Rose cherry brandy is a beautiful flower of perfect shape. Its foliage is distinguished by an expressive grassy color, and the inflorescences are always very bright and have a unique lasting aroma. You can decorate any territory with this plant, and you can also use it to make bouquets.
Distinctive features of the flower is its elegant shape and unusual colors of the petals. A photo of cherry brandy roses is located below.
But the speech in this article will not be about a plant, but about an alcoholic drink with the same name.
Cherry liquor
Cherry brandy is a liquor based on brandy and cherry. In his taste there is a pleasant piquant note of almonds, which appears due to the fact that at the initial stage the berries are soaked with a stone. Some manufacturers supplement the drink with herbs. But such original recipes are kept in the strictest confidence. Often, they are known only to the technologists of the factory where they produce cherry brandy.
This drink is considered ladies' because of its sweetness. The thing is that all the sugar from the berries goes to liquor, since the cherry does not go through the fermentation process, because it is immediately mixed with strong alcohol.
Based on many reliable sources, it can be assumed that the birthplace of this drink is Great Britain, but at the moment there are not enough well-known manufacturers of this liquor.
The description of cherry brandy roses says that its strength ranges from twenty-five degrees. But for some manufacturers, it reaches thirty-five. Liquor is used in cooking and in confectionery, and it is often the main component of cocktails.
Cherry brandy is often cooked at home.
Cherry and Cherry Liqueur Recipe
The ingredients that are required to make a drink are quite simple. You will need:
- A kilogram of cherries;
- A kilogram of cherries;
- Two liters of cognac;
- 250 grams of burnt sugar.
Cooking method
To independently recreate the unique taste of the described drink, you need to perform several actions.
- Berries can be mixed together and then freed from the seeds. Further, these same bones need to be crushed: for example, a ceiling.
- Next, berries, crushed bones and alcohol are mixed. All this must be poured into a container with a wide neck and covered with a towel, fixing it firmly. The drink will be infused a month and a half.
- Next, you need to make the syrup from the burnt sugar, cool it and pour it into the drink. All this is tightly closed and costs another week.
- Then the resulting liquor must be carefully filtered, preferably a couple of times, and then you can bottle it. An important point: you can only drink the drink in three to four months.
Cherry liqueur with lemon and cinnamon
There is another simple recipe for making brandy at home. The drink is very similar to the original, but it is prepared quite simply. So to speak, a way for the lazy.
This liquor is served as a digestif, that is, after a meal, as it has a positive effect on digestion. It, like all drinks of this type, is served in a glass with thin walls and a thin leg.
The drink will be a great accompaniment to coffee, fruit or ice cream.
What is required:
- Cherry - two and a half kilograms.
- Sugar - one and a half kilograms.
- Vodka (you can other strong alcohol) - half a liter.
- Zest of one lemon.
- Cinnamon is one stick.
- Clove - three pieces.
How to cook
For the preparation of the drink, it is best to use suli - these are bottles with thick glasses, made in a vintage style. Many in the houses have such containers, most often they inherit. It was in such bottles that our grandparents prepared alcohol. If such a container is not at hand, then you can prepare liquor in at least a three-liter jar, you just need to correctly calculate the proportions.
- It is necessary to pour the berries inside the bottle and cover them with sugar. By the way, if after cooking cherry jam syrup remained, then you can safely use it.
- What to do with the bones is at the personal discretion of everyone. Many believe that their use is dangerous, because they contain acid that is harmful to the human body. But it is worth noting that this substance is dangerous only if cherry jam or compote with pits is stored for years. Here, the situation is different. After a month and a half, all berries along with seeds will need to be removed. The stone will make the drink more viscous and thick, and also give it a nutty note.
- Next, you need to put spices and zest in the drink, you can also add nutmeg.
- After the berries are poured with alcohol. Here, too, is a personal choice of everyone. It is believed that the best "partner" for cherries will be vodka. Rum will add sweetness to the drink, and cognac will add spicy almond notes.
- Homemade cherry brandy has a thirty-degree fortress. If you need a drink easier, you can simply add pure water to it.
- Before clogging the container, it is better to try the drink: what if something is missing? Close the bottle carefully. If not with a corncob, then with a rubber glove.
- The first week it is better to leave the container in the sun, and then transfer it to a place resembling a cellar, so that it is dark and cool.
- The drink should settle for at least forty days. Then you can open it and take a sample. If it seems that the alcohol has ripened, then you can carefully filter it and pour it into a container prepared in advance. That's all - the liquor is ready to drink.
The photo of cherry brandy, which is the result, can be viewed below.
Cherry Liqueur Cocktail
There is another extraordinary way of making liquor using the described drink. This is cherry laver. Here cherry brandy, mentioned above, is mixed with sherry brandy (a strong alcoholic drink with a cherry flavor).
In order to prepare a cherry laver, you will need:
- 100 g sherry brandy.
- 50 g of pure vodka.
- 100 g cherry brandy.
- 50 g of Maraschino syrup.
This cocktail is mixed using the neck method (intensive shaking) and served in a bowl-shaped champagne glass.
All ingredients are poured into a shaker and mixed for about twenty seconds. Then the drink can be sent to a glass.
The drink can also be diluted with soda or ice. For decoration, a cocktail cherry is used.
It is important to remember that, no matter how fragrant and pleasant to taste of the described type of alcoholic fresh, its use is harmful to health due to the content of alcohol in it. Therefore, the dosage should be limited.