Fruity Cocktail Recipes: Create Your Own

Fruity Cocktail Recipes: Create Your Own

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Dont be shy; invent your own fruity cocktail recipes to please everyone and anyone at your backyard party! And since they are your creations, you can give them names to suit the occasion. How about a tray of Shower Mocktails or Cocktails; perfect for a baby or wedding shower and you can make them non-alcoholic if you prefer youll still have lots of fun! Heres one you could try; for ten people, youll need ten ounces each of orange juice, grapefruit juice, passion-fruit juice, mango juice and pineapple juice and two and a half ounces of lime juice. Add about three ounces of kiwi syrup and mix them all together with cracked ice. Pour into wineglasses and garnish with pineapple chunks or strawberries and a straw. Jazz them up with an ounce of good vodka per person and you have a party!

Fruity cocktail recipes have been around since Mr. Ngiam Tong Boon, chief bartender at Raffles Hotel in Singapore brought forth the Singapore Sling one momentous evening about a hundred years ago. He combined equal parts of cherry brandy, Benedictine and gin in a cocktail shaker, added a splash each of Angostura bitters, Grenadine, Cointreau and lime juice and presented it in a tall frosted glass garnished with a chunk of fresh pineapple. An immediate hit, this delectable drink has been served ever since to anyone who visits Raffles Long Bar - and if you listen well, you can hear Somerset Maugham and Ernest Hemingway talking quietly to each other while they enjoy their Singapore Slings.
A cocktail is a beautiful thing a tall, frosted glass, garnished with colorful fruits and a little umbrella, of course! But you dont need any special instructions to create your own signature fruity cocktail recipe use what you have. Youll need a large jar with a well-fitting lid to start with. Pour a bottle of good quality vodka (the top shelf kind) into the jar and start adding whatever fresh fruit you have strawberries, blackberries, mango, oranges, limes, an apple perhaps and some pineapple chunks. Place the jar in a cool dark place and leave it there for a month or so. While youre not watching, the fruits will soak in the vodka, imparting their own delicious flavors and hey presto, you now have your own unique fruity cocktail recipe as a base for inventive cocktails you can call your own.

Unfortunately, most bartenders today dont use fresh fruits for their fruity cocktail recipes because it takes too long. They use canned fruits, which allow them to mix their drinks quickly and conveniently. But if you use fresh fruits in the manner described above, youll find that your cocktails have all the flavors and perfumes of the fruits youve used without the preservatives and artificial flavors which canned fruits have. Your signature cocktails deserve the best ingredients you can provide take the extra time and make your own fruity cocktail base for them. Theyll be uniquely yours and youll find that your friends will want to know how you mixed them thatll be your secret!

When garnishing your cocktails, use fresh fruits which match the flavors of the fruits you used when making your cocktail base try freezing fresh raspberries in ice cubes to add to the drink and use orange wheels as a garnish on your frosted glasses. Fresh fruits add color and perfume to the drink and when your cocktails are presented, light a few scented candles and place them around the bar to set the scene.

About the Author:
Carolyn Donohue is an expert on cocktail recipes. If you want to learn to create your own unique, great tasting fruity cocktail recipes at your next party, visit http://www.cocktailrecipesmadeeasy.com.




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