Long Island
ELI TSVETKOVA | June 17, 2009 | No comments



(Votes 28, average: 5.00 of 5)


Well here is finally reached by the Long Island Ice Tea. A relatively new and relatively popular cocktail with us. I hear many people in recent times as he tried, and how is a new favorite cocktail. Cafes, by definition, everything is new and popular add to his menu. The most common reaction cocktail is that after only one glass feel as if you drank half a liter of brandy. What's the secret?
I will not deny that in a prescription of Long Island Ice Tea has a lot of alcohol. And not just that a lot of alcohol, there are many different types of alcohol. What most browse by shelves in cafes is put in this cocktail: vodka, gin, tequila, rum and Triple Sec. Unfortunately, most bartender to omit Triple sec-enabled, but without him we get really rich and heavy cocktail. The moment the rapid obzemanje in the number of alcoholic drinks in him. You know yourself that if you mix alcoholic beverages much easier can you "catch". Well this cocktail in a glass you get five types of alcohol, and get two glasses of it double. The only thing that is not tea, which could be expected under the name of the cocktail, but when you taste a bit like a tea, because it garnish with a slice of lemon.
The recipe for the first time was made somewhere in the seventies, even compared with most classic recipes that were invented in the thirties, it is a relatively new cocktail. Is called the biggest island in the U.S. - Long Island, and is very popular and in television series and films.
Ingredients
• 15 ml vodka
• 15 ml gin
• 15 ml tequila
• 15 ml rum
• 15 oz Triple sec
• 20 oz sour mix
• Coca Cola
PREPARATION
All ingredients except Coke-a, are put in shejker, add ice and shake. In the end, thrown in a high glass and supplemented by Coca Cola to the top of the glass. I garnish with a slice of lemon.
Of course, do this with good brands of alcohol as: Absolut, Beefeater, 1800Tequila, Baccardi, Cointreau and get excellent flavor.
Sour Mix
previously prepared mixture of equal amounts of lemon juice and lime juice, promeshani in shejker with ice. This mix is usually prepared from fresh pressed fruit and then stored in the refrigerator for several days for the preparation of cocktails because it is a common ingredient in many drinks. Taste, you can add a little sugar.
I personally prefer the cocktail instead of sour mix add pineapple juice, which will give much more pleasant and milder flavor.
This recipe is the basis for many variations that slightly differ from him, like: Electric Lemonade, Purple Rain, Blue Motorcycle, etc..
Fifth NAJCHUDNI drinks
Gurman ™ | Jun. 10, 2009 | No comments




A taste of Pepsi yoghurt
Of course you wonder who could think of this marvel? We believe that most of you would first think of Japan. And you're right! Pepsi white appeared last October as part of a line of winter products. Probably the only Pepsi product that can gets in summer.

ON garlic juice
Although they know that once consumed greater amounts of garlic will smell like at least 8 hours, however, South Koreans can not resist this "refreshing" drink. Certainly not the happiest choice if you go to a meeting, or private business, but this is a special way of refreshing these people. Onion option is also available.

Cannabis
Or the original: Swiss Cannabis Drink. Manufacturers claim that is made of hemp do not contain THC (what makes you "high"). Some of these products were already shopping.
Soda egg
This is a typical case of one drink turns into bizarre interesting. Want to do? Then take milk, mix it with egg yolks, add soda and Drink the end do not tell anyone. Eventually a Vietnamese or Vietnamka. Only they can understand what you've done.

LIQUID CHEESE
We and the champion in this category. And normally, we return again to Japan. Make three flavors: wild fruit, plain and citrate. The manufacturer believes that it is both a good drink, fluency cheese can be used as a sauce for salads. Strange are these Japanese. Although, I already knew that.
HOW DO wine (1 part)
Gurman ™ | April 9, 2010 | No comments




Although there are basic rules for combining wine and food are easy to follow and use, yet often make errors that adversely affect your sense of taste and of course pleasure. Now we will try to mention the worst combinations of certain foods and wine.
Champagne
One of the most common mistakes is the combination of champagne and a piece of cake. This wine has a bitter taste of non builds super sweet taste of cake. That would be how to put detonator in your mouth.
CABERNET SAUVIGNON
The worst combination would be Cabernet Sauvignon with a white fish which is divided into fragments, supplemented with some winter vegetables. Not only will lose the taste of fish and vegetables but will become acidic. Probably no desire to eat fish skiselena.
Mojito, my first Cocktail
ELI TSVETKOVA | June 4, 2009 | One Comment



(34 votes, average: 4.88 of 5)


Who was the first cocktail I have tried? Evening out with my friends, a spot where the happy-hour menu added a cocktail called a Mojito. They are ordering, so I thought that this must be something fancy, something that obviously is in vogue and probably should try. Indeed, when someone who never tried a cocktail will ask you what to order, the answer to his report must be well thought out, or to condemn a man to life filled with beer or wine.
The first cocktail that will recommend a really big responsibility. You should meet expectations, which usually require sweetness, acidity and little of course, good taste. Indeed, people first taste cocktail expect it to be easy, sweet and possibly does not feel the alcohol in it. If you work for the summer, then the choice is really easy. A perfect cocktail can you enter the world of koktelite - Mojito!
Unfortunately, another koktelite in our cafes which is relatively new and which of course is prepared incorrectly. I suppose like any (less) residual state and we want to follow world trends. According to my knowledge, Mojito cocktail coffee bars began to popularize the past two summers, characterizing it as a refreshing summer drink that's totally fine ... just had an unfortunate "date" with one of my Mojito cocktails, which by some coincidence wandered parsley instead of mint. However, to see how really prepared this summer cocktail.
Ingredients
• 70 ml white rum
• 30 oz lime juice (or lemon)
• 35 oz sherbet
• about 10 fresh mint leaves (mint)
• sparkling mineral water
PREPARATION
The metal part of shejkerot Place 6-7 mint leaves, add the sherbet and lime juice. The pestle istolchete the mixture, until you get consistency. Then add the Havana Club rum and the shejkerot supplemented with ice and shake. Then, contents are shejkerot proceduva cedalka through and serve in tall glass filled with ice. Supplemented in January with gaziranata cup mineral water, with other garnirajte 3-4 mint leaves and few pieces of lemon or lime.
If you have not previously made sorbet, sherbet instead you can put 2 tablespoons sugar, but be careful when he tolchenjeto fully melt. If you have a little cocktail posladok taste, you can use Sprite instead of 7up or sparkling mineral water.
By way of preparation see that the ingredients are shejkerot proceduvaat in the glass, which means that we should not have pieces of mint in the glass, or God forbid that, whole papers. And just as a small addition - mentata is actually a Latin name of the mint, which to us is available in large quantities, and only use your Mojito fresh mint leaves. White rum can use from any brand. Here is the most easily accessible Baccardi. Nice fun and I hope that this cocktail and you enter you in the generation of new consumers cocktail.
Manhattan
ELI TSVETKOVA | June 1, 2009 | No comments



(22 votes, average: 5.00 of 5)


Another classic drink, who along with Martin is probably the most popular cocktails of the past century and even longer than that. In its century of existence has suffered many changes, particularly in relation to kolichinskiot ingredients. Manhattan cocktail made with whiskey, sweet vermouth and Bitter. Very rare cocktail here, probably because of the large quantity of whiskey which I pulled the high price of cocktails, but that does not mean that if we had, really would not be popular cocktail.
Similar to the other bombs that are older more than 100 years history and origins are a little pale, so there are several variants of the story. One is that the cocktail was first served in the 80 years since the 19th century in a Manhattan club, which had a much larger amount of sweet vermouth in cocktail as prepared today. Another variant is that the first was made in Manhattan to bar Ms. Randolph Churchill, or the mother of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who was the daughter of a U.S. millionaire. The most likely history is that he is one of the five bombs that were taken as characteristics of the five areas of New York - Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island.
The original recipe included r'zh of whiskey, but today is usually prepared with bourbon whiskey. The best known brand of bourbon are: Four Roses, Buffalo Trace, Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Maker's Mark, Wild Turkey and Woodford Reserve. Here I will say that Jack Daniel's and Johnnie Walker, which are typically present whiskey with us, do not fall into the group of bourbon whiskey, because it is the Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey, and Johnnie Walker is Scotch (Scotch), or Scottish whiskey.
"AVIATION" Cocktail
ELI TSVETKOVA | May 26, 2009 | No comments



(23 votes, average: 5.00 5)


For this cocktail have really interesting story. New York, September 2007, together with my friend from Belgrade Nikola go to cocktails. One friend told him that there is a good place to Hudson Street, where we find a good manner. After about half an hour walk we managed to find the location, but it really seemed nearly to the cocktail bar.
Small hall with a round table and crystal ball for witchcraft, just as those who were in Cassandra. A small neon sign that wrote "Psychic", ie "Witch". The table on the other hand, older aunt who probably should be oracle, and right behind it, heavy red curtains. I listened to music Damp, but so quiet that the ear can not determine whether the oracle comes from behind or from another bar down the street. Outside stood a boy who we open the door ... Behind the curtains, the music that barely doslushuva outside and complete transformation.
Great effect teleportiranje from one to another dimension. Spacious bar, brown wooden floors, shiny bottles behind the bar and interiors inspired by the twenties era prohibicijata. Nicholas I and the angle of bar and of course, started chatting loudly and waited for the barman to come and take our order. He comes to pure Serbian does not ask to have some. Another pleasant surprise. Named Dusan was one of the bar owners. He offered to try the cocktail of his taste, then serve our pale white drink garnished with a cherry. Told us that they are called Aviation Cocktail.
It was something phenomenal delicious. Instantly had a new favorite cocktail. I asked him who are the ingredients, and he laughed and said: "Aviation cocktail: engines, planes, trucks. Therefore, today you can see him Aviation cocktail:
Ingredients
• 70 ml gin
• 20 oz maraskino
• 20 ml lemon juice
PREPARATION
All ingredients are put in shejker and shake. Serve in a cocktail glass and garnish with lemon tvist.
Cocktail is invented somewhere in the thirties and is still a classic cocktail. The original recipe included crème de violette, which is very unusual liqueurs to flavor and color of the flower sinolichka very difficult to find in stores, so was excluded from use over the years. Maraskino however, liqueurs, which is derived from maraska cherry, which is used in processing the cherry, along with seeds, leaves and handles, making liqueurs that gets taste like almond. This kind of cherries are grown in the region of Dalmatia, Croatia, Zadar and especially around Northern Italy. A brand of liqueurs is maraskino Luxardo, produced in Italy.
Aviation Cocktail is truly one of the best cocktails that my sample which has an excellent balance between sweet and sour and a gin and liqueurs maraskino excellent agree. Although there are only three ingredients, there are many complex, subtle but balanced taste. If you have not tried until now, just try to find the ingredients and taste!
IT'S TIME FOR COSMO
ELI TSVETKOVA | May 8, 2009 | No comments



(25 vote, average: 5.00 of 5)


Cosmopolitan cocktail is one of the products of popular culture of the 90s, launched a series Sex and the City. Many wrongly convicted of "women drink, its popularity declined dramatically in recent years in America. However, Cosmote deserves to gain a place in the list of classic recipes.
Cosmpolitan is really simple to do. It adds blueberry juice (or fruits) and gets slightly pink-colored, which is another reason why he was labeled as feminine drink. Its history is not exactly known. It is assumed that began to make ready in 80 as a variation of Harpoon cocktail, who was integral to popularized a type of juice in the 60s. This assumption is complicate when during the 90s that was uvideno cocktail much like Cosmo, based giant was promoted in a book for cocktails since 1934. But regardless of whatever is history, nepobiven is that the popularity of cocktails in the last 20 years. Large manufacturers of alcoholic beverages even have cocktail used as the subject of a major campaign to advertise its products. And really too bad here at all or not very often can be found on menus.
Ingredients
• 45 ml vodka with taste of lemon
• 15 oz Triple sec
• 25 oz blueberry juice or berries
• 15 ml lemon juice green (2 pieces of lime)
PREPARATION
It takes a cocktail glass, put it in a mixture of ice and water and leave to cool (may be earlier Cool, if you kept in the refrigerator). Meanwhile, in a cocktail glass mix all ingredients, add ice, shejkerot close and shake. Then strain into a cocktail glass Cover the cooled earlier. It is advisable to use the cedalka proceduvanjeto for the cup to drop a piece of ice shejkerot. I garnish with a slice of lemon peel, which are rubbing on the edge of the cup and then placed in a drink with bark turned up.
Based on its ingredients, Cosmo is a cocktail of the family of so-called "acid bombs" (sour cocktails), who prepared the three basic ingredients - basic alcohol (vodka), sweetener (Triple Sec) and zakiseluvach taste (lemon juice) . Original recipe is made with lemon juice s green lime, but my guess is that it is only because in America the green lemon is much easier and cheaper available from our yellow lemon. So if you do not have green lemon, free cooked it with plain lemon yellow. Vodka with taste of lemon can use from any brand (Absolut Citrus, Belvedere Lemon ...), you can find in major markets. Triple sekot it is actually flavored liqueurs orange. One of the most famous brands is Cointreau. Also I have noticed that there Triple sec and Badel, which costs around 400 per day. and is significantly cheaper than Sointreau, and both can easily obtain.
Interest in the cocktail that barmenite in America have a special name for it which helps make it easier to memorize the ingredients: L ove t he C ity L ights (L emon vodka, T riple sec, C ranberrie juice, L ime juice) .
The health and eat responsibly!
True Martin
ELI TSVETKOVA | May 1, 2009 | No comments



(22 votes, average: 5.00 of 5)


When did begin to talk about Martin, everything starts from the sentence "Everything is in purity, innocence, brightness and clarity" ... maybe this sounds a bit contradictory, given that it comes to alcohol where the type and even less reason never We clean the irresponsible consumption, but it is a cocktail if perfectly prepared, is crystal clear reflection.
Since you will immediately release the dilemmas that makes you think you have actually tried this thing - It was gone! So, I must start by expressing my great disappointment that this terrible cocktail improperly served in our catering facilities, if any of you are on the menu. That's incorrect, which is not even Martin. Many big misconception is that our bartender who learned how to make cocktails from our other bartender who do not know how to make bombs, they think that if you take the bottle which reads "Martin" and you serve in a cocktail glass, that you gave to Martini drink. Instead, you gave to drink dry vermouth. Vermouth is a type of wine while fortificirano ingredient which is in a very small amount of 10 milligrams is used for the preparation of cocktails Martin, but much of that consists only of him. The company that produces that particular vermouth called Martini-Rossi and normal because the bottle says "Martini". And this problem occurs here misinterpretacija of terms. There are dry and sweet vermouth, with a dry ingredient for Martin, is a sweet cocktail ingredient of Manhattan (which you'll learn how to prepare it in a next time).
Now that you know are not doing, to see how to do Martinito. Cocktail is 150 years old and of course, through the years have developed many variations, but always maintained traditional and original recipe. Namely, Martini made with gin and dry vermouth and mix. Today, too often replaces gin with vodka and mixing with shaking, although it is called regular vodka-Martini. Many big impact this has on the character of James Bond with his vodka martini, shake it wants, not promeshano.
Ingredients
• 10 oz dry vermouth
• 100 ml gin (or vodka)
• The cocktail garnish with olive or lemon tvist (piece of lemon peel)
PREPARATION
It takes a previously cold cocktail glass. Cooling of the bowl you can achieve if we leave a few minutes to cool in the freezer, or if you leave to stand for several minutes filled with a mixture of broken ice and water. This is of particular importance to the clarity and taste of martinito. Mix with a spoon, or the demands of the younger generation of consumers, the shake and shejker proceduva in glass.
You should be careful not to slip a piece of ice in the glass before serving, so as to disrupt brightness.
Cheers. Consume responsibly!
SMUDI?
Maja Ballsh | April 20, 2009 | No comments



(24 votes, average: 5.00 of 5)


I'm sure some of you heard of "smudi (original smoothie), but for many people this word means nothing. In short, it is kind of drink, similar to milshejkot, frappe and lisuado, but with one important difference: smudi is a healthy fruit drink.
Besides being healthy, this drink may be a little expensive, depending on where it suits your imagination and desire and in what time of year you're doing. But if you solved your dinner party or gathering of friends to offer something really fancy, then look below, you will be interested.
This smudi in 3 colors, for 30 minutes:
Ingredients
GREEN SMUDI
• 3 kiwi, peeled and isechkani
• ½ green melon (preferably), with seeds removed, and izlupena isechkana
• 150 ml soda
PINK SMUDI
• 100 gr. strawberries or raspberries, sechkani
• 1 banana, chopped and izlupena
• 150 ml milk or soy milk
Yellow SMUDI
• ½ mango, without seeds, and roughly izlupeno isechkano
• 1 papaya, without seeds, and roughly izlupena isechkana
PREPARATION
For each smudi, place nuts in food processor blendirajte even become a paste. Add the liquid (water or milk) and pour it into a tall serving glasses. For an extra fancy look, add some low fat fruit yogurt and gently place on top fresh mint leaves.
Blendiranoto fruit or fruit puree can be stored in freezer up to three months. So you can keep frozen fruit or fruit puree to have smudi at any time.
Of course, this is my choice of fruit, because the contrast of colors and freshness of flavor, and you do smudi of your choice and write to us to try we.
LET'S CAFE!
Gurman ™ | April 13, 2009 | No comments




The culture of drinking coffee is a long presence in European and American tradition. With the intention of drinking culture we say, because drinking coffee is an event that carries with it social dimension. Here is your favorite coffee drink and slowly but surely she takes the primacy of the yellow brandy. The drinks at each occasion: with friends, colleagues, relatives and neighbors with when they come away with poubavata half the faculty, when kidneme of hours of meetings, after a night with alcohol, cigarette in the morning with a roster ... almost endless. Favorite sentence that I'm hearing and spoke at least once a day is "Come for coffee!". There is nothing better than a cup of coffee with friends in one of the terraces of the numerous cafes, while the sun gently caressing you Mon cheeks.
But what makes coffee so attractive, besides the companionship that gives us is the large number of varieties and species offered. Literally and most can find coffee that will meet their criteria. The list that follows does not aspire to cover all variations of coffee because it is nevomozhno in this type of text, but rather is an attempt to present some of the flavor, most of us are gone and you will find only if you leave beyond our borders. A, where and what coffee you can drink in Skopje on a next occasion.
Now I surrendered to the tastes of magic. Allowed themselves to imagine where and with whom to drink coffee:
CAFE nifty - although we know that any coffee while boiling smells nice and the kitchen fills with perfect calm, there are so-called sweet coffees that can be seasoned and scented with soft notes, which resemble the smell of flowers. Such coffee is Organic Blend, and Mocha Sidamo.
Intensive COFFEE - these are rich coffee taste and they are often said to be strong coffees. Not because they have much caffeine in them, but because prisutvoto strong depth of flavor. For example, French Continental Blend is a great way to end dinner on a Sunday afternoon in the company of extended family.
Spiced Coffee - aromatic coffees in exotic shades of cinnamon, pepper and cloves. Usually they come from the Far East or India. If you want medium dark roast coffee, then Monsooned Malabar e right choice.
Chocolate Coffee - smooth and aromatic coffee, which after you swallow leaves a soft hint of vanilla. This coffee is a small, almost slightly bitter, which recalls the taste of dark chocolate. It's best to drink not too late, a nice home right after dinner.
Fruit Coffee - gently sweetish taste with fruit nuances. Experts have discovered that praised the notes of green apple, citrate and forest fruits. This type of coffee is refreshing and full of spunk.
Sweet Coffee - some coffees are sweet, but that has nothing to do with the addition of sugar in them. It is soft and not very strong coffee that carries the caramel I or fruit. La Laguna Kostarikanskoto coffee is that you take a walk on fields with American coffee.
CAFE silk - this coffee is chocolate, sweet or spiced nuances. It leaves a soft taste in the mouth and can be drunk in any part of the day.
Which coffee you choose, we are confident that you will enjoy the magic of smell and taste. If he tries to socialize with your closest people and makes superb coffee bartender, you have roamed the wide corridors of pleasure.
Wine tasting? Ever and is not very difficult
Gurman ™ | April 5, 2009 | No comments



Degustiranjeto wine are completely different from his drinking. There are several important things that need to pay attention, otherwise the assessment will be a pure failure, and possibly, to be despised by those who are their recommended wine.
Basic things to see in this drink are: appearance, smell, touch and taste. If you fail to properly specify these four characteristics, then you do not escape the title Master of Wine in your company.
Appearance
View wine, preferably in daylight. To reduce the possibility to have sinned, you should shake the cup and when you look at it to make the white background. What do you see? Whether the wine is clear or blurry? The color will vary depending on how the wine in question. Especially red wines vary greatly in terms of color. For example: Merlot wine has rubinovo-red color, while Cabernet wine is darker, deeper shade of red. As aging red wine, you can see reddish-brown hues of the margins. Aging of white wines, however, they carry the spirit of the golden color.
Scent
Our sense of smell is the key with which we opened the gates to the world of wine and the pleasures which it served us. In order to find aroma, turn the wine into the cup very quickly. While it stains the walls of the cup at the same time it releases its bouquet. What is important is that flavorings may be different, depending on how deep it collects your nose in the glass. At the opening of the cup, aroma is more flowery and fruity. As you go deeper into the cup, it becomes richer and thicker. Try to find the whole range of flavors: floral, wooden, seasoned, granular ... particular attention to the contact strength and attractiveness of the scent.
Touch
Touch does not mean that we should literally put his fingers in a glass of wine! When it comes to touch the wine, think of the feeling that gives birth to the wine in contact with your tongue. In that case it must answer several questions. Are there sharp or soft touch? Is creates a refreshing energy to the edges of your tongue? Is it smooth? Gallic (I added the red wine to prevent its deterioration) will act on the barbed tongue. Young red wines usually have more tannin. Ideal touch presupposes the existence of mature soft - velvety feeling in the mouth.
Taste
This is the last step and is taken only after we use them all the senses. When wine tastes We propose take small sips, turn it into a circle, show them all the receptors on your tongue and keep it in the mouth shortly before you swallow. Does the wine taste the same as its aroma? Is it sweet, sour, or crunchy? Is it easy or full? When you taste more wines, it is best not to swallow but to pluknete. If you already swallow, then make sure you have felt finish - the taste of wine after you swallow. It will give answer to the last important question - what is the feeling that remains on your gums?
Chocolate Cube
Gurman ™ | Feb. 6, 2010 | No comments



(3 votes, average: 5.00 of 5)

Maja Nikolovski-Petrovski
Veles
This is one of many recipes that we send our readers and lovers of cooking. Maya will make this weekend really sweet. The recipe called chocolate ice and a great dessert After the main meal.
Ingredients (10 pieces)
Dough
• 140 grams butter
• 140 grams sugar
• 140 grams of walnuts, crushed
• 4 eggs
• 3 rows of dark chocolate
• jam
• baking powder
• 1 tablespoon bread crumbs lebni
For the filling
• 50 g butter
• 50 grams of cooking chocolate
PREPARATION
Izmatete the butter gradually add sugar, one by one zholchkite, lebnite crumbs, walnuts, rendanoto chocolate, baking powder and cream solid 4's maybe the eggs.
Resulting dough paste it into a roasting pan and then bake in oven at moderate temperature. Once done, leave to cool slightly. Then, brush it with jam and optional glaze (50 grams melted butter with 50 grams of chocolate).
Cut it in cubes and servirajte.