There are so many different kinds of cocktails available today in bars, clubs, restaurants and I’d love to know which creative individual comes up with the names for all these wonderful fruity cocktail recipes. It seems too, that those watering spots you’ve seen in films over the years can boast a bartender who, generations ago, became a household name by creating his own unique cocktail and giving it its name.
The world-famous Singapore Sling was created by an Asian bartender named Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon during the Colonial years between 1910 and 1915. He was the bartender at the historic Raffles Long Bar in Singapore and he prepared his delectable concoction of equal parts of gin, cherry brandy and Benedictine, added a splash each of bitters, Cointreau, grenadine and lime juice and served it in a tall frosty glass, garnished with fresh pineapple. Thus was born the most famous of fruity cocktail recipes. Rudyard Kipling regularly enjoyed his Singapore Sling at Raffles, along with Ernest Hemingway and many other iconic figures, including royalty.
When we think of cocktails, we envision a tall, elegant frosted glass, beautifully garnished with colorful fruits – and the ubiquitous paper umbrella. And it seems that today, any cocktail worth its name consists of various combinations of liqueurs – and fruits. So how difficult can it be to create your own fruity cocktail recipes? Let’s see how it’s done!
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First, we need to become familiar with the various ingredients which, when blended together in varying measure, will result in a cocktail – and then we add the fruit. This is the star of the show; this is what makes your cocktail stand out from the crowd with its unique taste, perfume, consistency and appearance. You might consider adding fruit to the basic element of your cocktail – alcohol. Choose the best quality vodka or white rum you can find in the store and add strawberries, oranges, apples, limes – you choose – to the bottle. Place the closed bottle in a cool dark place and forget about it for a month or more. During that time, the fruit will marinate deliciously in the alcohol and impart its flavor, resulting in a uniquely tasting spirit to use as a fruity cocktail recipe base for your own cocktails.
You can also puree the fruit of your choice and add it to the gin or rum as it will complete the taste of the cocktail and add to its perfume. It also rounds out and softens any “bite” in the alcohol. Different kinds of pureed fruits can be purchased or, better still, you can make your own puree by blending the fresh fruit (seeds and skin removed) with a good-sized spoonful of sugar syrup until it is smooth.
Many bartenders no longer use fresh fruits in their fruity cocktail recipes because of the time it takes to prepare them – they used canned fruits for their convenience, mixing and serving their drinks more quickly. But using fresh fruits will ensure that your cocktails take on all the natural flavors and scents that only fresh fruits provide – canned fruits have preservatives and other added chemicals which you really don’t want in your perfect cocktail. Your fruity cocktail recipes deserve the extra time it takes to use fresh fruits as the juice and flesh of the fruit can only enhance the unique flavor of fruity cocktail recipes which you create yourself.
And what is more tempting than a freshly mixed cocktail in a frosted glass? To complete your presentation, it just needs a little garnish – and here again, you use fresh fruits. They will enhance the perfume, tempt the palate and is a joy to behold. Choose fruits which will marry well with the flavor of your fruity cocktails, slice it into small chunks, skewer them and place the skewer across the top of your well-chilled glass. Or, if you’re using a citrus fruit such as an orange or lemon, slice it and cut a slit in each round and place it on the rim of the glass after you have poured your cocktail.
How beautiful is that – an arrangement of your own fruity cocktail recipes, perfectly mixed and garnished and presented to your guests on an attractive tray. Place some scented candles around your bar and your sumptuous drink creations will glow in their light.
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