The exotic plant lemongrass has long occupied a solid niche in the culinary arts and, in particular, in the art of making drinks. Its citrus aroma allows it to be used in a wide variety of dishes.
With the growing interest in oriental cuisine, such a plant as lemongrass (otherwise known as cymbopogon, lemongrass, lemongrass, citronella, lemongrass) has become more and more firmly entrenched in world culinary. It has a citrus aroma and is used in many oriental dishes: teas, soups, curries. In addition, it is ideal with meat, fish and seafood.
Lemongrass also takes an active part in making cocktails. The list of drinks using lemon grass is quite extensive, and both alcoholic and non-alcoholic are popular.
The exquisite taste of lemongrass will help to pleasantly surprise your friends and family. The sophistication of the aroma will highlight the strengths of the cocktail's flavor range. To top it off, the lemongrass stem makes an excellent cocktail tube that will decorate any drink.
In order to prepare non-alcoholic exotic tea with lemongrass, you need: 1 piece of lemongrass, 0.5 cups of sugar, 1 tbsp of ground ginger, 50 g of green leaf tea. Pour 1.5 liters of water into a saucepan, add ginger, sugar and chopped lemongrass. Boil. Remove from heat and add tea. Let it brew for 10 minutes and pour through a sieve into a container. It is advised to drink chilled.
To make non-alcoholic lemonade from lemongrass, you must first make a syrup. To do this, take 2 branches of lemongrass and chop finely. Mix everything in a container with water (100 ml) and use a blender to achieve a homogeneous mass. Then strain and dilute with sugar syrup 1 to 1. Then add lime juice, soda water and ice cubes. Refreshing lemongrass lemonade is ready.
Ingredients for making an alcoholic cocktail "Mojito" with lemongrass: 200 ml of water, 100 g of chopped mint, 60 ml of rum, 200 ml of sparkling water, 1 tbsp. lime juice, 2 tablespoons chopped lemongrass, 150-200 g sugar, ice cubes. Dissolve the sugar in warm water, add the lemongrass, strain and cool the resulting syrup. Add the rest of the ingredients and stir. Drink chilled.
Lemongrass can also be used to make a Brichmula alcoholic cocktail. Ingredients: raspberry vodka 40 ml, lemongrass syrup 40 ml, ginger ale 100 ml, lime juice 10 ml, ground ginger 0.5 tsp, ice cubes. Pour lemongrass syrup into a cocktail container, add ginger, vodka and ginger ale, squeeze lime juice. Add ice and enjoy your cocktail.
