Hot summer gives us plenty of fruits. Of course, the first crop will be eaten shortly after harvest. After all, you need to pick up vitamins and treat yourself to delicious fruits from your own site or the nearest market! But if the family begins to calmly respond to fruits in a vase, then the time has come to make preparations.
You can save all the benefits, the taste of fruits and berries with the help of spins with jam, compote and liquors. Making homemade alcohol is a very good family tradition. It will save money, protect yourself from the purchase of low-quality alcohol, and prepare delicious natural strong drinks. Today we will focus on the recipe for strawberry liquor, which will be highly appreciated by both guests and adult households.
What you need to prepare in advance:
- Berries Strawberries should be ripe, peeled, carefully washed.
- Tara. For the fermentation process, you need to prepare a bulk glass bottle. Further storage can be done in jars, a decanter, or the same large container that was used to make strawberry liquor.
- Water shutter. This simple device is necessary for the safe fermentation of the product.Make it yourself using the plastic cover in which you need to make a hole. Insert a flexible tube into the resulting hole, cover the hole with resin, plasticine, sealant or other insulating compound. Too complicated? Then prepare a latex glove that will be worn on the neck of the strawberry filling container.
List of ingredients (on a three-liter jar):
- Strawberry - 2 kg.
- Sugar - 500-700 g. Choose the amount yourself, depending on the sweetness of the berries.
- Natural flavors (optional) - one lemon, vanilla stick.
Homemade strawberry liquor recipe
The berry, washed and peeled from the sepals, is folded into a glass container. Sugar is poured on strawberries. Shake the jar a little to mix the ingredients. Add flavorings as desired. Tie the neck of the container with gauze. The composition should be allowed to infuse and ferment for two days in a warm place. Do not leave the product in direct sunlight. Better put it under a canopy. In summer it will be hot too.
As soon as you smell fermentation, and the mass begins to foam, replace the cheesecloth with a water lock. The end of the tube from it must be lowered into a container of water. Then the air will cease to get inside the jar, and you will be clearly visible by the bubbles in the water when the time for preparing the strawberry liquor reaches the end. If a glove is selected for the shutter, then it will be possible to trace its inflation to huge sizes with alcoholic vapors. As soon as the water tube stops emitting bubbles and the latex ball starts to lose volume, the filling will be ready.
Strain the product through cheesecloth or sieve. Bottle or decanter. Homemade liqueurs can be made from any ripe berries: raspberries, blackberries, cherries, currants, mountain ash, strawberries and more. Let your holiday be decorated with delicious, sweet, natural strong drinks, which you will proudly call "your own."