Classical cocktail from gin and tonic is familiar to everyone. It pleasantly refreshes during a summer heat, gives feeling of a cool and doesn't obscure the head. Usually gin and tonic is perceived as category drink "solo". But this delusion: it is perfectly combined with some snack, the basic dishes and even desserts.
Gin and tonic it is easy to prepare houses. The classical recipe of cocktail includes 50 ml of gin, 150 ml or half of banks of tonic, 20 g of a lime and ice. Keep in mind that gas in tonic quickly disappears therefore it is better to cook cocktail just before the use. The range of the dishes which are combined with this cocktail is quite wide. The main thing to remember balance of tastes.
Asian and Pacific cuisine, seafood
Gin and tonic excites and refreshes flavoring receptors therefore it is perfectly combined with dishes of the Thai and other Asian cuisine. The abundance of spices will add sharp dry taste of gin and tonic.
Gin and tonic supplements rich taste of seafood. Oysters, crabs, shrimps, the combs sprinkled by lemon juice... The pleasure is guaranteed. When next time you are going to prepare or order a dish with a smoked salmon, don't forget about gin and tonic. They are simply framed for each other.
The citrus taste of gin enhances taste of a salmon many times.
Other options of snack
Crackers with thinly cut cucumber, sour cream and a shrimp are a popular dish of many cocktail parties, it perfectly will approach gin and tonic. Success of this combination is provided by a cool and freshness of components of snack and cocktail.
For a dessert indulge yourself to a sorba from berries: strawberries, bilberries, cranberries. They well shade bitterness of quinine in tonic and juniper taste of gin.
You will be able to surprise your guests with the simple dish which is surprisingly successfully combined with gin and tonic. Minced meat balls, cranberry sauce and ketchup will be necessary for you. These ingredients need to be connected and prepared in the multicooker on the Suppression mode about 5-6 hours. Believe, expectation is worth it. This dish in combination with gin and tonic is just divine! Gin and tonic well is in harmony with cheeses of the firm grades having pronounced taste. For gourmets it is possible to recommend the Spanish sheep cheese of Manchy or blue English Stilton cheese in the form of independent snack or in combination with crackers. In general a sheep cheese, having unusual earthy taste, well shades taste of gin and tonic. And even the French Shevr cheese with a sharp sheep aroma will become for you the real find. If you aren't hungry, then nuts will become a fine alternative to a rich buffet. Almonds, walnuts and a macadamia are combined with gin and tonic. Their saturated fat salty flavor shades citrus, flower and a little wood notes of cocktail. But you remember a measure. How many nuts you wouldn't eat, they cause thirst, so, it is possible to drink superfluous easily.