Sambuca (sambuca) – Italian 38-42-degree anise liqueur, whose roots are lost in the Middle Ages, which, in addition to ordinary and star anise, includes: wheat alcohol, sugar, extract from elderberry flowers and berries, aromatic herbs.
In its classic (Italian) form, sambuca is drunk from ordinary shots.
sambuca cocktail recipes
How to drink sambuca
Burning stack
The most unassuming way. Sambuca is set on fire in a glass, blazes for up to 10 seconds, then the flame is blown out with a strong exhalation, and the liquor is drunk in one gulp.
Two glasses
50-70 milliliters of liquor is poured into the snifter, previously warmed from the inside with a match or a lighter.
After that, the drink is set on fire and burns for 10-20 seconds.
During combustion, it is advisable to slowly rotate the glass around its axis so that it does not burst due to overheating.
Next, the burning liquor is poured into old fashion and covered with the previous one.
When the air-deprived fire goes out, the upper glass in the same position is moved to a saucer prepared in advance, covered with a napkin with the short end of the cocktail tube threaded into it.
In conclusion, you need to drink the heated sambuca in one gulp and inhale several times through the tube the couples that have accumulated under the first of the glasses.
Three coffee beans
In the homeland of sambuca, they prefer to drink liquor “with flies”. In the role of “flies” are three coffee beans that are thrown into a glass of drink.
Grains, representing health, happiness and wealth, are used as a kind of snack.
At the same time, they should be only slightly roasted, since coffee beans that are very roasted can spoil the aftertaste of the drink.
chilled
Sambuca (sambuca) is also good to drink heavily chilled. To do this, put the bottle in the freezer for 20-30 minutes, after which you can drink the drink in hot weather under a symbolic slice of lemon or orange slice.
With milk
Some lovers of sambuca recommend drinking it with fresh cold milk, which, according to them, gives rise to indescribable taste sensations.
In addition, as is the case with other Italian spirits, a few drops of sambuca can be added to coffee, getting one of the many varieties of coffee coretto.
Extreme for showmen (Vzboltay does not recommend doing this)
The method consists in setting fire to the drink directly in the mouth.
Sambuca is taken into the mouth, then the lips are carefully wiped, the head is thrown back and the mouth is opened, the bartender, who has stuffed his hand, sets fire to the drink.
Then you should wait for a slight sensation of warmth, close your mouth and swallow the liquor.
Video how to drink sambuca
Sambuca in mixes and cocktails
A classic mix is sambuca with cold water, ordinary or mineral, in proportions of 1:1 or 1:2. In this case, one should not pay attention to the turbidity of the resulting drink. It is caused not by the poor quality of the liquor, but by the abundance of the same essential oils in it.
Also, sambuca with champagne (proportion 1:5) enjoys some popularity. The liqueur set on fire is poured into a glass of champagne, after which the resulting vapors should be inhaled, and then the resulting substance should be drunk.
As for sambuca cocktails, layered drinks prevail here. Among the most popular cocktails, we should mention Fiery, Hiroshima, Kazantip.
Relevance: 28.06.2015
Tags: Liqueurs, Liqueurs, Tinctures