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How to make refreshing Mojitos?
MOREStep 1: Gather Your Ingredients
Collect fresh mint leaves, white rum, fresh limes, sugar,
club soda, and ice.
Step 2: Prepare the Glass
Chill a highball or Collins glass by placing it in the freezer or filling it with ice water. This ensures your Mojito stays cold from the first sip.
Step 3: Muddle the Mint
In the chilled glass, gently muddle 8-10 fresh mint leaves with 1 oz of fresh lime juice and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Press the leaves just enough to release the minty aroma.
Step 4: Add Rum and Ice
Pour 2 oz of white rum into the glass. Fill the glass with crushed ice, leaving some space at the top for the addition of soda water.
Step 5: Top with Soda Water
Top off the mixture with club soda or sparkling water, leaving about half an inch from the rim. This creates the effervescent finish characteristic of a Mojito.
Step 6: Stir Gently
Use a bar spoon or the muddler to stir the ingredients gently. This ensures even distribution of flavors and chills the cocktail effectively.
Step 7: Garnish
Garnish your Mojito with a sprig of fresh mint and a lime wheel. Optionally, add a slice of cucumber or a few berries for a creative touch.
Step 8: Enjoy Responsibly
Sip and savor your refreshing Mojito. Adjust the sweetness or acidity to your liking, and relish the crisp combination of mint, lime, and rum.
Crafting refreshing Mojitos is an art that combines precision with creativity. By understanding the nuances of each ingredient and following the steps outlined in this guide, you'll be well-equipped to make Mojitos that are not only refreshing but also a testament to the classic cocktail craftsmanship. Cheers to enjoying the vibrant flavors of a perfectly crafted Mojito!
Port and Brandy
Pair it with rich chocolate desserts like flourless chocolate cake or chocolate truffles.
Strong, rich
- Port 4.5 cl
- Brandy 3 cl
Any Glass of your Choice
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Port and Brandy Recipe
Pour the port and brandy into a brandy snifter. Stir well, and serve.
Port
Vinho de Porto as it is called in Portuguese, or simply Port is a Portuguese fortified wine produced in Douro Valley of Northern Portugal. It is sweet, thick red wine, headier than heavier than regular wine, and is usually higher in alcohol content than unfortified wines.
The production process of a Port is responsible for this higher alcohol content and sweeter and thicker texture. In the production of a Port, fermentation is halted before all the sugar is converted to alcohol and then distilled grape spirits are added to it to fortify it.
Port wine is now produced in many different regions and countries including Argentina, Australia, Canada, France, India, South Africa, Spain, and the United States, but under the European Union Protected Designation of Origin guidelines, only wines from Portugal are allowed to be labelled a PORT.
Port comes in several styles, which can be divided in two broad categories, wines matured in glass bottles and wines matured in wooden barrels.
Port matured in sealed glass bottles, due to lack of exposure to air, goes through reductive ageing, the wine loses colour very slowly and the resulting wine is smooth and bright red, while wood barrel matured port, has some exposure to oxygen due to the permeability of wood and goes through oxidative ageing, and they lose colour faster and lose some volume through evaporation too, resulting in a slightly viscous wine.
Ruby port is the product of a reductive ageing, and the process retains its bright red colour and full bodied taste, while Tawny Ports are ports made from red grapes that are aged in wooden barrels which end up giving then a tawny-brown or golden-brown colour. The flavour too is nutty instead of the fruity flavour of a Ruby.Brandy
Brandy, simply put, is a distilled wine. It is categorised under Distilled Alcoholic Beverages along with Whiskey, Rum, Gin, Vodka and Tequila, but it's in a way a cross connection between Fermented liquor and distilled liquor. A Brandy typically containts 35% to 60% Alcohol by Volume ( 70-120 US proof ) and is usually consumed as an after dinner digestif.
Although Brandy is generally classified as a liquor produced by distilling wine, in a broader sense, this encompasses liquors obtained from the distillation of either pomace ( the soild remains of grapes after mashing and extraction of juice for wine making ) or fruit mash or wine.
It may be noted that Brandy like Gin is also one of the original Water of Life or eau de vie, carried over from the medieval tradition of an aquaous solution of ethanol used as a medicine.
The history of Brandy is closely tied to the development of commercial distillation in and around the 15th Century. In early 15th Century French Brandy made way for a new cross-Atlantic trade or Triangle Trade and replaced Portuguese Fortified Wine or Port from the central role it played in trade, mostly due to the higher alcohol content of the Brandy and ease of transport. However by the late 17th Century, Rum replaced Brandy as the exchange alcohol of choice in the Triangle Trade. More info on Wikipedia for the interested Brandy aficionados. Note that an Apricot Brandy can refer to the liquor (or Eau de Vie, Water of Life) distilled from fermented apricot juice or a liqueur made from apricot flesh and kernels.
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