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Sophisticated Rapid Infusion Cocktail Recipes With Cream Chargers

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While most know the name “Cream Chargers” hints at solely being used for creating whipped cream, that’s the furthest from the truth! There are many other ways in which you can utilise it, elevating your culinary creations. One of those is using rapid infusion for your cocktails.

And what is rapid infusion?

Rapid infusion is the process of infusing a liquid (in the case of cocktails, that would be the spirit) with flavour. The concept itself is not anything new, really – it’s the method that changed with the introduction of cream chargers.

Have you ever walked into a bar that has its spirits on display, but there are things, specifically fruits and vegetables, floating in them? It might seem weird at first, but this gives them a unique flavour. Rapid infusion is almost the same – it also gives the liquid flavour, but it saves you a lot of time, as it can be done in minutes instead of hours or days, as is the case for classic (or slow) infusion.

Don’t really know how to go about it and what drinks to prepare? Here are recipes from some of our favourite rapid infusion cocktails. 

How To Infuse Spirits

Before we take a deep dive into specific recipes, let us share a more general guide on how to infuse spirits so that we don’t have to repeat it in every recipe.

  1. Take your cream whipper and make sure that it’s clean so that no leftover flavour makes its way into your spirit and, as a result, your cocktail. 
  2. Combine the spirit with the ingredient you want to infuse it with, cut it up into pieces, and add it to the whipper. 
  3. Seal the whipper, insert the cream charger with nitrous oxide, charge, and shake. 
  4. Replace the cartridge with a new one and repeat. 
  5. Leave it be for a few minutes. 
  6. Put the whipper upside down, ideally over the sink or a cup, so that you can catch any wayward spray. 
  7. Squeeze the lever to quickly vent the pressure. 
  8. Open the whipper, take a strainer, and put it over a cup. Once the bubbles have died down, you can strain your spirit so that only the liquid remains.

 

Voila, your rapid fusion spirit is done. While most people use fruits and vegetables (our recipes will mostly involve them, too), you can use just about anything that will transfer its flavour into the spirit.

Rapid Infusion Raspberry Lime Vodka Cocktail

What you will need: 

  • ¼ cup granulated sugar 
  • ¼ cup water 
  • ½ tablespoon lime juice
  • 2 tablespoons of rapid infusion raspberry vodka 
  • 2 cups of ice
  • A couple of fresh raspberries 
  • 11 oz soda water 


How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse your vodka with raspberry using the above instructions. 
  2. Take your granulated sugar and dissolve it in water using low heat, and once it’s combined, leave it aside to cool down.  
  3. Use a mesh strainer to make raspberry juice out of the fresh raspberries. 
  4. Combine the sugar syrup you set aside with the raspberry juice, lime juice, and vodka, and pour into two glasses. 
  5. Add ice and soda water. 
  6. Decorate the glasses however you want. You can, for example, add more raspberries (can be frozen this time) or lime slices.

 

Rapid Infusion Raspberry Lime Vodka Cocktail
Apple and Pear Infused Gin and Tonic

Apple and Pear Infused Gin and Tonic

What you will need: 

  • Pears and apples to infuse the gin
  • 2 oz gin
  • Tonic water 
  • Ice 
  • Lime wedges, pear slices, or apple pieces to decorate

 

How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse your gin with pears and apples using the above method. 
  2. Add ice to a glass, pour your infused gin, and top it with tonic water. 
  3. Stir the mixture, but make sure not to overdo it, as you might lose carbonation. 
  4. Decorate the glass however you like.

Jalapeño Tequila Margaritas

What you will need: 

  • 3 oz tequila blanco 
  • 2 oz lime juice (freshly squeezed) 
  • 1 oz triple sec 
  • 1 oz simple syrup
  • Fresh Jalapeños
  • Ice cubes
  • Kosher salt and lime wedge for decoration
  • Cocktail shaker

 

How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse your tequila with Jalapeños using the above-mentioned method. 
  2. Prepare a simple syrup by putting water on low heat, adding sugar, and mixing until it dissolves. Let it cool down. 
  3. Take the cocktail shaker and fill it with ice, adding your infused tequila, triple sec, simple syrup, and lime juice and mixing until combined. 
  4. Take the glass you’re going to serve the margarita in and run the lime wedge around its edge, then dip it in kosher salt. 
  5. Strain your margarita into the glass.
Jalapeño Tequila Margaritas
Centennial Punch

Centennial Punch

What you will need:

  • 1 ¼ cup whiskey 
  • 4 ¼ cubed pineapple
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ cup pineapple juice
  • 1 cup sugar 
  • ¼ coriander seeds
  • ¼ cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 2-3 lemons

 

How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse your whiskey with ¼ cup of cubed pineapple using the method above and cream chargers. 
  2. Make the coriander pineapple syrup. Mix water and pineapple juice in a saucepan and bring it to a low boil, then add sugar and stir until it completely dissolves. Reduce the heat before adding the coriander seeds, then cover and simmer the mixture for about 15 minutes. Once the time is up, set it aside to cool down and strain to remove the coriander. 
  3. Take the lemons and cut them. Take a pan, add oil, and place on heat. Cook the lemons in the oil for a few minutes – they should be soft and brown when you remove them.
  4. Use a blender to make puree out of 4 cups of cubed pineapple. 
  5. Combine the pineapple-infused whiskey you made with the pineapple puree, coriander pineapple syrup, and lemon juice in a pitcher or a punch bowl. 
  6. Place it in a fridge and let it cool down for an hour or until it’s time for it to be served. 
  7. When you want to serve it, add ice cubes to it. 
  8. Garnish the punch using caramelized lemon slices. You can also add frozen cubed pineapple, as it will make the taste of the pineapple last longer, even as the ice will keep melting. You can also add some coriander for decoration.

Coconut Rum

What you will need: 

  • 1 ½ ounces vodka 
  • Vanilla beans 
  • Meat of fresh coconut 
  • 1 ounce rum 
  • ½ ounce cream of coconut
  • Coconut flakes/Pineapple wedge – for decoration
  • Cocktail shaker

 

How to prepare:

  1. Infuse your vodka with the vanilla beans and the rum using the meat from a fresh coconut. 
  2. Fill the cocktail shaker with ice, and add the infused vodka and rum, cream of coconut, and pineapple juice. Shake until it’s all combined. 
  3. Pour the mixture into a chilled cocktail glass and decorate it to your liking.
Coconut Rum
Gunpowder Gimlet Cocktail

Gunpowder Gimlet Cocktail

What you will need:

  • ¼ cup green tea leaves 
  • Bottle of gin 
  • ½ cup salted pistachios 
  • ½ cup honey
  • ½ water 
  • ½ ounce lemon juice
  • Chamomile bitters 
  • Cocktail shaker 

 

How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse the gin with green tea leaves using a cream whipper and cream chargers. 
  2. Make the salted pistachios honey syrup by combining salted pistachios with honey and water and bringing them to a boil in a saucepan. Turn the heat off, let it cool down, and once the syrup is no longer warm, strain out the pistachios. 
  3. Take a cocktail shaker, fill it with ice, and pour your green tea infused gin in it along with the pistachio syrup, lemon juice, and chamomile bitters. 
  4. Shake well, strain into an ice-filled glass, and serve.

Strawberry Basil Vodka Lemonade

What you will need: 

  • 2 oz vodka 
  • ¾ teaspoon granulated sugar 
  • Fresh basil leaves
  • Fresh strawberries 
  • Fresh lemon 
  • 6 oz lemonade 
  • Cocktail shaker 

 

How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse your vodka with fresh strawberries and basil leaves. 
  2. Grab the cocktail shaker and fill it with ice, then add fresh strawberries, sugar, basil leaves, your strawberry basil-infused vodka, lemonade, and 1 slice of lemon. Shake well. 
  3. Strain the mixture and pour it into a glass filled with ice. If you want to, you can add a little bit of plain seltzer water. 
  4. Decorate the glass however you like.
Strawberry Basil Vodka Lemonade
Sweet Peach Tea Cocktail

Sweet Peach Tea Cocktail

What you will need: 

  • ¾ oz simple syrup 
  • ¾ oz freshly squeezed lemon juice 
  • 1 ½ oz vodka 
  • Fresh peaches 
  • Black tea (chilled) 
  • Ice 
  • Cocktail shaker

 

How to prepare: 

  1. Infuse your vodka with fresh peaches. 
  2. Make a simple syrup using sugar and water – pour the water into a saucepan, bring it to a low boil, add sugar, and mix until dissolved. When done, set it aside to cool down. 
  3. Pour the infused vodka, simple syrup, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker filled with ice. Shake well. 
  4. Add the mixture into a glass filled with ice, add black tea, and stir. 
  5. Decorate the drink to your liking.

The Bottom Line 

The introduction of rapid infusion and cream chargers into the cocktail world has, no doubt, shaken things up. You no longer have to wait for several hours, if not days, for the spirit to absorb the flavour of whatever you want it to taste like – the same job, with the same results, can be done in a matter of minutes.

This makes elevating your drinks with flavoured alcohol more convenient – not to mention that it gives you an opportunity to try many more flavour combinations than you would be able to when using slow infusion.

All in all, the rapid infusion has changed the game for cocktail-making enthusiasts. There are so many different drinks you can create with it that the possibilities are truly endless – and the few ideas we shared above are just the tip of the iceberg.

Don’t hesitate to take your favorite fruits, vegetables and spirits and experiment with them! Sure, some might not work well with each other, but you might also find a combination that will become your favourite. Doesn’t hurt to try, does it?

Resources: 

  1. https://daily.sevenfifty.com/the-science-of-rapid-liquor-infusion/ 
  2. https://www.thespruceeats.com/unusual-liquor-infusions-to-try-4147724 
  3. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/284178/spicy-jalapeno-infused-margarita/ 
  4. https://dinewithdrinks.com/best-infused-cocktails 
  5. https://www.lovetoknow.com/food-drink/cocktails/easy-flavored-vodka-drinks
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