Raspberry is a shrub plant that belongs to the Rosaceae family. It reaches a height of one and a half meters and bears fruit in tasty and healthy fruits. Raspberries ripen at different times, depending on weather conditions and its variety.
In our country, it grows almost everywhere, excluding the northern regions. The very first raspberry garden in Russia appeared in the XII century, it was laid by Yuri Dolgoruky.
To date, a huge number of various varieties of this plant are growing in garden plots. Its berries are more than wild. Although it is forest raspberries that stand out with a special aroma, while its healing properties are most pronounced.
Healing properties
Raspberry has a huge number of different nutrients, including nitrogenous, tannic and pectin substances, essential oils, fiber, vitamins A, C and B, iron, potassium, zinc, copper, cobalt and magnesium. The berry has an anti-sclerotic property and the ability to strengthen capillaries.
It contains salicylic acid, which reduces fever and does not have any side effects. It is useful to use in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, kidneys and anemia.
Recipes for Alcoholic Beverages
It is possible to prepare various alcoholic drinks from it, while the homemade raspberry tincture will have a great taste and will be the decoration of the festive table.
Raspberry tincture on vodka
You will need:
- 0.5 liters of good, high-quality vodka;
- raspberry berries (one liter jar);
- 100 ml of filtered / boiled water;
- a glass of sugar.
Cooking:
- In order to start preparing tincture of raspberries, the berry must be carefully examined, select pests and quarrels. Rinse it in a colander with water so that the fruits are not damaged. Set aside for a couple of minutes so that the water is completely glass.
- Put the berries in a liter jar, doing this very carefully so as not to damage them.
- Pour rafts with vodka so that it completely covers them. Close the jar with a tight lid.
- Remove the alcoholic raspberries for a couple of months in the refrigerator.
- After the specified time, the jar needs to be taken out, the vodka poured into another container, and then put it back in the cold.
- The remaining berries must be covered with sugar, covered with a lid and shred intensively. After this, the jar of berries is also cleaned in the refrigerator for several months. Sometimes it needs to be pulled out and shaken.
- When the infusion is completed, you need to get a jar of berries, letting the juice. Bring the mixture to room temperature.
- Half a glass of water needs to be boiled, then pour berries on it. The resulting liquid must be filtered through cheesecloth.
- The resulting syrup with the vodka that has been standing in our refrigerator for a long time. That's it, the tincture of vodka with raspberries is ready!
Raspberry Pouring
You will need to prepare:
- 1.3 kg of sugar;
- raspberries - 3.5 kg.
This is a very simple raspberry tincture recipe. Pour ripe, clean berries into a five-liter jar, add sugar, cover with gauze and remove for 3 days. Next, remove the cheesecloth and make a water shutter. Leave the resulting mixture for a couple of weeks until the fermentation process stops. Next, filter the filling through paper or a thick cloth. Bottle and cork them.
Raspberry tincture for alcohol
To prepare it, you will need:
- 0.5 l of alcohol;
- 3 kg of berries;
- 7 liters of water.
Mix all the ingredients in a ten-liter bottle. Loosely cover and drag over the canvas, then place for two weeks near the window. Every day, shake the bottle in which our tincture of raspberries for alcohol is prepared. After 14 days, our berries will begin to “play”: move along the bank from top to bottom and from bottom to top. This means that the raspberry tincture is ready. It must be filtered through gauze and left to infuse for a couple of days. Then bottle.
It is worth noting that the bottles in which our tincture of raspberries on vodka will be stored are best taken from champagne so that it is not burst by internal pressure. It’s not worth adding to the neck. Leave 3 cm of air. In this case, the corks need to be tied with wire or rope, as if on champagne. Such a raspberry tincture on vodka is stored in a cool, ventilated place with its neck down. After a month and a half, it will fully mature, after which it can already be consumed. Do not be discouraged if any bottle bursts, because the remaining liquor is already ripe. She will go to the Christmas or New Year's table. It can be stored for no more than six months.
Cherry and Raspberry Pouring
For cooking you will need:
- 200 sheets of cherries;
- raspberries - 1 kg;
- sugar - 1 kg;
- water - 1.5 l;
- vodka - 1 l;
- citric acid - 3 l.
Boil cherry leaves and berries for 5 minutes over low heat. Next, put gauze on the bottom of the colander, discard leaves and berries on it and squeeze. Send to a large pan, add citric acid and sugar, pour vodka. After this, boil, and only then pour into prepared bottles in advance.
On cognac
So, now we’ll figure out how to make raspberry tincture on cognac. Its taste goes well with berries. The drink is recommended to be made without sugar in order to preserve the natural aroma.
Required:
- 1 liter of real good cognac;
- 750 g raspberries.
Cooking:
- Raspberries are washed and cleaned, after which it is cleaned in a jar.
- Following it, it is poured with cognac so that it protrudes above a layer of raspberries.
- The can is clogged and cleaned for two months in heat.
- The tincture is filtered and stored in convenient bottles for storage.
With jam
Required:
- 0.5 l of vodka;
- 500 g raspberry jam.
Cooking:
- The jam is poured with vodka, after which it is tightly closed with a lid.
- The can is cleaned in a warm place for 4 days, and it must be shaken every day.
- When the specified time passes, you need to strain the resulting syrup, diluting it with clean water.
Liquor
Required:
- 500 grams of sugar;
- 2 cups raspberries;
- 2 l of citric acid;
- 0.5 l of vodka;
- 40 sheets of cherries.
Cooking:
- Leaves and berries are poured with a liter of clean water, after which they boil for 5 minutes.
- The tincture is filtered and cooled, then sugar, citric acid are added there, and again boiled.
- As soon as the mixture cools, vodka is sent to it. The resulting liquor is bottled in convenient bottles and removed for infusion for a month.
Application
Of course, all these drinks can be used during feasts, as well as warm in cold winter and cool autumn. Raspberry tincture on vodka is most often used for entertainment purposes, although this does not mean that it does not have useful properties. For example, it copes with cough, tonsillitis, improves immunity and warms.
Contraindications
Due to the fact that all the tinctures listed in the article contain alcohol in their basis, they are not recommended to be used during pregnancy and during feeding. Such tinctures should not be given to children. Although it’s better for adults not to abuse them, they can surprise you with their sweet and sweet taste.