It's hard to imagine New Year's Eve without a festive table. The hostesses come up with a suitable menu with original dishes, not forgetting about traditional champagne and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. New Year's cocktails will be a great addition to the usual drinks, making the holiday brighter and more cheerful. There are an incredible variety of recipes for all kinds of drinks, it remains only to choose the appropriate options, not forgetting about decorating the glasses. Guests will be pleasantly surprised when they see on the table not only standard dishes and drinks, but also a selection of interesting cocktails. Why not have a New Year's Eve party with interesting snacks, drinks and entertainment?
Alcoholic cocktails for the new year
The main thing in a cocktail is not only the components, but also the decoration.
When choosing recipes for New Year's alcoholic cocktails, pay attention to the following nuances:
- Ingredients. Choosing an exotic recipe, you will spend a lot of time looking for the necessary components. Perhaps you will not find some of the ingredients, and the taste of the drink will not be the same as it should be in the original. Choose those recipes in which the ingredients can be purchased without problems.
- The necks are insidious in that it is not immediately clear how drunk you are. And you can drink a lot of them. It is advisable to celebrate the New Year with a cheerful company, but not in a drunken stupor. Therefore, focus on making New Year's cocktails with a little alcohol.
- Find the right glasses or shot glasses for your drinks. Don't forget straws and decorations.
- If you don't have one, build something like a bar and try making cocktails for the new year with your own hands.
New Year's mulled wine
This winter drink is indispensable. Mulled wine is associated with warmth and family comfort, and this is very much appreciated by the hostess of the coming year - the Yellow Dog. How to prepare mulled wine? You will need:
- dry red wine,
- natural liquid honey,
- spices: cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, nutmeg,
- oranges, lemon, tangerines.
On a note! You can use a special set of spices for mulled wine, where the perfect combination of spices has already been selected.
So, let's start cooking:
- Pour the wine into a saucepan, put on fire.
- Pour spices (pinch at a time), diced oranges and tangerines into a saucepan.
- Squeeze juice from lemon, add to wine with spices.
- The final step will be the addition of honey.
- Bring the contents of the pan to a boil, but do not boil it, this is very important.
- We serve mulled wine at room temperature in beautiful ceramic cups.
Mulled wine is based on dry red wine
Sweet cocktail with gin
Gin is a very suitable alcoholic drink for the New Year's celebration. Try making an unusual gin shake at home. The following ingredients are required per serving:
- Gin - 30 grams
- 15 grams each of sweet white and dry vermouth
- 70 grams of orange juice
- Citrus peel as decoration
Use a shaker to shake all the ingredients and pour the cocktail into the glass immediately. Garnish with orange peel shavings and serve to guests. At the festive table, the cocktail will look delicious.
"Cosmopolitan"
A cocktail that girls love very much. Please the beautiful half of humanity with a beautiful exquisite drink, which consists of vodka (1/8 liter), apple juice (0.5 liter), Cointreau liqueur and Campari. Mix all the ingredients in a shaker, strain and pour into glasses, which are pre-decorated with icing from powdered sugar.The finishing touch will be a cherry or strawberry on the edge of the glass. Usually cocktails with vodka are too heavy, but Cosmopolitan is very pleasant, soft and tasty.
Banana cocktail
For one serving, shake together:
- 40 ml of brandy,
- 30 ml banana liqueur,
- one and a half cups heavy cream for whipping,
- ice cubes.
Next, strain the drink and serve it in tall glasses, sprinkle with grated bitter chocolate on top.
"Margarita"
Take glasses, dip the edges in lime juice, then in fine salt. Using a shaker, mix 40 ml of silver tequila, 15 ml of orange liqueur (prefer Cointreau) with freshly squeezed lime juice. Pour the strained drink into pre-prepared glasses and garnish with a slice of lime.
On a note! Lime can be replaced with lemon, but in the classic recipe, it is lime that is used, since the juice of this citrus gives a unique piquancy.
New Year cocktails with champagne
Celebrating the New Year without champagne is not possible. We strongly associate this drink with the New Year holidays. But why not get creative with the tradition and offer guests champagne cocktails for the new year? At the festive table, such a cocktail will look chic and original.
Cocktail with martini and champagne
Prepare 70 ml each of white vermouth and dry champagne, a quarter of a lemon, fresh mint and ice. Drink preparation:
- Place ice cubes in a glass.
- Pour in the champagne and martini.
- Add the juice squeezed from the lemon quarter.
- Stir the contents of the glass with a spoon.
- Garnish with a mint leaf and a lemon or lime wedge.
Cocktail "Tintoretto"
Pour 120 ml of champagne, 30 ml of pomegranate juice, 10 ml of sugar syrup into a glass. Mix the contents of the glass gently with a spoon and serve.
Please note that champagne cocktails should not be shaken to avoid a lot of foam. The ingredients should be well chilled. Use quality champagne so that the taste of a cheap drink doesn't spoil your cocktail.
Non-alcoholic cocktail recipes for the festive table for children and adults
New Year's cocktails without alcohol will please not only the little participants of the celebration, but also adults. Many do not drink alcohol, so tasty, bright, unusual drinks will be just very appropriate.
"Pina Colada" without alcohol
What do you need to make this sunny drink?
- 20 ml coconut syrup
- 30 ml heavy cream (22%)
- 70 ml pineapple juice
Cooking Pina Colada:
- Pour ice into a blender. Pour in pineapple juice, coconut syrup, then cream. Mix all ingredients until smooth.
- Take a special glass with a low stem, pour the cocktail into it. Garnish with a pineapple circle, a colorful cocktail umbrella, and a straw.
Cocktail "Tropical"
A delicious refreshing drink. New Year's non-alcoholic cocktails should be bright and rich in flavor. To make a tropical drink, you will need 250 ml of the following juices: orange, pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine juices. Mix all the juices, add some freshly squeezed lemon juice and a few tablespoons of citrus syrup. Whisk the resulting drink well, and you can pour it into beautiful glasses. Don't forget to add ice to your glasses and garnish them with cocktail umbrellas and orange or lemon wedges.
New Year's cocktails for children
Children's New Year's cocktails should be both tasty and healthy. Children will also want to raise their glasses to the chimes, so you should make sure that drinks are prepared for them on the table.
Strawberry banana cocktail
You will need the following ingredients:
- A couple of ripe bananas
- 5-6 strawberries (frozen berries can be used)
- Vanilla ice cream (5-6 tablespoons)
- A few spoons of sugar
Cut the bananas into pieces, beat all the ingredients until smooth.Pour the drink into beautiful glass glasses, garnish with strawberries, strawberries and banana slices.
Milk vanilla cocktail
Required products:
- 400 ml milk
- 40 grams of ice cream
- Vanillin
- Fruits / Berries
Preparing a milk shake is very simple:
- Whisk milk with ice cream and vanilla.
- Cut the fruit into pieces, add berries and fruits to taste, whisking.
- Pour the cocktail into glasses, decorate the drink with fruit pieces, berries, straws, cocktail umbrellas.
Baby mojito
A very popular drink in the classic version contains rum, sugar, lime, soda, ice and mint. He came to us from sunny Cuba, and few people have not tried this refreshing shake. Let's make an analogue of a mojito for children, naturally, without adding alcohol. It will turn out to be no worse than that of adults! Prepare these ingredients:
- 2 liters of sweet soda (a regular sprite works great)
- Lime (2-3 pieces) or one large lemon
- 60 grams of mint (fresh herbs needed)
- Any citrus fruits of your choice: oranges, lemons, grapefruits, tangerines, etc.
- Honey (sugar can be used)
- Ice cubes
Let's start cooking.
- Pour honey or sugar into a glass dish.
- Add thinly sliced lime and well-washed mint (first separate the leaves from the stems, we just need the leaves).
- Pour the contents of the jug with soda and leave in the refrigerator to infuse for several hours.
- Serve the mojito in tall glass glasses, on the bottom of which place the pulp of the selected citrus.
- Lime wedges are suitable as decoration.
- Don't forget ice and straws.
Conclusion
The coming New Year should be celebrated cheerfully, brightly and unforgettably. Try to surprise your guests with a variety of dishes and delicious New Year's cocktails. Let each of those present choose the drink that suits his taste. Do not be afraid to experiment, try new recipes, feel free to fantasize. Do not forget about decorating the glasses in which cocktails will be served, this is also a very important component of the New Year's Eve. Think over everything to the smallest detail, and the holiday will be unforgettable and splendid.
