Why do we need martini, vermouth or various exotic cocktails, if there is a wonderful, but slightly forgotten drink - a spot-on. It is tasty, sweet, less strong than vodka, aromatic and very easy to drink. True, such a drink is a bit tricky, as the name itself warns us - its excessive use significantly affects the coordination in space. It is not difficult to prepare it, so let's look at some of the well-known stumbling recipes with you.
Currant Spot
Ingredients:
- black currant - 1 kg;
- vodka - 700 ml;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg;
- boiled water - 4 tbsp.
Preparation
How to cook currant? Berries as follows, sorted, carefully washed, dried on a towel, transferred to an enamel bowl and a little mime to stack the juice. In a saucepan pour boiled water, pour sugar, put on medium heat and cook thick syrup, periodically removing the foam. In the prepared mixture, pour out the juice from the black currant and once again bring everything to a boil. Remove the pan from the fire, pour in the vodka and mix well, put the container again on a small fire. Do not bring to a boil, constantly interfering, we give our filler a stumbling block. After that, we cool the drink, pour it in bottles, clog it and store it in a cool dry place or a refrigerator.
Cherry Spot
Ingredients:
- frozen cherry - 500 g;
- granulated sugar - 300 g;
- Prunes without pips - 15 pcs .;
- vodka - 1 l;
- crushed ice cubes - if desired;
- fresh mint leaves - to taste.
Preparation
For the preparation of such a home stumbling, cherries are taken from the freezer in advance, put in a bowl or saucepan and leave for 30 minutes to unfreeze. Then we sprinkle the berry with sugar and leave it for the whole night in a cool place. Next, put the container on the stove and reheat it on low heat until the sugar is completely dissolved. Prunes are washed, dried, cut into thin strips and added to the cherry. Now all the contents of the pot are gently poured into glassware and shaken well. Fill all with vodka and put in a cool place to insist for about 15 days, closing the jar with a lid.
After two weeks, carefully filter the spot, we pour on clean bottles, but do not throw out the cherry - it will then be useful for making various desserts. Immediately before consumption, we spread the crushed ice over the wine glasses, pour the drink and decorate the top with fresh mint leaves. That's all, now you know the recipe for making a home stumbling, which will perfectly cheer you up and certainly will only adjust to the positive. In addition, berries of cherries and prunes give this drink a gentle shade of summer and a piquant taste.
Lemon stumbling
Ingredients:
- granulated sugar - 600 g;
- lemon - 5 pcs .;
- vodka 750 ml;
- buds of cloves - 0,25 tsp.
- seeds of coriander - 0,5 tsp.
Preparation
So, for starters, we take lemons, good under my warm water, dried and scalded with steep boiling water. After 5 minutes with a sharp knife, cut the lemons into small pieces and add them to a 3-liter jar. Add coriander and cloves, to taste, pour in vodka and cover the container with a lid. Leave the drink infused for 7 days in a dark and cool place. Exactly in a week, we pour our spot into the pan, add sugar, mix it, put it on the stove and bring it to a boil. Boil all the 10 minutes, and then filter the tincture through a sieve, pour into bottles and store in a refrigerator or cellar.
Of strong alcohol, not only a spot-on can be cooked at home. Try the recipes of the tincture of cranberry and cherry liquor .