Strawberry liqueur is a wonderful drink that can be made at home. It turns out to be stronger than liquor and sweeter than vodka. Great not only for drinking, but also for flavoring a variety of baked goods.
The first way to make strawberry liqueur
The strawberry liqueur prepared according to this recipe turns out to be tasty, strong and aromatic. There are very few products required for it:
- sugar - 800 g;
- strawberries - 2, 2 kg.
The amount of ingredients is based on a 3 liter can. If you take a larger bottle, then you should take more products. Prepare homemade strawberry liqueur as follows: sort out the berries, rinse, transfer to a colander in batches so that they drain water. Next, they must be poured onto a spread towel and left to dry for a while. Then carefully peel the strawberries from the sepals, transfer them to a prepared jar and cover with sugar.
The jar with the berries prepared in this way should be covered with clean gauze and removed to a warm place before the fermentation process begins. Then you need to install a water seal in it and leave it to stand in the room in the shade. The liqueur will ferment for about 2-3 weeks. After that, it must be filtered and poured into clean bottles.
The second cooking method is with vodka
Strawberry liqueur infused with vodka turns out to be very good. To prepare it you will need:
- fresh, ripe and clean berries - 1 kg;
- vodka - 1 liter;
- granulated sugar - 0.5 kg.
The washed and slightly dried berries must be poured into a bottle, poured with vodka to the very neck and taken out into the sun for fermentation. After a month, drain the liqueur, and add sugar to the berries remaining in the jar - it should only slightly cover them. Take the jar out into the sun again. When the sugar is completely dissolved, you will need to drain the juice to the already existing liqueur. It is recommended to repeat this several times until the berries become "desiccated". The filling is ready. By the way, as a result of such actions, you can get not only liqueur, but also sweet low-alcohol liqueur, as well as berry juice (if the dried berries are poured with water and left in this form for 2 weeks).
The third way - with vodka and citric acid
In this case, the following ingredients will be needed to make strawberry liqueur:
- strawberries - 1 kg;
- granulated sugar - 250 g;
- citric acid - a little;
- vodka - 500 ml (or the same amount of very good alcohol).
Ripe washed berries should be poured into a bottle with a wide neck, pouring sugar over each new layer. After that, the bottles need to be tied up with parchment paper and placed in the sun so that the strawberries let the juice out. When this happens, vodka and citric acid must be added to the berries. In this case, the resulting liquid should completely cover the strawberries. It is recommended to remove the container for a month in a cool place, then pour it into bottles. It will be possible to serve liqueur to the festive table in 3-4 months.
Now you know how to make strawberry liqueur - delicious, rich, aromatic. Enjoy cooking!
