By Brian Mitchell, Max Restaurant Group Beverage Director<\/p>\n
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This morning I appeared on the taping of Better Connecticut, on Channel WFSB 3 in Hartford. They had a special request to get a demo of the immediately popular\u00a0Fos\u00e9 Cocktail, which has popped up everywhere this summer. \u00a0They also asked for a couple other summer drink options to check out as well.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Fros\u00e9 can kind of be made in two different ways – 1 as a simply wine blended with ice, or a bit closer to a cocktail construction where we add flavors such as strawberry and lemon and keep a sense of wine and fruit in the drink. \u00a0With the first option, while simple, it tends to water down the “wine” aspect of the drink as the ice melts, therefore you get less impact of flavor. \u00a0With the second method it takes a little planning ahead but the results are definitely tasty.<\/p>\n
For the first method, you simply add your bottle of\u00a0ros\u00e9 wine the equal amounts of ice in a blender and blend until the ice is crushed and incorporated. Add to the glass and garnish as desired. Quick, easy and cold.<\/p>\n
For the Fros\u00e9 where we are making more of a cocktail style, here is what you do\u2026<\/p>\n
Strawberry Summer Fros\u00e9<\/strong> Preparation Bring sugar and \u00bd cup water to a boil in a medium saucepan; cook, stirring constantly, until sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes. Add strawberries, remove from heat, and let sit 30 minutes to infuse syrup with strawberry flavor. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a small bowl (do not press on solids); cover and chill until cold, about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n Put frozen ros\u00e9 into a blender. Other Summer Drinks:<\/p>\n Local Lemonade<\/strong> (Blueberry Version) Preparation Watermelon Crush<\/strong> (Snow Cone) Watermelon Juice – Depending on how much you want to make, juice some watermelon, but save the solids to infuse into the vodka for a few days. For single drinks \u2013 the ratio is about 3oz infused vodka, 3oz watermelon juice, 1oz lemon juice and 1\/2oz\u00a0basil\u00a0syrup to flavor For batches and the snow cones – juice the watermelon to make the base, then use the watermelon pulp to infuse the vodka for extra flavor, mix all and serve over crushed ice in a snow cone cup. A Straw helps.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ihr Top aktuelle Angebote, Rabatte und Aktionen : aldi s\u00fcd prospekt<\/a>, rewe prospekt<\/a>, saturn prospekt<\/a>, media-markt prospekt<\/a>, toom baumarkt prospekt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Brian Mitchell, Max Restaurant Group Beverage Director This morning I appeared on the taping of Better Connecticut, on Channel WFSB 3 in Hartford. They had a special request to get a demo of the immediately popular\u00a0Fos\u00e9 Cocktail, which has popped up everywhere this summer. \u00a0They also asked for a couple other summer drink options … <\/p>\n
\nIngredients:
\n1 x 750 ml bottle hearty, bold ros\u00e9 (such as a Pinot Noir, Malbec or Merlot ros\u00e9)
\nStrawberry syrup – \u00bd cup sugar infused with 8 ounces strawberries
\n\u2022 2\u00bd ounces fresh lemon juice<\/p>\n
\n1 750ml bottle of ros\u00e9 frozen (but not in the original bottle \u2013 need to move to a flexible container such as a plastic bag, ice tray or open top pan so the expanding ice will not burst the glass)
\nThis will take about 6 hours, but will not be completely frozen as alcohol has a very low freezing point<\/p>\n
\nAdd lemon juice, 3\u00bd ounces strawberry syrup, and 1 cup crushed ice and pur\u00e9e until smooth.
\nTransfer back to the\u00a0freezer and freeze until fros\u00e9 is thickened (aim for milkshake consistency), 30 minutes.
\nTo serve, blend again until Fros\u00e9 is slushy.
\nServe in coupe glasses and garnish with a strawberry.<\/p>\n
\nIngredients:
\n10 fresh blueberries
\n1oz Vodka
\n1oz Whiskey
\n\u00be oz Agave Syrup (1:1)
\n6oz Fresh Lemonade
\nGlass \u2013 16oz Tumbler
\nGarnish \u2013 lemon wheel<\/p>\n
\nAdd blueberries to glass and gently muddle
\nAdd vodka, whiskey and agave, fill with ice, top with lemonade and garnish<\/p>\n
\nIngredients:<\/p>\n
\nWatermelon infused vodka
\nBasil Syrup and Lemon Juice<\/p>\n
\nThis can be served in a mason jar over ice, garnish with a wedge of watermelon<\/p>\n