Home-made wines, liquors and liquors are an excellent alternative to cheaply purchased products of dubious quality. Homemade drinks are based on natural selected berries and high-quality alcohol that do not contain chemical additives, dyes and flavorings. Information on how to cook a delicious aromatic raspberry liqueur with detailed recipes yourself can be found in the article.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
High-quality home-made product is characterized by: rich pleasant aroma and raspberry color, transparency, specific berry taste. Whether you can achieve these characteristics during the preparation process depends on the quality of the added fruits, spices and alcohol base.
Did you know? Wild raspberry bushes were discovered in the III century BC. e. This happened on the island of Crete, when Pliny the Elder accidentally came across spiky thickets with sweet aromatic fruits. On the territory of Kievan Rus, the first raspberry berry was laid during the reign of the Grand Duke of Kiev Vladimir Monomakh. And his sixth son did it - Yuri Dolgoruky.
If in the manufacture of low-quality industrial alcoholic beverages their taste, color and aromatic characteristics are formed using soluble and extractive ingredients in the form of chemical additives that give color and aroma, nitrogenous and tannins, glycosides, artificial sweeteners, homemade liquor insist on ripe berries and the highest quality alcoholic filler.
It can be pure medical alcohol, vodka, moonshine, cognac. When using low-grade raw materials, the drink will lose its taste and marketability. In home winemaking, it is better to use fresh raspberries. If this is absent, frozen and dried berries will do.
You can make homemade liquor from raspberry jam. Raspberry and cherry leaves, plant twigs, sugar, citric acid, vanilla, cinnamon, cloves, other spices and citrus zest can be added to the main components, depending on individual gastronomic preferences.
Before work, raspberries must be sorted out, discarding dry, overripe and damaged berries, and then gently rinse with cold water.
Did you know? Daily portion - a glass of raspberries completely covers the daily requirement of the human body for ascorbic acid.
Raspberry Liqueur Recipes
The popularity of homemade liquors does not run out. From generation to generation, recipes based on national and family traditions of different nations are passed on. And modern housewives have a wide selection of methods and recipes for preparing raspberry treats for every taste.
Classic recipe
1 l 4-6 weeks
fresh, frozen or dried berries
700 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Using washed blenders or dried raspberries, make mashed berry using a blender or wooden pestle and add citric acid to it.
- Pour sugar into a separate enameled bowl and pour water over it. Boil the syrup (it is necessary to maintain the capacity on fire until the crystals are completely dissolved).
- Mix raspberry puree and cooked liquid cooled to room temperature, stir well with a wooden spoon. It is advisable to do this in a glass jar.
- Add the alcohol base to the workpiece, mix thoroughly.
- Cover the container and place it in a dark kitchen cabinet for exposure, away from direct sunlight. The liqueur should be infused at room temperature. After 20 days, it can be tasted, but better, the taste will open in 1.5 months.
- After the specified time, the raspberry drink is filtered, bottled and sent for storage to the cellar.
Important! Insist homemade alcoholic beverages can be longer than specified in the recipe period. The more seasoned they are, the tastier.
With sprigs of cherries
1 L1-1.5 months
fresh, frozen or dried raspberries
300 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Wash the cherry leaves without picking them off the twigs. The same procedure is required for fresh berries.
Fold raspberries with branches in an enameled pan, pour water.
Boil and simmer over low heat for about 25 minutes.
Remove the lidded container from the stove and leave for a day to brew. Pre-filter it is not necessary.
Filter the resulting liquid, then add sugar to it and bring to a boil.
Combine the syrup that has cooled to room temperature with an alcohol base and mix thoroughly.
Pour the liquor into a glass container and insist for a month away from direct sunlight.
Wash the cherry leaves without picking them off the twigs. The same procedure is required for fresh berries.
Fold raspberries with branches in an enameled pan, pour water.
Boil and simmer over low heat for about 25 minutes.
Remove the lidded container from the stove and leave for a day to brew. Pre-filter it is not necessary.
Filter the resulting liquid, then add sugar to it and bring to a boil.
Combine the syrup that has cooled to room temperature with an alcohol base and mix thoroughly.
Pour the liquor into a glass container and insist for a month away from direct sunlight.Video recipe
With sprigs of cherries
Important! For a healthy man, a moderate amount of alcohol consumed with a strength of 15% to 25% is estimated at 300 g per day, for a woman - 200 g. Exceeding these limits increases the risk of various diseases and premature death.
Simple recipe
1.5 L 2 weeks
large berries of fresh raspberries
3 kg
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pour the prepared fruits into a roomy glass bottle and fill with alcohol. Place a container closed by a lid for 3-4 days in a well-lit place.
- Drain the alcohol filler and carefully squeeze the berry mass into it through a five-layer cheesecloth.
- Pour sugar into a separate large enameled saucepan and pour a glass of the resulting tincture. Boil the mixture.
- Gradually add the remaining tincture to the pan with boiling liquid.
- Turn off the stove, strain the finished liquor and pour into a glass container. Cork and place for 2 weeks in a dark and warm place.
Did you know? Scientists have proven that raspberry fragrance in women’s lipstick or perfume works wonders. For example, in weak ladies, it causes a paradoxical feeling of strength. And vice versa - strong women feel an irresistible desire to be protected.
With cherry leaves
3 L 1 month
alcohol (diluted to 45 degrees)
500 ml
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Boil water. Add raspberries and cherry leaves to it.
Stew on low heat for about 15-20 minutes.
Cool the broth to room temperature and add sugar, citric acid to it.
Stir the mixture well and bring to a boil again.
Cool, add the alcohol base.
Stir well and pour into prepared glass bottles.
Store liquor is recommended in cool conditions away from sunlight.
Boil water. Add raspberries and cherry leaves to it.
Stew on low heat for about 15-20 minutes.
Cool the broth to room temperature and add sugar, citric acid to it.
Stir the mixture well and bring to a boil again.
Cool, add the alcohol base.
Stir well and pour into prepared glass bottles.
Store liquor is recommended in cool conditions away from sunlight.Video recipe
With Cherry Leaves Video Recipe: With Cherry Leaves
Did you know? The ancient monks, the founders of medicine, were the first to prepare the liquor. With this drink in the Middle Ages, colds, exhaustion, anemia and other diseases were treated.
On cognac
2 l 1 month
Energy value per 100 g:
- Pour the prepared berries into a jar, pour cognac.
- Tie the container with two-layer gauze and put it on the windowsill of the “sunny” window for a month.
- After the specified time, in a separate enamel pan, combine water and sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer the syrup over low heat for about 10 minutes. Cool and pour in cognac-berry tincture.
- Then filter the resulting liquid using a five-layer gauze and pour into a glass container.
With lemon zest
1 L55 days
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Using a blender or wooden pestle, grind washed and dried berries to a puree-like consistency.
- Cut off the skin from half of the fresh lemon, touching the white part as much as possible and rub it on a fine grater.
- In a glass container with a wide neck, combine raspberry puree and lemon zest, add alcohol filler. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly, close the lid and place the vessel for 3 weeks in a well-lit, warm place.
- In a separate enameled pan, make syrup by combining water and sugar. Bring the liquid to a boil and darken over low heat for about 15 minutes.
- Filter the resulting tincture using cotton wool and gauze, mix with syrup.
- Pour the liquor into prepared bottles, cork and send to the cellar for infusion. The drink will reach full readiness in a month.
Important! Red raspberries are much healthier than yellow ones. According to experts, they lead among the entire fruit range of our latitudes in the amount of iron contained, and also contribute to skin rejuvenation, renewal of blood cells and even help get rid of a hangover syndrome.
Features of use
Liqueurs are considered noble drinks. They are usually served at the final stages of a meal with desserts, often offering, in addition, a cup of coffee. It is important that the drink is at room temperature, has a rich aroma and pleasant sweetness. It is drunk in its pure form from small glasses (up to 40 ml) in small sips. A combination with ice is permissible (no more than 2 cubes are relied on a serving).
Making homemade liquors is easy. Depending on your gastronomic preferences, the recommended recipe can be improved with vanilla and other spices. Famous French winemakers advise not to limit their creative impulses at the time of preparation of this noble drink.
