Unlike snacks for strong alcoholic beverages, it is more difficult to choose a compatible supplement to cocktails. Their complex composition with a variety of flavors complicates the task and requires a more scrupulous approach to choosing snacks.
Our today's theme is devoted to the issue of choosing the appropriate escort for cocktails. But proceeding to its disclosure, we note that in snacks, as a rule, only cocktails belonging to the aperitif group are needed. This is a drink with a slightly complex composition, which includes no more than three components, and differing in strict taste.
Snacks for alcoholic cocktails
A unique snack for all kinds of cocktails are various kinds of canapé. Their possible diversity allows satisfying the needs and requirements of consumers with the most versatile tastes. Having taken care of the breadth of assortment of such snacks, you thereby ensure the alcoholic cocktails undoubtedly worthy accompaniment.
Below we offer several options for decorating snack diners, which you can change if you want, experimenting with a set of components and making your own adjustments. The main thing is that the components should be combined to taste.
Canape with red caviar
Ingredients:
- White bread;
- Red caviar;
- eggs quail or chicken;
- fresh greens;
- lemon.
Preparation
For the preparation of such canapés, the white bread is cut not too thinly and fried in a toaster or bruised in the oven. Then cut out slices of circles, squares or rectangles, which will be the basis of the snack. On it we place a circle of hard-boiled quail or chicken egg, and on top red caviar. We decorate the canapé with a leaf of fresh greens and put it on a dish, which we decorate along the edges with lobes of lemon.
Snack on cookies with cheese
Ingredients:
- unsweetened dry biscuit (cracker) - 20-25 pieces;
- cream cheese cream - 120 g;
- ketchup or tomato paste - 25 g;
- butter - 55 g;
- fillet of low-salted or smoked fish - to taste;
- savory smoked sausage or balyk - to taste;
- eggs boiled - to taste;
- feathers of green onions - to taste;
- fresh cucumbers to taste;
- fresh tomatoes - to taste;
- fresh greens - to taste;
- black freshly ground pepper - to taste.
Preparation
For the beginning we boil the hard-boiled egg, melenkoe shred a lightly salted or smoked fish, and chop the green onions. Now mix the soft butter and melted cheese and divide the resulting mixture into three equal parts. In one we interpose the crushed fish fillet, in the other - about a tablespoon of chopped green onion, and in the third - add tomato paste or ketchup. Each mass is beaten well.
Now we form a snack. On crackers, first lay out slices of fresh vegetables, then place on top of one - a piece of boiled egg, on the other - slices of smoked sausage or balyk. Now with a spoon
We have a ready snack on the dish and decorate it with slices of fresh vegetables and greens.
This appetizer is suitable not only for cocktails, but also will be an excellent addition to strong alcoholic beverages. Instead of crackers, you can take as a basis sand tartlets, and fill the content to your taste and preference.
Along with the canapé, an excellent snack for cocktails will also be any fruit sliced, olives or olives and toasted nuts. If the basis of drinks is cognac, then the best option for snacks will be canape with cheese or simply lemon slices. But sweet cocktails are better to supplement with chocolate, sweets or sweet fruits.