Non-alcoholic cocktails are designed to quench your thirst, but their huge variety can decorate any party, especially in the summer heat. These are soft drinks, smoothies, necks, fruit drinks and fizzy. They delight not only children, but also adults, and the abundance of seasonal fruits allows you to come up with your own recipes at least every day.
However, there are classic, long-loved recipes that invariably go into top 5 best non-alcoholic cocktails.
5. Virgin Mary
This is a non-alcoholic version of “Bloody Mary”, a delicious, spicy and nutritious vegetable smoothie that can become an original and satisfying lunch or afternoon snack. To make it, 300 ml of tomato juice is added to taste Wurcestershire sauce and Tabasco, a teaspoon of horseradish and a quarter of lemon juice (can be replaced with half a lime). All this is sprinkled with salt and black pepper and shaken with ice. This cocktail is decorated with a celery stick. At lunch, you can serve it with a slice of black bread.
4. Lemon Egg Leg
Egg Egg is a classic cocktail that is served in English-speaking countries for Christmas. But more popular is not his main recipe, but a refreshing lemon.
For it, you will need two eggs, 200 ml of cherry and pineapple juice, sugar, mint leaves and lemon wedges. Beat egg yolks with sugar until foam and mix with pineapple juice. Separately beat whites with sugar, which are mixed with cherry juice. At the bottom of the glass, put chopped lemon slices, and then pour the cherry mixture first, and then gently pineapple on the knife. The cocktail is decorated with mint and a slice of lemon.
In the main recipe, sugar syrup, vanilla extract, ground cardamom, cinnamon and cloves are added to the beaten eggs. And then, constantly whipping this mixture, 600 ml of milk is added to it little by little.
3. Classic lemonade
Always invigorating lemonade people have been drinking for more than one hundred years. And now it can be called the most refreshing soft drink.
For its traditional preparation, peeled lemon and orange are needed, which should be cut into cubes and folded into a carafe. After this mass, you need to bite a little until the juice appears and add a sprig of fresh mint. A little boiling water is poured directly into the decanter and sugar syrup is added. All this is covered with ice and filled with water to a volume of 1 liter. When serving the drink, you can decorate with a slice of strawberries or an orange.
2. “Mint Cloud”
This milkshake is especially loved by children and women for its tenderness and taste of ice cream. It is very satisfying, therefore it is served as an independent dish for a snack or afternoon snack. Can replace a modest breakfast in the summer heat.
To prepare one serving, you will need 100 ml of milk and ordinary milk ice cream or ice cream, as well as 20 ml of mint syrup, a sprig of mint and whipped cream.
First you need to whip the ice cream, milk and syrup in a blender. After pouring this mixture into a glass, it is decorated with cream and a sprig of mint and served to the table.
1. Non-alcoholic Champagne
The undisputed leader among non-alcoholic cocktails is Champagne for friends. It can become the main drink of a “dry” party or perfectly quench your thirst on the beach.
For its preparation, they take six lemons, two red apples, 75 grams of sugar, two liters of chilled apple juice and a liter of carbonated mineral water, mint leaves.
First, sugar is dissolved in lemon juice, freshly squeezed from lemons. To do this, the juice is gradually heated over a fire. After the sugar has dissolved, the juice is cooled.
In apples, the core should be removed and the slices cut into small pieces. Mix juice, sparkling water and syrup, and then pour apples into a common bowl and put mint leaves. After cooling the drink, it is poured into glasses and served with ice.
