Ukraine Themed Eurovision Cocktail Recipe
Whether its to celebrate Eurovision or you’re just supporting Ukraine. This Ukraine cocktail recipe is a great way to do just that.
It also happens to be garnished with a big old handful of Liquorice allsorts so you even get a snack with this cocktail.
How to make a cocktail Ukraine
There’s a few ways to make a cocktail fit the theme of a country.
One option is to use ingredients and flavours that represent that country. Which is actually I did with this Eurovision cocktail for Sweden.
You could also garnish the cocktail with something that would suit a country. Like this Eurovision cocktail that represents the UK garnished with English strawberries and mint.
The last option is to make it look like the country. Which is exactly what we’re doing with this cocktail. It’s colours match the Ukraine flag, blue and yellow.
Want to learn more about cocktails?
Cocktail themes and how to create themed cocktails is actually something I’ve spoke about before in my Cocktails From Scratch online course.
The course goes through everything you would ever possibly need to make your own original cocktails, including finding themes and inspiration for your marvellous cocktail creations. Check it out here or with the link below.
Understanding how to layer a shot
With this and any layered shot, layered cocktail, or layered whatever. It’s important to understand the physics behind it to do it right.
There’s two things you need to know, one more then the other. The most important if you just want to make this shot is how to lightly add the layers so they don’t combine and blend too much.
The other which is only really important if you plan on making more of these shots, is to understand why they layer. Once you have an understanding of that (which is actually quite simple) you can layer pretty much any liquids you want.
So for example, if you have any other flag shots you want to do you can figure out how to do it without searching for a recipe.
You will also be able to change the liquid so the taste is different. So let’s get into those 2 things.
How to layer a shot
The key is for the liquid you’re layering to be added lightly and as spread out as you can. To do this, take a spoon and put it just above the liquid you’re layering on.
Top tip: having the spoon backwards (so the inside of the spoon is facing down) helps a lot.
Then slowly pour your layering liquid on top. What will happen is it will run over the back of the spoon and spread over the full surface area instead of just being poured in one spot which can be quite heavy.
It also helps if you have a bar spoon like this. The flat end can be used for layering. If you’re shopping from the USA, this is the spoon you want.
It also helps if you have a speed pourer so you can pour slowly. Speed pourers are very cheap so its worth picking a few up. Don’t bother spending a lot of money of speed pourers, they serve one job, you don’t need it to be fancy. Just get these ones from amazon if you’re UK based, or for you USA based folk, get these ones.
How to layer ANY liquid
For layering any liquid, the key is density. The more lighter a liquid is, the more likely it is to float. Trying to float 2 liquids with the same density (such as water) would be impossible. They’d just mix together, you can’t stop that. But if one of the liquids is more dense, a slow pour will layer on top.
The bigger the differences in density the crisper the layer.
And what makes the biggest difference in the density of liquid? Sugar.
The more sugar in a liquid the heavier it is. So all you really have to do is put the liquid with the most sugar at the bottom, and the liquid with the least sugar at the top.
I have a chart to help with this. Click here, it’ll take you to my alcohol density chart which lists the most popular types of alcohol from the least dense to the most. It’ll also explain more about density in liquids.
To use it for making your own layered drinks. Just make sure whatever is being layered on top is further up on the chart then the one below.
Alcohol Density Chart
Blueberry and Lemon Flävar
But more about that Swedish Schnapps Flävar.
Each of these Eurovision cocktails will use one of the 5 flavours of Flävar. This one will use Blueberry and Lemon. A new release from the Flävar guys.
And I do have something quite bold to tell you about it… It tastes exactly like a blueberry muffin! Like, crazy similar. It’s an absolute must try.
I also used this blueberry and lemon schnapps for another Eurovision drink. Specifically, a Swedish flag layered shot. So do check that recipe out after this one.
For more on Flävar check out there official website here.
Keep the Eurovision Party going!
Why stop with this cocktail? Check out my guide here which includes 4 more cocktails.
And don’t just stop at the cocktails.
Check out my 5 Eurovision layered flag shots!
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The Fruit Cup - A Ukraine Themed Cocktail
Ingredients
Instructions
- Shake the first 3 ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
- Strain into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- In a separate glass, combine and stir the last 3 ingredients.
- Using the back of a spoon, slowly pour over the blue layer.
Notes
Top tip
Use plenty of ice to make it easier when layering. If the layers are mixing too quick, you need more blue curacao.
Nutrition Facts
Calories
216.92Fat
0.23 gSat. Fat
0.03 gCarbs
15.55 gFiber
0.81 gNet carbs
14.74 gSugar
10.02 gProtein
0.77 gSodium
3.74 mgCholesterol
0 mgThe nutritional information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice. See our full nutrition disclosure here.
More Eurovision Cocktail Recipes
For more Eurovision Song Contest cocktails just like this, check out some of the below, or my article of 5 Eurovision cocktails you can make right now.
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