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It is always nice to arrange a home holiday for family and friends. What is not a wonderful reason to gather a large company and have a fun evening? However, there is not always the time and desire to start a whole dinner party. But this is not so necessary. You can invite everyone to a cocktail party and at the same time completely not bother with long tedious preparations. To do this, you will need a hardworking and reliable assistant-a KENWOOD kitchen machine.
Tropical whirlwind in a glass
Fruit punch is an ideal drink for a large company. First of all, you need to cut 400 g of pineapples and 3 peaches into cubes (you can use canned ones). Even with a sharp knife, it will take a long time. In addition, all the juice will spread on the cutting board, and we will need it. Therefore, it is better to use a nozzle for dicing. She will cut both a dense fibrous pineapple and a delicate velvety peach into a perfect cube in no time. At the same time, you will not lose a drop of juice. We also need to cut 3 oranges into circles, each of which is then cut in half. We combine pineapple, peach and orange together, pour 2-3 tablespoons of sugar, pour 100 ml of rum and let it stand in the refrigerator for an hour.
During this time, we will just cool 1 liter of dry white wine and 400 ml of champagne. Let’s dream a little with the serving. We lubricate the edges of a transparent punch bowl with honey and decorate it with confectionery sprinkles. At the bottom of the bowl, we spread a fruit assortment, pour a mixture of wine and champagne and put it on the table with a ladle and glasses. Let everyone help themselves.
Wine classics
Mulled wine is created for a home party when it’s cold outside the window. The drink will get a unique sound if you add freshly squeezed orange juice to it. It is easiest to prepare it with a citrus press attachment. It is enough to cut 2 oranges in half and squeeze the juice using a rotating cone with stainless steel blades. The nozzle is designed in such a way that you do not spray a drop of juice — it will all be in the bowl.
The remaining peel from the oranges will also be useful to us. We will grind it and add it to the wine for a rich aroma. The multifunctional multi-grinder nozzle will help us here. It is designed specifically for working with small volumes of products. In a matter of seconds, the sharpest blades will chop the orange peels into small pieces.
In addition to the orange, we will need 2 medium green apples, which we will peel and core, then cut into cubes. Here, the dicing nozzle will help us again. She will beautifully chop the apples so quickly that they will not have time to darken.
Now we turn to the main thing. We put the crushed orange peels, a stick of cinnamon, 2-3 stars of star anise, 5-6 peas of allspice and a pinch of cardamom in a saucepan. Fill the mixture with 1.5 liters of dry red wine, gently heat it over low heat and remove it as soon as white steam begins to swirl on the surface.
Cover the saucepan with a lid and let it brew for half an hour. Next, filter the mulled wine, add sugar, orange juice and apple cubes. We reheat the drink until it boils and immediately remove it from the heat. Do not forget, mulled wine is served hot.
Spicy sbiten golden
Treat your guests with a drink with a Russian flavor-a warming sea buckthorn sbiten. We will need fresh sea buckthorn berries to make juice from them. Here the nozzle-press for berries is absolutely indispensable. This is a unique nozzle designed specifically for the preparation of juices and purees from seedless berries of any density. It works on the principle of a powerful screw meat grinder, allowing you to extract the maximum amount of juice. Even with a large number of berries, the nozzle copes easily.
We put 600 g of washed sea buckthorn into the nozzle mouth, squeeze out the juice and put it in the refrigerator. We transfer the berry cake to a saucepan, add 2 sticks of cinnamon, 3-4 buds of dried cloves, 2-3 boxes of cardamom and nutmeg on the tip of a knife. Also, we will chop half of the orange together with the peel and add it to the cake. In order not to waste extra time on this, use a multi-grinder nozzle. Fill the contents of the saucepan with 700 ml of water and cook for 15-20 minutes on low heat.
Let the drink cool down, filter and dilute a little honey to taste, then send it to the refrigerator, ideally for the whole night. The next day, we heat the broth, pour sea buckthorn juice and 300 ml of red wine. Bring the sbiten to a boil and immediately remove from the heat. If there is not enough sweetness, put some more honey.
Chocolate rivers, banana banks
Children will definitely want to take part in a cocktail party. Treat them to a delicious chocolate-banana milkshake. To prepare it is a couple of trifles. Especially if there is a blender nozzle at hand. Sharp rotating blades instantly turn the slices of fruit into a smooth puree. Just break 3 large bananas into several parts, put them in a glass bowl, add 50 g of cream ice cream with 3 tablespoons of milk and press the button. In a few seconds, you will have a perfectly whipped cocktail with an appetizing fluffy foam. We pour the mass into a separate container and put it in the freezer for 10-15 minutes. Using the same blender nozzle, beat 2 tablespoons of cocoa, 50 g of ice cream and 3 tablespoons of milk. The resulting mass is also cooled.
And now the main trick. To make the cocktail even tastier, make the ice cream yourself with the help of an ice cream maker. To do this, we keep the freezer bowl in the freezer all night in advance. After that, you can get down to business. Beat 4 yolks and 50 g of sugar until the mass turns white. With an ordinary whisk, you will have to beat them manually for a very long time until your hand gets tired, while the whisk attachment for whipping will cope with this task several times faster and will give the mass a smooth, thick texture. Continuing to beat, add 150 ml of warm milk and 35% cream, as well as 1 tsp of vanilla extract. Now we pour the mass into the ice cream maker and run the nozzle. Just 20-30 minutes — and the amazing ice cream is ready.
We offer to decorate our cocktail with whipped cream, which we will also make ourselves. To do this, we will need the actual cream with a fat content of at least 33 % and again a whisk attachment. Due to the spherical springy shape and planetary rotation, the cream quickly increases in volume, acquires a stable airy texture and keeps its shape for a long time. Now you can “collect” our cocktail. We put the banana and chocolate mass in layers in a high glass. Or we pour our milkshakes into separate glasses, and decorate the top with fluffy cream.
Citrus extravaganza
Those who yearn for summer, cheer up with a bright lemon granite. To prepare it, we need to squeeze the juice from 6 lemons and 2 oranges. To do this quickly and without the slightest effort will help the nozzle-press for citrus fruits. If there are a lot of seeds in the fruit, it does not matter. They will gather in a special strainer, and all the juice to the last drop will gently drain into the bowl located at the bottom. Do not throw away the remaining halves from the lemons — we use them for the original serving.
Mix all the citrus juice with 2-3 tablespoons of sugar and completely dissolve. And now the main secret that will help to make a real granite is the ice cream maker nozzle. You only need to cool the bowl in the freezer in advance for 8-12 hours. Pour the freshly squeezed juice into the prepared bowl and start the machine. The rotating nozzle will simultaneously mix and cool it, giving the drink a thick consistency. We loosen the frozen granite with a fork, put it in wide glasses, pour orange liqueur and decorate with mint petals. For the non-alcoholic version, you can take cherry or strawberry syrup.
Include these cocktails in the bar menu of your home party, and guests will be completely delighted. You will not need a set of bar accessories and special dishes — they will be replaced by a KENWOOD kitchen machine. Together with her, you can easily and easily prepare any cocktails you want. At the same time, you will save a lot of time in order to come up with a spectacular presentation or interesting entertainment for guests. Feel like a real bartender and arrange an unforgettable holiday for your friends.