, the edge of the glass is smeared with a slice of lime or lemon and dipped in powdered sugar. These cocktails are served with a straw;
- To prick slices of fruit, a fruit skewer is used - a sharp stick made of wood or plastic. It is placed in a glass of cocktail so that its upper end remains outside;
- ice cream, milk, liquid or whipped cream, coffee, hot chocolate;
- Some cocktails contain various fruits: small ones - whole, large ones - in the form of slices;
- ice made from mineral water, or colored ice obtained by freezing sweetened fruit juices, coffee or milk. Colored ice is served in thick glass or crystal dishes. Along with the ice, special tongs are served, with the help of which the ice is placed into glasses.
They look very beautiful and festive colorful cocktails, in which the components are arranged in multi-colored layers with a clearly defined boundary. Such cocktails are prepared from drinks of different colors and different densities. To prevent the layers from mixing, you should carefully pour the components into the glass, starting with a drink that has a high density. For a smooth transition of color from one to another, two multi-colored components are simultaneously poured into the glass from different edges.
Banana milkshake "Tiger Cub"
For 1 serving: 2 ice cream balls, half a banana, 80 ml milk, whipped cream
Beat ice cream, milk and banana in a blender. Pour into a glass, garnish with whipped cream and banana slices.
Pineapple saline
For 1 serving: 50 g pineapple juice, 30 g lemon syrup, 1 egg white, 2 ice cubes, sparkling water or cream soda - according to the capacity of the glasses
Place ice in a shaker and cool it well on the inside. After this, pour the juice, syrup into it and mix everything thoroughly for 1-2 minutes. Before serving, top up glasses with sparkling water or cream soda.
Using this recipe you can prepare apricot, peach, strawberry, wild strawberry, blackcurrant, raspberry and other fizzy.
Fiza can be served in conical or cylindrical cocktail glasses. Phyzas are children's favorite drinks.
Chocolate cocktail “Northern Tiger”
Serves 6: 50 g cocoa powder, 140 g sugar, 300 ml pasteurized milk, whipped cream
Combine cocoa, sugar and a little milk in a saucepan to make a paste. Then add the rest of the milk, leaving only 2 tbsp. l. Stir over low heat until the sugar dissolves. Let cool. Pour into ice cube trays and freeze for at least 6 hours or overnight.
Then transfer the ice to a blender or food processor fitted with metal blades and grind, adding the reserved 2 tbsp. l. milk so that no ice remains. Serve in glasses as a drink. Top with whipped cream.
You can make an iced mocha the same way by adding 4 tbsp. l. instant coffee to the cocoa mixture.
Lemon Julep
Serves 3: 1/2 liter lemon juice, 60 ml lemon syrup, 60 ml mint syrup, 1|2 lemons, edible ice
Place crushed food ice into glasses (1/2-3/4 full), pour in lemon juice, lemon and mint syrups, stir, garnish with lemon slices.
Apple sorbet “Tiger in a snowdrift”
For 1 serving: 1/2 cup apple juice, 50 g popsicles, 1/4 cup cherry juice
Place ice cream in a glass (or glass), pour in apple and cherry juices mixed in a mixer.
Non-alcoholic cocktail "Pinacolada"
1 liter of yogurt without additives, 2-4 tbsp. l. fructose (to taste), a can of canned fruit (peaches, apricots, any others), bananas, apples, or a little of everything, 400 ml of pineapple juice
Add diced fruits to the yogurt along with the syrup from the jar, fructose and juice. Mix everything well with a whisk so that the fructose dissolves. Cool and serve. Garnish with fresh or canned fruit. The more fruit and the fattier the yogurt, the tastier it is!
Milky striped flip
1 egg, 1 tsp. sugar, glass of milk, chocolate glaze, cocoa