Cocktail with vermouth at home

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Many of you have probably heard many times about such a fortified drink with the addition of fruits or berries, like vermouth. In ancient times, it was much more popular than wine. Historians say that Hippocrates himself in the fifth century BC did not deny himself the pleasure of enjoying the taste of this drink.

Today, according to many experts, it is completely undeservedly forgotten. To equate vermouth with cheap wine is absolute madness. This is a noble drink, and it certainly deserves attention.

Varieties of vermouth

It seems to many that vermouth-based cocktails are a purely feminine drink. In fact, this is far from the case. Of course, if the cocktail is made from Bianco vermouth, then it will be sweet, even cloying and may well be considered a feminine drink.

But in the world there are, in addition to "Bianco", four more main types of this drink. The lowest sugar content in Secco vermouth (about four percent). This is a dry vermouth that is often used for "diet" low-calorie cocktails. But Rose or Rosso (pink and red) vermouths are sweeter. They have a percentagethe sugar content varies from ten to fifteen.

The fifth type of vermouth is quite rare in our country and costs a lot. This is Bitter, a classic vermouth with low sugar content, but a wide variety of herbs in the composition of the infusion.

Vermouth Cocktails

If initially this drink was made only from white varieties of grapes, then from 1786 they began to use red varieties for production. The basis of any vermouth is a special infusion. It can be based on herbs, flowers, berries, fruits, seeds and even roots.

It is due to the presence of herbal or fruit infusions that a cocktail with vermouth has such a delicate taste and rich aroma. Drinks have many faces due to the variety of infusions from which one or another type of vermouth is made.

Many people think that the preparation of such drinks is the work of professional bartenders. But in fact, a vermouth aperitif can be made at home, with your own hands in your own kitchen. We offer you to prepare a variety of cocktails with vermouth. Recipes will be detailed and as simple as possible.

Apple Martini

This is perhaps the most popular vermouth cocktail. It has a fairly pronounced apple flavor and quite strong taste. For its preparation you need:

• 10 grams of dry gin.
• 40 grams of any apple liqueur.
• 40 grams of dry vermouth.
• Ice and some apple slices for decoration.

Howcook

First, mix gin with apple liqueur. Then vermouth is already added to them. Fill the glass with ice cubes and gradually add the drink there. Mix thoroughly again. Decorate with an apple slice.

Classic Martini

Who hasn't seen the James Bond movies or at least heard of them! Yes, such people, perhaps, do not exist in the world. It was they who immortalized the classic martini and “tied” it to the main attributes of a luxurious rich life. Classic homemade vermouth cocktails can be made with a variety of recipes.

If we talk about the classics, then the recipe contains only vermouth and gin. Drinks are mixed in one glass with the addition of ice and poured into special glasses. If desired, add a few green olives, pickled onions or chopped lemon zest.

Dry vermouth with vodka

Dry vermouth can be used not only for making a classic cocktail. Very often it is combined with vodka, gin or whiskey. The drink itself is quite low-alcohol and low-calorie, so you can safely add it to stronger cocktail ingredients.

Very popular in bars and restaurants is a cocktail with vermouth, vodka and orange juice. For cooking, you should take one part of vodka, two parts of dry vermouth and one part of orange juice. If you want to get a stronger drink, then replace the juice with orange liqueur. In a mixing glass, first add ice, thencomponents. Mix thoroughly and pour into tall cocktail glasses.

It is important to remember that the cocktail (vermouth with vodka) will be strong enough. In order to slightly reduce the strength of the drink, add more ice or juice. You can decorate the glass with beautifully chopped orange zest or a whole slice of fruit.

Bianco vermouth cocktail

As we have already noted, cocktails with Bianco vermouth are often referred to as women's drinks because of its sweetness. If there are representatives of the opposite sex in your company, then at home you can easily and quickly prepare a delicious drink for beautiful ladies. It will consist of 100 ml of Bianco vermouth, 80 grams of tonic, 20-30 grams of crushed lime (can be replaced with juice), 30 ml of whiskey (if young ladies prefer sweet but strong drinks) and ice.

This vermouth smoothie is great because it only takes a couple of minutes to make. There are no complicated manipulations or a specific sequence of adding ingredients here. Just take a shaker, mix everything, add some ice and pour into a glass. We decorate, as you already understood, with a slice of lime.

Vermouth Cocktail Bitter

If you managed to find this rare type of vermouth in the store, then you can make a wonderful cocktail with it. You will need lemon "Bitter" (one part) and two parts of sweet "Bianco". Mix in a shaker, add a little lemon or orange juice (as you like). The glass is recommendedput small ice and a few large cubes.

Pink and red vermouth cocktails

The most popular among these drinks is Negroni. This cocktail is included in the main list of drinks of the International Bartenders Association. It is prepared very simply and quickly, despite its high status. We take one part each: dry gin, pink (or red) vermouth and Campari liqueur. We mix everything at the same time in a glass, add ice to the glass and pour the drink.

Martini and champagne

Women's classic, of course, is a cocktail consisting of dry vermouth and champagne. It is very easy to prepare it at home. To do this, you need to pour one third of the champagne into the shaker. Then add pink dry vermouth. The highlight of this cocktail will be strawberry syrup. Try to pour all drinks carefully. Mixing of ingredients is not allowed here. Decorate the glass with a mint leaf.

Peach Spice Cocktail

Another very tasty and fragrant cocktail based on vermouth was called the "Royal Cross". It consists of the following ingredients: 20-25 grams of whiskey, 25 grams of dry vermouth, 15 ml of lemon juice and 40 ml of peach liqueur. The recipe is simple in that there is no scheme here. Just pour into a shaker, shake, mix and pour into glasses.

It is not necessary to decorate this drink. It already has such an attractive shade and alluring aroma that itno one will pay attention to the glass.