Tincture is an alcoholic drink based on vodka with a strength of at least 40 degrees. Various herbs and berries insist on this alcohol. A delicious cherry tincture, the recipe of which is quite accessible to all connoisseurs of this pleasant home-made drink, is brought to your attention in this article. To prepare such a low-alcohol natural product is quite affordable for everyone: both the villagers and the townspeople living in apartments.
Cherry Tincture Recipe
The tincture prepared according to this recipe is an elixir of joy. Aroma and color compete with a delicate harmonious taste. You will be pleased to treat her guests with it and hear: "What a charm your cherry tincture!" The recipe is simple - you just have to stick to technology.
Sort ripe cherries so as not to get rotten berry or unripe. In clean jars (preferably 3 l), pour berries on the shoulders. Pour good clean vodka or alcohol with water (not tap water!) In a proportion of 50 x 50 so that all cherries are covered with a liquid of about 1-2 cm. Attach a date sticker to the jar, cover with a lid and leave for two weeks to insist. Can be kept at room temperature or in the cellar.
When after 14 days the liquid level decreases and its color changes (it becomes saturated), we pour the tincture into another glass jar and put it in a cool place. And the berries in the jar are covered with sugar (500 g per jar) and insist for another 14 days. Do not forget to shake them periodically to make cherry syrup stand out. At the end of the second week, pour the juice into a separate glass dish.
Add water (not from the water supply!) About half a liter to a jar of cherries and again for two weeks we remove in a dark place. At this stage, cherry tincture should also be shaken periodically.
The recipe suggests that at the end of the term (6 weeks in total), all liquids resulting from the preparation should be connected together. The taste is very pleasant, sweet and sour, and the drink is very aromatic. Fortress no more than 25 degrees. A drink for the ladies is ready!
Cherry tincture at home
An original recipe with a unique taste, which is given to the tincture not only by cherry berries, but also by the leaves of this tree. Such a cherry tincture, the recipe of which is completely simple, requires aging for about one year. We will describe it step by step.
- We will prepare cherries (a can of 0.5 l), 200 cherry leaves, sugar (a can of 1 l), water 1 l, vodka 2 l.
- Pour water into the pan, add cherry leaves and berries.
- We put on the fire to prepare the cherry tincture. The recipe requires that it boil and acquire its unique taste within a 15-minute boil.
- Filter the liquid and add sugar. Heat again to a boil and cool.
- Pour vodka or alcohol into a cooled liquor, diluted in half with clean water (boiled).
If the cherry tincture turns out a little unclear, do not be alarmed. This drink should ripen throughout the year. At the end of this period it will be transparent and very tasty. A cherry tincture (recipe with leaves) is made with a one-year supply in the expectation that you will treat your friends with last year's drink.