A beautifully designed cocktail glass plays a significant role in serving. The decoration can be edible and add light nuances to the taste of the drink itself. You can come up with a bright design for a glass yourself from the products that are at hand.
It is necessary
- - lemon;
- - orange;
- - lime;
- - sugar;
- - salt;
- - greens;
- - condiments;
- - pieces of fruit and berries;
- - Form for ice;
- - colored syrup;
- - confectionery dressing;
- - chocolate;
- - cocoa powder;
- - decorative tubes and umbrellas for cocktails.
Instructions
Step 1
Wipe the edges of the glass with a slice of lemon, lime, or orange, squeezing out excess juice from it so that it does not run off all over the glass. Pour an even layer of sugar or powdered sugar (for sugary cocktails) or salt and pepper (for hot, salty, or strong cocktails) into a flat saucer. Place the glass on the saucer and rotate a little, creating a thin rim of salt or sugar along the edge. Do not press down on the glass too hard, as this can lead to clumps. Turn the glass over and pour the cocktail, stepping back half a centimeter from the edge. This edible decoration can be colored. Add a few drops of colored syrup to the sugar.
Step 2
Melt a chocolate to match your cocktail in a water bath and dip the glass into it, creating a rim. Until the chocolate hardens, you can sprinkle it with ground caramel, coconut, confectionery powder, or decorative baking beads. Or grate the chocolate, brush the edges of the glass with honey, and dip the glass into the chocolate chips so that it sticks tightly. Garnish the edges of savory cocktails with finely chopped green onions, cumin, turmeric or paprika. For this, the edges of the glass are smeared with lime, lemon or cucumber juice and immersed in the prepared sprinkling.
Step 3
Brush the edges of the glass with the beverage you want to serve and dip in cocoa powder or instant coffee to create a tight rim around the edge of the glass. Such decoration will add additional flavor to the cocktail.
Step 4
Pieces of fruit or berries frozen in ice cubes can serve as decoration. Place cherries, currants, strawberries, raspberries, apples, peaches in an ice cube tray. Fill with water, freeze and put in glasses 3-5 pieces of ice. Fresh summer cocktails can be decorated with a sprig of mint, placed on the edge of the glass a slice of lemon, lime, orange, apple or cherry, after cutting them on the side. The fruits can be joined together with skewers or toothpicks and placed on the edge in the form of a fan. Salty and spicy cocktails can be garnished with a sprig of celery or dill.
Step 5
Use special ice molds, with which you can create unusual decorations in the form of hearts, balls, cubes, ellipses and other shapes. This serving is perfect for clear light cocktails. Tint the ice with syrup or juice and add to the cocktail. For decoration, lemon or orange peel, no more than 0.5 cm wide, twisted into a spiral, is also suitable. Get ready-made cocktail decorations - umbrellas, tubes of various shapes with decorations. Use them in conjunction with decorating the rim of your cocktail glass.
