Homemade White Russian Cocktail

Cooking method

1. Step 1:

   

   Before making the cocktail, first prepare the ice and chill the glasses. In this recipe I used store-bought ice. You can make it at home: pour drinking water into ice molds and put them in the freezer until fully frozen. It's customary to serve a White Russian in rocks glasses (i.e., short, wide, thick-bottomed glasses, the kind whiskey on the rocks is served in).

2. Step 2:

   

   Measure out the vodka, coffee liqueur, and cream. I used heavy cream (30%) in the recipe.

3. Step 3:

   

   Fill the glasses almost to the top with ice cubes.

4. Step 4:

   

   If your ice cubes are too large, you can crush them a bit. Put the cubes you need in a thick plastic bag and break the big pieces with a kitchen mallet.

5. Step 5:

   

   In a thin stream, pour the vodka into the glass as the first layer.

6. Step 6:

   

   Then pour in the coffee liqueur.

7. Step 7:

   

   And make the cream the last layer. Pour it in very carefully so the line between the liqueur-and-vodka and the cream is preserved as much as possible - that way the cocktail looks incredibly beautiful when served. Put a cocktail straw in each glass.

8. Step 8:

   

   The White Russian is ready - you can serve it.

9. Step 9:

   

   Right before drinking, stir the cocktail in your glass with the straw to mix all the layers together, and enjoy this coffee-and-cream drink!