Cosmopolitan
The Cosmopolitan just got a new city as his hometown, its called Hamburg =)
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ingredients
- 40ml Hygge Vodka (vodka)
- 20ml Cointreau (orange liqueur)
- 20ml Lime Juice Fresh (citrus juice)
- 50ml (cranberry juice)
- 10ml Simple Syrup (sugar syrup)
glassware:
Coupette
technique:
hard-shake / doublestrain
garnish:
1x orange twist
mixing instructions
- Juice the lime, and add both the lime juice and the squeezed lime into the shaker.
- Add all other remaining ingredients into the shaker.
- Add ice cubes.
- Dry shake for about 20 seconds.
- Double-Strain the mixed liquid into the chilled serving glass with no ice.
- Add your garnish.
- Prepare your Mise en Place.
- Prepare your bottle setup.
- Chill the serving glass with either crushed ice or ice cubes. Or place it in a fridge or freezer.
- Prepare your garnish.
- Juice the lime, and add both the lime juice and the squeezed lime into the shaker.
- Add all other remaining ingredients into the shaker.
- Shake for about 20 seconds.
- Take the chilled glass out of the fridge/freezer. If you used ice to chill the serving glass, remove everything from the glass.
- Double-Strain the mixed liquid into the chilled serving glass with no ice inside.
- Add your garnish.
- Clean up your working station.
how to garnish
- 1x orange twist, Cut the orange zest into a diamond shape. Squeeze the zest a little, to release the oils of the zest over the drink. Place it onto the rim of the glass.
mixing tips
General
- Start with the cheapest ingredients (the syrup) first.
Glassware
- A chilled glass keeps your drink longer and more enjoyable. Your used ice will melt slower, and the taste will stay longer.
Technique
- While pressing the citrus fruit, for example, lemon or lime. You could use the pressed fruit and give it into the shaker as a fragrant ingredient. It will release some of the oils while shaking the drink. After you better double-strain it.
- If you double-strain the drink after shaking it, it will prevent those tiny particles of the herbs or spices from floating on top of the guest's glass.
Garnish
- Be careful and confident if you want to zest a citrus fruit with a zest peeler!
- If you cut a fruit zest into an excellent shape. You could add the slight leftover zest to your drink. It will release some more oils while shaking the drink.
flavour and texture
Aroma:
Blackcurrant (Cassis or Blackcurrant Bud), orange
Flavour:
apple red, orange
Texture:
astrigent tannins, clean, delicate
editor recipe notes
For the Cosmopolitan, we are using fresh lime juice. We cut the lime in half and squeezed it in a hand press squeezer. To add the extra taste to the drink, we add the juice and the squeezed pericarp.
Additionally once we prepared the garnish, the orange peel, we used the leftover cut fruit and added if also into the drink.
Now you got lime and orange oils in your drink. While shaking, you can release more of them. And your drink will be even more delicious after that.