"Silver Bullet" (cocktail). Interesting recipes and cooking methods

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"Silver Bullet" - a cocktail that is known to many. However, everyone prepares it differently, and it is difficult to say which recipe should be considered correct.

Drink with a delicate aroma

Not everyone knows that the Silver Bullet is a cocktail sometimes associated with the first half of the twentieth century. It was then, somewhere in the early thirties, it was fashionable to prepare mixed alcoholic drinks based on gin. This gave them a special, completely unique flavor. As you know, English vodka, prepared by repeated distillation of juniper berry infusion, is called gin. The recipe was taken from the Dutch monks, and then mass-produced by the British after minor additions. "Silver Bullet" - a cocktail with a very simple composition and a straightforward method of preparation.

It contains only three components: freshly squeezed lemon juice, Kümmel liqueur and gin in a ratio of 1:2:4 respectively.

Preparing the "Silver Bullet" (cocktail) is not difficult at all:

1. First you need to take a shaker and fill it with some crushed ice.
2. Then gradually pour all three prepared ingredients into it.
3. Beat well.
4. Pour into a chilled martini glass.

To make the drink look more impressive, you can decorate it with a serpentine of lemon or orange peel.

Alternative

As you know, any popular dish has many different options. So it is with drinks. Some bartenders prepare the Silver Bullet cocktail differently. The recipe still includes three parts: 25 ml coffee liqueur, 35 ml silver tequila and a lemon wedge (15 grams).

In this case, the cooking method will be slightly different:

1. To work, you need a regular glass. First you need to pour liquor into it.
2. Then gently place a slice of lemon.
3. After that, top everything with tequila.

Drink without stirring. The components themselves will transfer their flavors to each other.

Such an unusual recipe was taken from a movie filmed according to the script by S. King. According to the plot, the drink gave the inhabitants of a small American town strength to fight evil spirits. After the fifth drink, they were fully prepared to fight the werewolves who appeared after midnight. If you prepare the same composition, you can be sure whether the story told by the writer was true.