Strawberry liqueur appeared among the range of low-alcohol beverages relatively recently, but has already gained considerable popularity and attracted an impressive audience of fans. You can easily prepare the drink yourself at home, as we will tell you today in our recipes.
How to make strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu - a recipe at home on vodka
Ingredients:
- a ripe sweet strawberry - 550 g;
- vodka - 500 ml;
- granulated sugar - 270 g;
- lemon - 110 g;
- purified water - 200 ml.
Preparation
When preparing for liqueur, the first thing we will do is prepare strawberries properly. We wash the berries, let them drain and dry a little, after which we get rid of the sepals and cut them into two or four longitudinal parts, depending on the size. We put the berry mass in a glass litter jar, pour it with vodka (necessarily quality) and add the squeezed lemon juice. A little shake the contents of the vessel, and then cover it with a cap nylon and place it on the sunny window sill for a week or a maximum of ten days.
After the lapse of time, the liquid infusion is gently drained into another container, and the remaining strawberry pulp is mixed in the same jar of sugar, shaken and let stand for a couple of more days until all the sweet crystals are dissolved, periodically shaking the mixture.
After a while, drain the top layer of syrup from the can without sediment, and then top up the cleaned and vodochku to the pulp, shake the mixture a little and drain the liquid again, adding it to the syrup. Now we connect the initially merged infusion with the sweet base of the liquor, pour everything into a clean container and leave for another five days to insist. In the end, merge the ready-made strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu with the precipitate, filter out additionally and can taste it.
How to make a quick homemade strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu with lime juice?
Ingredients:
- ripe sweet strawberry - 620 g;
- vodka - 360 ml;
- granulated sugar (optional) - 110 g;
- lime juice - 100 ml;
- purified water - 100 ml.
Preparation
This version of the preparation of liqueur Xu-Xu assumes the use for the preparation of liqueur crushed strawberries. For this, berries, mine, rid of sepals and grind with a blender. If desired, add the granulated sugar, again break through the mass and let all the crystals dissolve. Now mix the resulting berry mass with lime juice, then pour the purified water to the resulting mixture with purified, quality vodka and mix. We pour the resulting mixture into bottles and have it in the refrigerator compartment for several hours. Once the liquor has cooled, you can try it, or use it for making cocktails or various desserts with his participation.
How to drink strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu?
Strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu can be served independently, adding a drink of ice slices in pure form or putting a frozen strawberries in the glass. In addition, on the basis of this liqueur, delicious original cocktails are prepared. A couple of recipes for such cocktails are offered below.
Cocktail of strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu and champagne
Ingredients:
- Strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu - 55 ml;
- champagne - 110 ml;
- lime juice - 15 ml;
- ice cubes - to taste;
- Strawberry and lime slice for filing.
Preparation
To make a cocktail, mix the Xu-Xu liqueur and champagne, add a little lime juice, pour the drink into a glass and add a fresh strawberry, lime slice and ice cubes.
Cocktail of strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu with banana
Ingredients:
- Strawberry liqueur Xu-Xu - 55 ml or to taste;
- banana ripe - 1 piece;
- banana juice - 45 ml;
- cream - 30 ml;
- leaves of mint - 3-5 pcs.
Preparation
The cleared ripe banana is ground in a blender until mashed, after which we mix it with banana juice, cream and strawberry Xu-Xu, pour into a glass, decorate with a sprig of mint and enjoy.