"Cointreau" (from fr. Cointreau) – the orange liqueur of the class Tripl Sek which was born in 1849. The homeland of liqueur is France; it was made by brothers Adolf and Eduardo Cuantro on the basis of an armagnac and originally was on sale under the name of "Triple Sec White Curasao". Fortress of "Cointreau" is about 40 degrees. Drink is flavored an extract from a dried peel of bitter bitter oranges.
As it often happens, the exact recipe and know-how of liqueur are kept already more than hundred years in secret. Presumably, the dried-up dried peel of oranges is presoaked in alcohol then distillation process begins. Oranges for preparation of "Cointreau" are grown up in Spain, Brazil and to Haiti. Liqueur in itself is drunk as aperitif, at the same time to it give lemon or a lime. Despite extremely high content of alcohol, liqueur possesses a mild refined flavor with hardly noticeable grass shade. As for cocktails which part the well-known liqueur is, them the incalculable set is framed. Therefore it is impossible to imagine bar in which there would be no well-known brown bottle of classical "Cointreau". Liqueur is a part of such well-known cocktails as "Daiquiri", Margarita, "B-52", "Is cosmopolitan" also many others. It will be necessary for preparation of "Daiquiri" for you: 30 ml of the Cointreau liqueur, 45 ml of Bacardi rum, 30 ml of strawberry liqueur, 15 ml of a sugar syrup, 20 ml of lemon juice, 10 berries of a wild strawberry, Chipped ice. Mix ingredients in the blender, and pour in a special glass for cocktails ("Daiquiris" give in the harikeena). For Margarita it will be required to you: 7 parts of the Blanco tequila, 4 parts of "Cointreau", 3 parts of lime juice, 1 part of a sugar syrup (at will), Salt, Chipped ice. Mix ingredients in a shaker; dunk a glass a rim into lime juice, and then into salt. Pour in cocktail and decorate with a lime piece, thrown out in sugar. For B-52 cocktail you need about 20 ml of the Cointreau, Kalua and Beyliz liqueurs. In a liqueur glass accurately pour at first "Kalua", then Beyliz (that layers didn't mix up, pour in liqueur slowly, on the spoon back), and, at last, in "Cointreau". The top layer – to set fire. At last, it will be necessary for preparation of Kosmopoliten for you: 20 ml of "Cointreau", 30 ml of cranberry Finland vodka, lemon half Juice. Mix ingredients in a shaker and pour out in the cooled glass for Martini. Decorate a spiralky orange dried peel.