Ah!
[MUSIC PLAYING]
Hi!
I'm Hannah Hart.
It's summer and it's Friday, which for me usually means
three things.
One, outdoor parties.
Two, delicious cocktails.
And three, uhh...naps.
Just napping the rest of the day away after that.
Today I'll be showing you how to make
three super easy cocktails that are perfect for any summer
party.
Step number fun in whipping up cocktails for a party
is to start with the bartender.
Mm!
Oh yeah, I got this.
Let's take a look at what we'll be making.
Oh, these look great.
OK, well, no spoilers, let's make them.
Each of these cocktails include one extra step
that will make your drinks look and taste extra special.
What's that step?
It's called muddling!
Which basically just means smashing things together,
letting them marinate for a few minutes,
and really start to absorb the flavor.
That way, the sugar has time to pull the juices from the fruit,
leaving us with a trés gourmet tasting syrup.
Now, there are several ways you can smash or muddle your fruit.
Or you can just use a muddler, which is
what we'll be doing here today.
Our first cocktail is Mango Melody.
To start, we'll be muddling kiwi and simple syrup together.
And then, at some point, a mango will arrive.
[HUMMING] Ooh.
Huh.
We got our kiwis, our simple syrup,
which is basically just sugar and water, and we muddle.
You know, I always heard, don't muddle
in other people's business--
unless you're making them a cocktail.
This next cocktail is berry cute.
And it's called Berry Cute.
You're gonna take your basil--
mm!
Love that smell.
Some strawberries-- and we need more strawberries than that.
Delicious, delicious.
Yes, yes, yes.
Strawberry simple syrup.
Lemon juice.
Don't get befuddled, get muddled!
And last but not least, the Blackberry Smash.
This involves muddling together blackberries, lemon juice,
bourbon, and simple syrup.
It's a little bit of a subtle muddle.
I wasn't even looking.
Wow, oh, gorgeous.
Bour-bon.
Dink-dink-Didi.
[HUMMING] Whoo!
That was a lot of muddling.
Now, we're going to set these aside
to marinate as I go through the rest of my party checklist.
That's what I call finding my drink.
[TICK-TOCK]
Time's up!
Time to complete these cocktails.
Oh, my god, so seamless!
So we're going to be finishing our Mango Melody
by adding some actual mango.
So we add a little ice to our shaker, mango puree.
Ooh.
Some gin.
Give it a quick little shake.
[RATTLING]
Just doing this makes me feel fancy.
And then we're going to double strain it.
So that means not once, but twice.
Ooh-lee-lee.
Wow.
Now we'll add even more mango with this mango bubly.
[CRACK]
Give it a quick little stir, little express, little rim,
little drop.
And last but not least, an adorable kiwi mango garnish.
And here you have it, the Mango Melody.
This cocktail makes me want to put on my mango-go boots.
I don't own any go-go boots.
But I'll still drink it.
Now it's time to finish this Berry Cute cocktail.
First you're going to want to add some ice.
Mm-hmm.
We'll be adding our vodka next.
Give it a quick little shake.
Pour it in.
Give it a little strain.
Top it off with some strawberry bubly.
[CRACK]
Love that sound.
A quick little stir.
And finally, add your adorable and informative garnish.
And then a cute little--
voila!
Finally, we're making our Blackberry Smash.
Now remember, we already have the bourbon
mixed in when we did our muddling,
so this one's pretty easy.
All we have to do-- strain, add some blackberry bubly,
garnish, and serve.
OK?
We put the top on the thing with a smush!
Smush, smush!
Sorry Ellen.
Then we take off the top of this.
Voila!
Do a little strain.
Beautiful.
And of course, we finish it off with a little Blackberry bubly.
[CRACK]
Give it a subtle stir.
And now we're going to garnish it
with some blackberries and a lemon wedge.
Cute, wow.
And there you have it.
[CELL PHONE RINGING]
Oh-- sorry guys.
Getting a call on my BlackBerry.
Hello?
Berry good.
So there you have it!
These three super simple, fancy looking summer cocktails
will be sure to turn your party into a smashing summer success.
And if you want to lose the booze,
these three drinks make magnificent mocktails.
Now uhh...
we just got to wait for the party to start.
Which is usually where the nap comes in, so.
I'll see you later.