From the whole range of berries and fruits, cherries are the most preferable for making all kinds of liquors , tinctures and liquors, as they have a pronounced taste and a stunning aroma. The peculiar sourness inherent in berries, especially advantageously manifests itself in cherry liqueurs, making the drink less luscious than similar analogues from other berries.
Drink can be prepared on the basis of vodka or other alcohol with a similar strength. But if you want, you can use only water and sugar, thus reducing the strength of the liquor.
How to make a cherry liqueur at home - a recipe for vodka
Ingredients:
- cherry fresh - 2,1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 1,1 kg;
- quality vodka - 500 ml;
- buds of a carnation - 6 pieces;
- cinnamon stick - 10 g;
- nutmeg nutmeg - 1 piece;
- vanillin.
Preparation
Accepting the preparation of cherry liqueur at home, rinse the berries, let them dry, and extract the bones. We put the berry mass in a glass bottle, adding the juice that was extracted during the extraction of pits. From above we throw the buds of a carnation, a stick of cinnamon and nutmeg, split it in half, and also pour in vanillin. We fall asleep in a bottle on top of sugar, we band up the neck with a tissue cut and define it in a warm, sunny place for ten days. After a lapse of time we pour in vodka, shake the contents, again tie the neck with a cloth and put it on for five weeks.
Now we filter the ready-made drink, filter it, then bottles it and remove it to a darkened place.
A quick cherry liqueur at home without vodka?
Ingredients:
- cherry fresh - 2,1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 950 g;
- water 240 ml.
Preparation
This recipe for the preparation of liquor involves the use of ordinary water instead of vodka. Thanks to this, the drink is produced with a lower percentage of alcohol content and rather resembles a traditional filling.
Preparing the preparation of the drink, we remove the bones from the washed berries. We put berry mass in a three-liter jar, pouring each layer of sugar. Now add water, pull on the neck of a can of rubber glove with a punctured one finger or install a septum. We place the workpiece on the solar window sill and leave it until the fermentation stops, as indicated by the blown glove or the absence of air bubbles in the container with the water seal.
Now merge the liquor into another clean jar, let it stand for a couple of days, then drain the beverage from the sludge and filter it. You can try the liqueur immediately, but its ideal taste will be after a month of soaking in a cool place.
Cherry liqueur at home with pits and mint
Ingredients:
- cherry fresh - 0,7 kg;
- granulated sugar - 190 g;
- quality vodka - 500 ml;
- leaves of fresh mint - 9 pcs .;
- cherry bones - 10 pcs .;
- lemon (peel) - 0,5 pcs.
Preparation
From the washed cherries we extract the stones, leave ten pieces, and the rest we throw out. Cherry a little rub with a pestle, and break the bones with a hammer and put it all together in a glass jar or a bottle. There, pour in the sugar, throw mint leaves and lemon zest, then pour in vodka, cover the container with a cloth and put in the sun for one week. After a while, we remove the workpiece in a dark and cool place and leave for another thirty days. Now we filter the drink, filter it, pour it on bottles and set it for maturing for another couple of months, after which the liquor gets the most intense taste and delicate aroma.