Apricot liqueur has a pleasant aroma, sweetish taste and honey color pleasing to the eye. This alcoholic drink can be put on a festive table, your guests will be very pleased with such a treat. The recipe for apricot liqueur is quite simple, it does not require any rare ingredients.
The simplest recipe for apricot liqueur
There are many ways to prepare apricot liqueur. The simplest of them is to dilute the finished apricot jam with alcohol.
To prepare this alcoholic drink, you will need:
- apricot jam;
- vodka or alcohol.
When cooking jam, seeds from fruits must be removed, but the kernels extracted from them can be used together with the pulp. The finished jam is filled with pure high-quality vodka or alcohol in a 1: 1 ratio. The alcoholic drink is infused for about 40 days. After that, the golden thick liquid must be drained. Store in tightly sealed bottles in a cool, dark place.
Homemade apricot liqueur: recipe # 2
To make apricot liqueur at home, you need the following ingredients:
- 1 kilogram of apricots;
- 1.5 liters of vodka;
- 500 grams of sugar;
- 3 carnation buds;
- sugar - to taste.
You will also need inventory:
- knife;
- a three-liter jar with a nylon lid;
- gauze;
- glass bottles - for storing the finished drink.
It is best to store homemade apricot liqueur in the refrigerator. Unlike, for example, egg liqueur, this drink does not spoil even 1 year after its preparation.
For this alcoholic drink, you do not need to search and select fruits of certain varieties and sizes. Any ripe fruit is perfect. For liqueur, you can use slightly overripe fruits, from which jam is often made. This is most important if you do not grow apricots, but buy them at the grocery market or in the store, because overripe fruits are cheaper.
So, the technology for the preparation of apricot liqueur. Rinse the fruit thoroughly, remove the seeds, then cut the fruit into quarters. Transfer the apricots to a 3 liter jar and fill them with vodka. After adding clove buds, cover the neck of the jar with gauze and let the alcoholic drink brew at room temperature for 3 days.
Apricot liqueur is usually served for dessert. Ladies especially love it, because it tastes very good and is moderately sweet.
After 3 days, close the jar tightly with a nylon lid. Store apricot liqueur in a cool, dark place for about 30 days. After 1 month, take out the jar, remove the lid and add sugar to the drink. After that, close the jar again, shake well and leave for another 1 month in a cool, dark place.
After 2 months of infusion, your apricot liqueur is completely ready. It remains only to strain it through cheesecloth, and then pour it into glass bottles.
Cocktail recipe with apricot liqueur "Summer Evening"
There are also many cocktails with apricot liqueur. One of them is offered to your attention. To prepare an alcoholic drink "Summer Evening" you will need the following ingredients:
- 50 ml apricot liqueur;
- 50 ml of champagne;
- 50 ml of pineapple juice;
- 15 ml of fruit syrup;
- a few pieces of pineapple;
- 30 ml tonic;
- a few ice cubes.
Having prepared everything you need, you can start preparing a cocktail with apricot liqueur. So, fill a glass in the following sequence: first put ice on its bottom, then pineapple pieces, syrup and fill these ingredients with liquid components.
Now at any time you can enjoy one or two glass of liqueur or prepare a cocktail based on it. And if you are fond of baking pastries and cakes, you can use apricot liqueur to soak cakes or pies.
