Foamed Fruit Cosmos Recipe

Cosmos are becoming a more and more popular drink. They have a well balanced combination of ingredients that helps hide the harshness of the alcohol, resulting in a strong, but not too strong, drink that people with many tastes can enjoy. They are also really easy to make!

I mix it up by making different flavors of cosmo and by adding some flair in the form of a fruit foam. The foam can be made ahead of time and stored in the whipping siphon, and the cosmo base can be pre-mixed, leaving you free during the party to focus on other things.

For the cosmo base, I leave out the fruit juice and then use a lighter foam that will quickly dissolve into the drink. This also allows you to use multiple foams with the same base if you have more than one whipping siphon. I'll often use foams flavored like pineapple, mango, blueberry, pomegranate, and, of course, traditional cranberry.

The recipe below will make enough foam for many cocktails, and the ingredient amounts under "For the Cosmo Base" will make a single cosmo.

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