The Strawberry Margaritha is one oft he most popular margaritas. The recipe is very easy and requires just a few ingredients, none of which are hard to come by. The Strawberry Margaritha is not only a delicious frozen cocktail, but it’s also a great way to cool down on a hot summer day.
INGREDIENTS
40 ml / 1½ oz. Tequila Silver
20 ml/ ¾ oz Cointreau orange liqueur
20 ml/ ¾ oz Strawberry liqueur
20 ml/ ¾ oz freshly squeezed lime juice
5 strawberries
ice cubes
METHOD
Put the Tequila, the liqueurs and lime juice into a blender.
You can blend the Strawberry Margarita to your desired consistency. Add more ice for a thicker drink and use a little less for a thinner drink. Alternatively, it can be thinned out by adding a little more liquid.
Here I want to show you the recipe of the Greek Sazerac from FLAWS High End Cocktailbar in Rhodes (Town). In the June of 2019 I was in Rhodes Town in Greece and visited the Cocktailbar there. At Flaws the bartender Angelo showed me, how to make the cocktail “GREEK SAZERAC”. If you ever come to Rhodes, I would highly recommend Flaws cocktailbar in Rhodos Town. And you should taste there the Greek Sazerac.
INGREDIENTS
Ouzo
sugar cubes
cucumber and Peychaud`s bitters
Metaxa***** Brandy
Ice cubes
METHOD
Put ice in a glass and add some Ouzo and mix it easily.
Take another glass and add two sugar cubes.
Add cucumber and Peychaud`s bitters.
Destroy the sugar cubes.
Fill Metaxa***** Brandy into the glass and mix it easily.
Add ice cubes and stir it to perfection.
Mix the Ouzu again and get away with it.
Give the Metaxa mix into the empty flavoured ouzo glass
And add a great ice cube.
NOTES
The Ouzo is poured during production from the Greek Sazerak. As a result, only the flavor of Ouzo remains in the glass. A very interesting taste composition. Thanks to the Flaws team for letting me try that.
On my trip to Siena and Florence
in Italy in April 2019, I got to know many Italian cocktails. The three most
interesting Italian cocktails, I would like to introduce you here..
Aperol Spritz
STORY
If you are now traveling in summery temperatures in Europe’s inner cities, there is hardly an outdoor garden from which not a good part of the tables at least a style glass with striking reddish-orange content illuminates the viewer. The Italian cocktail Aperol Spritz is literally on everyone’s lips.
INGREDIENTS
60 ml/ 2 oz. Prosecco or white wine
40 ml/ 1 ⅓ oz. Aperol
20 ml/ ¾ oz. soda water
5 ice cubes
METHOD
To prepare the Aperol Spritz, put all the ingredients in a white wine glass and stir for about 5 seconds.
Decorate with orange slice and serve with straw.
Negroni
STORY
The Negroni is a cocktail traditionally served as an aperitif, originating in twentieth-century in Italy and created as a variation of the then very popular Americano. In the meantime, the popular drink is especially popular in a variety of variations, which often deviate from the three original ingredients Gin, Vermouth Rosso and Campari.
INGREDIENTS
30 ml/ 1 oz. Dry Gin
30 ml/ 1 oz. Campari
30 ml/ 1 oz. Vermouth Rosso
METHOD
Put all ingredients in a stir glass and add 4 to 5 medium-sized ice cubes.
Mix for 30 seconds with bar spoon.
Strain in a pre-cooled tumbler on a large ice cube.
Cum the drink with the essential oils of an orange zest.
Add orange zest.
Bellini
STORY
When it comes to cocktails, the simple is often the best. The Bellini cocktail is mixed with only two basic ingredients: vineyard peach and Champagne. The classic from Harry’s Bar in Venice is still the perfect summer drink.
INGREDIENTS
30 ml / 1 oz. white peach puree
100 ml/ 3 ⅓ oz. Champagne
METHOD
Pour the peach puree into the pre-chilled glass and slowly fill with ice-cold champagne.
A Fuzzy Navel is a mixed drink of peach schnapps and orange juice. It is a very simple mixed drink of the 80s. If you’re planning your next 80s party, Fuzzy Navel should not be missed.
This cocktail was popular with students in the 1980s. An Alabama Slammer is a cocktail of Amaretto, Southern Comfort, Sloe Gin and orange juice. The Alabamer Slammer is the top drink for your next 80s party.
INGREDIENTS
30 ml/ 1 oz. Southern Comfort
30 ml/ 1 oz. Sloe Gin
30 ml/ 1 oz. Amaretto
60 ml/ 2 oz. orange juice
METHOD
Add all ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice.
Sloe Gin is from England and has everything to do with “Sloe Berries”. These are small wild berries that are found everywhere in England. Purely they taste terrible.
But the English have found a great way to use the Sloe Berries. Of course, by soaking in alcohol. The berries were dipped in a gin with a touch of sugar. And so Sloe Gin was born.
In the spring of 2019 I travelled to Palma de Mallorca and visited the Atlantico cocktail bar. A very interesting bar, where the bartenders Paula and Vernando showed me how to make the cocktail “A NIGHT IN PALMA”. If you ever come to Mallorca, I would highly recommend the Atlantico cocktail bar.
INGREDIENTS
60 ml/ 2 oz Gin
50 ml/ 1 ½ oz Melon
30 ml/ 1 oz Sweet & Sour
15 ml/ ½ oz Raspberry Sourz
15 ml/ ½ oz lemon juice
20 ml/ ¾ oz Saint Germain liqueur
METHOD
Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake.
The Espresso Martini is a cold, coffee-flavored cocktail made with Vodka, Espresso coffee, Kahlùa coffee liqueur and White Cacao liqueur. With a classic martini the cocktail has nothing in common in terms of taste, but is served very often in a martini glass.
INGREDIENTS
45 ml / 1 ½ oz. Vodka
45 ml / 1 ½ oz. Kahlùa coffee liqueur
30 ml / 1 oz. White Cacao liqueur
45 ml / 1 ½ oz. Espresso
3 coffee beans
METHOD
Fill a Boston shaker with ice cubes.
Add all ingredients.
Give a hard shake and strain into a cocktail glass.
Then garnish with three coffee beans.
NOTES
The most important thing about Espresso Martini is the foam. There is only one tip to get an optimal foam. Shake, shake, shake. The second tip is the vodka: Take high quality vodka.
A mixture or improvement of Screwdriver and Harvey Wallbanger with additional Southern Comfort and Sloe Gin. The cocktail bangs in the head and tingles in the summer
INGREDIENTS
45 ml/ 1 ½ oz. Vodka
15 ml/ ½ oz. Southern Comfort
90 ml/ 3 oz. orange juice
15 ml/ ½ oz. Sloe Gin
15 ml/ ½ oz. Galliano liqueur
METHOD
Fill Vodka, Southen Comfort and orange juice in a glass with ice and stir.
Strain into ice-filled glass.
Float Sloe Gin on surface so it bleeds into drink.
I was in Munich (Germany) at the weekend and everyone is drinking Hugo. The Hugo Cocktail is a refreshing, comparatively weakly alcoholic cocktail of Prosecco, elderflower syrup, lime wheels, fresh mint and soda water. The Hugo Cocktail spread, starting from South Tyrol, after 2005 especially in the German-speaking area.
INGREDIENTS
30 ml/ 1 oz. elderflower syrup
120 ml/ 4 oz. Prosecco
30 ml/ 1 oz. soda water
ice cubes
mint
lime
METHOD
Gently muddle the mint leaves within the glass.
Add the elderflower syrup before filling the glass with ice.
