Cranberries for a long period retains beneficial substances, passing each vitamin to tinctures and liqueurs. The end result is a delicious vitamin product. How to prepare cranberry cordial, how to select and prepare the ingredients, as well as how to store the finished product, will be discussed later.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
In order to make a drink, you can take both fresh and frozen berries - cranberry infusion will not suffer from this. If the last option is taken, then the berries are previously thawed. Some housewives prefer to use overwintered berries on the bush. They say that the “sticking” of them is aromatic and tasty. In any case, cranberries are sorted out before harvesting, discarding spoiled and low-succulent specimens.
Cranberry tincture recipes for alcohol
Preparing cranberry tincture is not at all difficult. In the end, it turns out that they recommend drinking to improve appetite. At home, moonshine is often used instead of vodka or alcohol. At the same time, winemakers claim that the sour berry completely removes the unpleasant smell of moonshine. Some craftsmen add various spices to tinctures.
One of these is a cranberry recipe with ginger. There is also a way to quickly make cranberry tincture for those who are not used to waiting long. After all, if you start the process in the morning, then in the evening you can already enjoy the great taste and delicate aroma of “sticks”. For colds, alcohol tincture with honey is useful. If the usual recipes are boring, you can try to prepare an original cranberry drink with spices.Classic recipe
2 half liter bottles for 15–20 minutes
frozen cranberries
1 cup
alcohol (45%) or vodka
0.5 l
Nutritional and energy value per 100 g:
Grate the berries, bringing them to a homogeneous mass.
Put in a glass container and pour vodka, tightly close the lid.
Place for 2 weeks in a dark place. During the infusion, the mixture should be mixed daily.
After 14 days, the infusion should be filtered. But first you need to take an acid test. If the taste remains in the mouth during tasting, then you need to take a little more sugar.
If necessary, add sugar to the tincture in the form of a prepared syrup from one tablespoon of sugar and water. Filter the drink again.
Leave to insist for another two days.
Pour the drink in bottles.
Grate the berries, bringing them to a homogeneous mass.
Put in a glass container and pour vodka, tightly close the lid.
Place for 2 weeks in a dark place. During the infusion, the mixture should be mixed daily.
After 14 days, the infusion should be filtered. But first you need to take an acid test. If the taste remains in the mouth during tasting, then you need to take a little more sugar.
If necessary, add sugar to the tincture in the form of a prepared syrup from one tablespoon of sugar and water. Filter the drink again.
Leave to insist for another two days.
Pour the drink in bottles.Video recipe
Important! Experts advise to give cranberries for 30 days.
Cranberry tincture without sugar
2 half liter bottles for 20-30 minutes
Nutritional and energy value per 100 g:
- Cranberries are poured into a container and crushed with a crush. Experienced winemakers are advised to pierce each berry with a needle. This preparation will not filter the finished product.
- Add alcohol, mix well.
- The container is sealed tightly and set aside for 2 weeks in a darkened place at room temperature. This condition will allow the drink to be well saturated with vitamins and beneficial elements.
- The infusion is filtered off, bottled and taken to a dark place with a cool temperature.
Did you know? Native Americans mixed mashed cranberries with meat. So they extended the shelf life of the product, and this mixture was called "pemmican".
Klyukovka with ginger
4 half liter bottles for 20-30 minutes
alcohol (alcohol, moonshine, vodka)
200 ml
Nutritional and energy value per 100 g:
- Crush cranberries or pierce each berry.
- Put the product in a glass container, add ginger and pour alcohol. To cover with a lid.
- Prepare a solution of water and sugar. Boil it over low heat for 5 minutes.
- After the sugar syrup has cooled, it is poured into a container with cranberries. The dishes are closed and kept for a month in a dark place.
- After infusion, the homemade beverage is filtered and bottled.
Klyukovka
2 half liter bottles of 30 minutes
Nutritional and energy value per 100 g:
- Sorted and washed berries are poured with boiling water. Hold 3-5 minutes and drain the water.
- Grind cranberries and pour alcohol.
- After 14 hours, the infusion is filtered, sugar is added, stir well and put on low heat for 5-10 minutes.
- The drink is cooled, after which it is ready to drink.
Important! The longer the drink is infused, the richer its shade and aroma becomes. Therefore, the strength of filling is almost not felt.
Tincture with honey
1 half liter bottle for 15–20 minutes
Nutritional and energy value per 100 g:
The berries are washed, sorted, slightly dried and ground to a pulp state. Squeeze the juice.
The liquid is diluted with honey, add vodka. All mix well.
The mixture is poured into a glass container and refrigerated for 3-4 days. Shake the tincture every day.
The berries are washed, sorted, slightly dried and ground to a pulp state. Squeeze the juice.
The liquid is diluted with honey, add vodka. All mix well.
The mixture is poured into a glass container and refrigerated for 3-4 days. Shake the tincture every day.Did you know? Cranberry bushes can grow and bear fruit for more than a hundred years.
Spiced cranberry tincture
2 half liter bottles for 20-30 minutes
allspice
8-10 peas
Nutritional and energy value per 100 g:
- Put the processed cranberries in a glass bowl, knead, add galangal, ginger and spices.
- Pour the gruel with alcohol, mix, tightly close the container. Leave in a shaded place for 14 days.
- After 2 weeks, boil the syrup from sugar and water. Chill and add to cranberry drink. Remove again in a dark place for 7 days.
- Filter the infusion, pour into bottles and send for long-term storage in a cool room.
Storage Features
The main condition for storing tinctures is glass, tightly closed containers. Store the product at a temperature of + 5 ... + 20 ° C (cellar, basement, refrigerator). In this case, the sun's rays should not fall on the tincture. Canned tincture can be stored for 3-5 years, in the open - no more than six months
Cranberry tincture will amaze everyone with its excellent taste. And the availability of ingredients and the simplicity of the culinary process makes this drink one of the best alcoholic products made at home.Important! Excessive consumption of cranberry tincture can result in poisoning (diarrhea, heartburn, colic, etc.).
