Hemingway traveled a lot throughout the world during his lifetime. The result of such trips became new stories and novels. But a visit to different countries gave him not only a huge number of interesting stories. During such trips, the writer has compiled an impressive collection of recipes for mixed alcoholic beverages. All of them bear his name, but differ in their individual composition. Take, for example, Hemingway. A cocktail with this name is well known to bartenders of various countries.
Memory of cuba
Being on Liberty Island led the writer to create a new story. It turned out to be so successful that a year after its creation, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. Such a high appreciation of his work was not the only acquisition. Hemingway over the years of life in Cuba has mastered the preparation of a variety of alcoholic beverages. One of them was a Hemingway mix. A cocktail with that name really liked a guest from America. Sometimes he even cooked it himself, making the necessary adjustments. The drink is quite interesting, but not at all complicated.
For it, you need to have 45 milliliters of white rum, 25 milliliters of grapefruit juice, 20 grams of crushed ice, 10 milliliters of cherry liquor and a couple of lime slices.
Hemingway (cocktail) must be prepared as follows:
- From a single wedge of lime, you must first squeeze the juice.
- Pour all prepared foods into a shaker and beat well.
- The product is ready. Now it can be poured into a glass and drunk, after decorating with the remaining lime wedge.
This cocktail resembles the famous Cuban Daiquiri. In fact, this is he in the interpretation of Hemingway.
Similar option
Replacing certain ingredients or their ratios sometimes leads to the most unexpected consequences. So, one of the writer’s friends, following his taste preferences, came up with a new cocktail. It, in principle, resembles the main option. Nevertheless, the composition was so good that he was appreciated by Hemingway himself. The cocktail is prepared in the usual way from the following products:
100 milliliters of Bacardi Superior juice of one lime, as well as two teaspoons of grapefruit juice and Maraschino liqueur.
There are some nuances in the cooking method:
- All components together with ice (5-6 pieces) to collect in a blender.
- Beating products should consist of two stages. First, you need twenty seconds to twist the products over low heat.
- After this, the equipment must be turned on at full power and continue mixing for another thirty seconds.
To use such a drink is customary in a martini glass. He is best suited for this.
Fantasy flight
Given the versatile interests of the famous journalist, we can assume any of the ways to prepare his famous drink. Ernest was a creative person, with a rich imagination and vast life experience. He always sought to learn something new.
Therefore, it is easy to assume that he might have liked a not entirely standard version. He will need white rum, sugar syrup, grapefruit juice and cherry liqueur in a ratio of 4: 1: 2: 1. To make such a Hemingway cocktail, you need to:
- Cut the grapefruit with a knife in half and extract the flesh from one part.
- Put it in a blender.
- Put the rest of the components there. For flavor, you can add the juice of a quarter of lime.
- Add a little ice to the mixture and beat well.
- Pour the resulting mass into the peel, using it as a glass.
You can decorate such a Hemingway cocktail with a slice of orange. I must say that using it is not entirely convenient. The movable peel can lose shape at any time, so the journalist himself would hardly begin to prepare it. He would rather pour the contents into a wide glass.
Original recipe
Sometimes at large parties, where there is a wide selection of drinks, they make an not quite ordinary Hemingway cocktail. The recipe for its preparation may seem quite interesting.
To make the mixture, you will need 50 milliliters of light rum and grapefruit juice, 25 milliliters of lemon syrup, and two liqueurs: cherry and Triple Sec, 20 milliliters of lime juice, 8 grams of sugar, 150 grams of crushed ice and cocktail cherries and grapefruit slices .
The preparation of such a drink is carried out in three stages:
- All components indicated in the recipe, except for the fruit, are collected in a blender.
- Beat mixture until smooth.
- Pour the resulting liquid into glasses, and then garnish with cherries and grapefruit (or lime). You can choose one of them.
The drink is very aromatic and quite tasty. This not quite familiar option is suitable for a large company, when everyone is positive and wants to have fun. True, the writer himself would hardly drink it. Suffering from diabetes in recent years, he avoided sugar in drinks.
A drink for bohemia
Absinthe is considered to be an aristocratic drink. It is believed that it is more suitable for aesthetes and people of art. Perhaps this opinion was formed due to the unusual smell of the drink. Indeed, in addition to alcohol and various oils, there are a lot of aromatic and aromatic herbs in it. Among them are wormwood, fennel, chamomile, coriander and anise. One can only imagine how each of them is revealed in the drink.
There is a recipe according to which an unusual Hemingway cocktail with absinthe is prepared. Its uniqueness lies in the fact that for cooking only two main components are required - 100 grams of Brut champagne and 30 grams of absinthe itself.
Preparing a cocktail is also very fast. Drinks just need to be alternately, slowly, pour into a glass filled with ice. Begin with absinthe. And the bubbles of champagne will then gradually reveal its taste and aroma. Hemingway respected absinthe. But his habit of drinking this drink was not as strong as, for example, that of Van Gogh.
Individual drink
With diabetes, Hemingway could not afford many different things. For example, sweet drinks. His friends and comrades knew this. Therefore, once in one of the drinking establishments, his acquaintance, a bartender named Konstantino Ribalaigua, prepared for him a personal drink, which was later called the Hemingway Special cocktail.
Sugar was originally included in the recipe, but it was replaced with fruit juice and liquor. The result was the following composition: 50 milliliters of Mount Guy Silver rum, 40 milliliters of grapefruit juice, 25 milliliters of Maraschino liquor, 20 milliliters of pineapple juice and 15 milliliters of lemon fresh.
Preparing a drink in the usual way:
- All components must be poured into a shaker filled with ice. It is better if it is chopped pieces, rather than cocktail cubes.
- Shake until the shaker is cold enough.
- Slowly strain the mixture into a glass.
To decorate the drink, you can use a lemon slice (if you want).