Recipes for delicious vodka infusions are unpretentious, require few ingredients, and drinks prepared in accordance with their descriptions are invariably attractive in appearance, aromatic and pleasant to consume. The preparation of tinctures on berries, fruits, herbs and roots has always been a creative business. Indeed, according to even the official classification, there are strong, low-grade, bitter, sweet, semi-sweet, dessert, etc. tinctures.
Cherry tincture
Ingredients for tincture:
- natural cherry juice - 250 ml;
- boiled water - 250 ml;
- vodka - 500 ml.
To prepare cherry juice, take 1 kg of fresh berries with removed stalks and 700 g of granulated sugar. Wash the berries, put in a container with a wide neck, cover with sugar, cover with gauze or cotton napkin, tie with a cord and put in a warm place, in the sun, for 30-40 days. Take the required amount from the resulting fermented juice (in this case, it is 250 ml), and mix with boiled water and vodka. Transfer to a pretty bottle or decanter. Store the tincture in a cool place.
Tincture "Autumn"
Ingredients:
- red mountain ash - 500 g;
- apples - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 300 g;
- vodka - 1.5 liters.
Apples must be ripe, fragrant, juicy. For example, such varieties as Ranet, Saffron, White filling, Golden Delicious, Gala, etc. Rowan for tincture is best collected after the first frost.
Sort the rowan, remove the debris, rinse thoroughly and discard in a colander so that all the water runs out. Wash, dry, core and cut the apples. Place the prepared apples and mountain ash in layers in a suitable container, sprinkling each layer with granulated sugar, and pour vodka so that it completely covers the fruit and berry mixture. Cover with gauze or a napkin and leave to "ripen" for 2-3 months at room temperature. The drink is considered ready when the rowan berries are completely discolored. Strain, bottle, cork. Store in a cool, dark place.
Tincture "Natural"
Ingredients:
- chopped oak bark - 1 tsp;
- coriander seeds - 0.5 tsp;
- thyme - 1 tablespoon;
- St. John's wort - 1 tbsp;
- lemon balm - 1 tablespoon;
- natural honey - 3 tablespoons;
- vodka - 500 ml.
Herbs, bark and seeds are best taken dried. Before use, they should be cured in a mortar until the aroma appears.
Pour the honey with vodka and stir thoroughly. Pour into a bottle, add all the other ingredients (the recipe allows the addition of other herbs that you like), shake, and then seal tightly and put in a cool dark place for 2-3 months. Strain, pour into a bottle or decanter, store in the refrigerator.
Berry tincture
Ingredients:
- berries;
- granulated sugar;
- vodka.
Take juicy ripe berries (you can even overripe, but not rotten) - strawberries, wild strawberries, raspberries; black, white and red currants and rinse them under the tap. Pour the berries into a convenient container in layers, sprinkling each layer with granulated sugar in a 1: 1 ratio. If you want the tincture to be sweet, increase the amount of sand. The last layer of berries should be completely covered with sand. Cover the crockery with a loose lid or napkin and place in a warm place. It is possible in the sun.
After a day or two, the berries will exude juice. Pour it through cheesecloth or a sieve and put it in the refrigerator, and pour granulated sugar on top of the remaining berries - half of the amount that was poured the first time. After a day or two, drain the juice again and combine it with the existing one, and cover the berries with sand again (half the previous amount). When you drain the berry juice for the 3rd time, you can proceed to the direct preparation of the tincture. To do this, combine the resulting strained juice and vodka in the following proportions: for 1 liter of juice, take 200-250 ml of vodka. Stir, bottle, cork and store in a cool place.
