With the onset of colds, we are increasingly reaching for warmer drinks. With a vodka at home, for example, you can figure out what cocktails do. But you know there are other incredible recipes in which you can use vodka. Here are some of them:
If you want to make a crunchy pie, vodka will help you make the dough fresh and with good texture. With the use of vodka you can forget forever about the sticky dough.
The most popular Italian alcoholic drink can be easily made with vodka. It is necessary to remove the lemon peel and leave it to soak in vodka for 3 to 5 days, preferably under direct sunlight. Citrus fruits will deprive vodka from the sharp burning taste and get a great refreshing drink.
Excellent sauce for pasta can be made with cream, tomatoes, herbs, Parmesan cheese and vodka. Everything without cheese is put on the fire until the sauce thickens and the vodka does not evaporate. Finally add the cheese and the sauce is ready.
When roasting or choking shrimp, add vodka to eliminate the unpleasant and compulsive scent of fish. Adding vodka to shrimp is the easiest way to make your meal much more tasty without spice and flavor enhancers.
You can diversify the menu at some party by preparing alcoholic fruit ice. Just take whatever fruit you have on hand, crush them with a blender and add a little vodka - about 0.25 grams per 500 grams of fruit. Pour the contents into sticks and freeze them. As a result you will have an excellent ice cream with a slight alcoholic effect.
The famous Mexican coffee liqueur called Calua can be made at home if you have coffee and vodka. To prepare it, make two cups of strong coffee first, add two glasses of vodka and four cups of sugar. Add vanilla to taste. Sugar should be completely dissolved and everything mixed. Then the liqueur can be consumed.
To make vanilla extract at home, you only need vanilla and vodka. Vanilla must be sliced and placed in a bottle of vodka for about 8 weeks, shaking regularly. As a result after two months you will have an aromatic vanilla extract that can be used for baking desserts and other recipes.
100 ml vodka will be enough to make an excellent cheesecake with strawberry syrup. You need fresh fruits. Stir them with vodka and vanilla extract and leave for a few hours. While preparing syrup, cook cheesecake according to your favorite recipe. When it cools down, put it on the ready-made syrup.
And of course - cocktails. An excellent aromatic cocktail supplement can get if you cut cardamom, saffron and orange peel, and then pour them with vodka. This will be an excellent, bitter addition to light cocktails or even as a self-contained drink if you like strong and bitter drinks.
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