OUR MICHELLE OLIVER FOUND HOW TO
MAKE FOUR COCKTAILS WITH FOUR
INGREDIENTS OR LESS.
>> Michelle: THERE’S NO DOUBT
THAT BARTENDERS HAVE MAD SKILLS.
THEY MAKE DELICIOUS DRINKS.
BU WHAT IF YOU FEEL LIKE HAVING
A COCKTAIL AT HOME?
MANY OF THEM ARE PRETTY SIMPLE
TO MAKE. MOST OF THEM HAVE 3 INGREDIENTS.
MOST OF THEM HAVE 3 INGREDIENTS.
I’LL SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE FOUR
CLASSIC COCKTAILS, JUST TRY NOT
TO CHARGE MY BARTENDING SKILLS TOO HARSHLY.
TOO HARSHLY.
THE FIRST DRINK IS A DAIQUIRI.
AND YOU’RE IMAGINING A FROZEN
SLUSHY OF A DRINK WITH
STRAWBERRIES AND SIPPING IT ON A
BEACH.
THAT’S THE VARIATION OF A
DAIQUIRI.
BUT THE CLASSIC ONLY HAS WHITE
RUM, LIME JUICE, AND SIMPLE
SYRUP.
SIMPLE SYRUP MIGHT NOT BE IN
MOST PEOPLE’S HOMES, BUT IT’S
VERY SIMPLE TO MAKE. YOU PUT ONE CUP OF WATER, ONE
YOU PUT ONE CUP OF WATER, ONE CUP OF SUGAR, HEAT IT UP AND
CUP OF SUGAR, HEAT IT UP AND
"VOILA" YOU HAVE SIMPLE SYRUP.
WE START WITH THE CHEAP
INGREDIENTS SO IF YOU MESS UP,
NO BIG DEAL.
A HALF OUNCE OF SIMPLE SYRUP AND A FULL OUNCE OF LIME JUICE.
A FULL OUNCE OF LIME JUICE.
AND THEN YOU NEED 1 1/2 OUNCES
OF WHITE RUM.
SHAKE IT.
YOU CAN TELL IT’S DONE WHEN
YOU’RE GETTING FROTH, THAT MEANS
EYE THOROUGHLY CHILLED.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT GLASS YOU SERVE IT IN, BUT I’LL PUT IT IN
SERVE IT IN, BUT I’LL PUT IT IN
A JAM JAR BECAUSE THEY DON’T
BREAK.
NOW VODKA, VERMOUTH, AND A TWIST OF LEMON, A COUPLE ICE CUBES IN
OF LEMON, A COUPLE ICE CUBES IN
THE SHAKER, TWO DISHES OF
BITTERS.
SO I’M GONNA GUESS WHAT A DASH
IS. IT SAID LIKE 6-8 DROPS.
IT SAID LIKE 6-8 DROPS.
IT COMES OUT IN LITTLE DROPS.
I’M GONNA SAY THAT’S ENOUGH
DASHES.
NEXT IS A HALF OUNCE OF
VERMOUTH, 1 1/2 OUNCES OF VODKA.
AND SHAKE.
ALL RIGHT, AND WE’LL STRAIN IT INTO YOUR GLASS.
INTO YOUR GLASS.
I DON’T HAVE A MARTINI GLASS, SO
I’LL USE A WINE COMBLAS.
AND NOW A TWIST OF LEMON. SO YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT IN
SO YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO HOLD IT IN
YOUR HAND AND GET AN PARING
KNIFE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
THIS IS A CLASSIC WHISKEY SOUR.
YOU NEED WHISKEY, PREFERABLY
BOURBON, LEMON JUICE, SIMPLE
SYRUP AND AN EGG.
WE’LL USE THE EGG WHITES AND
FROTH IT UP AND ADD A NICE
TEXTURE.
CRACK THE EGG, JUST THE WEIGHT
IN YOUR SHAKER.
PUT THIS ON.
AND THEN YOU’RE GONNA SHAKE IT
TO AGITATE THE EGG WHITES.
THERE IT IS, NICE AND FROTHY.
THAT’S HOW YOU WANT IT TO LOOK.
NOW DROP A COUPLE OF ICE CUBES
INTO IT, ONE HALF OUNCE OF
SIMPLE SYRUP.
LEMON JUICE AND 2 OUNCES OF
BOURBON.
AND YOU’LL SEE THAT ALL THAT
FROTHY GOODNESS, NICELY FLOATS
TO THE TOP.
AND IT’S A DELICIOUS WHISKEY
SOUR.
THE FINAL DRINK WE’RE GOING TO
MAKE IS A GIMLET.
ISN’T THAT OLD-FASHIONED?
WELL, ACTUALLY, I DID,
ACCIDENTALLY ONE NIGHT.
IT HAS GIN, SIMPLE SYRUP AND
LIME.
PUT IN THE ICE, ONE HALF OUNCE
OF SIMPLE SYRUP, HALF OUNCE OF
LIME JUICE, AND THEN AN OUNCE
AND A HALF OF GIN.
AND SERVE WITH A LIME WEDGE.
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT.
FOUR CLASSIC COCKTAILS WITH FOUR