Cranberries are shrubs with evergreen leaves and thin shoots that are covered in clusters of inflorescences at the ends during flowering.
Usually this period falls in June, and in September berries ripen with a diameter of not more than 12 mm of an unsaturated red color. Unpicked berries tolerate winter well and by the spring remain just as healthy and tasty. In general, cranberries contain many useful substances: trace elements and vitamins, so its berries are used in traditional and traditional medicine, cosmetology, in the confectionery and distillery industries.
Home tinctures on alcohol
Recipes, in which cranberry is the main component, are often used for the preparation of alcoholic beverages. On the shelves of shops you can find tinctures, liquors and low-alcohol drinks based on these berries. But often they contain flavorings, not natural extracts. There are many recipes for which at home pretty quickly and simply can be made tincture on cranberries (alcohol or vodka).
- Cranberry is a fairly common alcoholic beverage. Moreover, there are several options for recipes that explain how this cranberry tincture is prepared. On alcohol - more strong, and on vodka - more easy. First of all, you need to prepare the base. To do this, cranberries (1-2 cups) need to be crushed to a uniform consistency in a blender and strain into a bottle through a funnel and a strainer inserted into it. The result of such actions will be a tincture transparent as a tear. Or the second option: crush the berries with sugar (1 cup) and put together with the cake in a liter jar. In both the first and second variants, the next step will be the addition of vodka (half-liter bottle). If the basis of the tincture is cake, then the contents need to be shaken daily. Within 2 weeks, the tincture should be in a room or other room with room temperature, and after this period it is filtered off (filtered) and put in a cool place, for example, in a refrigerator. To make the drink not so strong, the finished cranberry can be diluted with syrup made from equal portions of sugar and water. Usually it is boiled from 2 glasses of sugar and the same amount of water. Such a tincture on cranberries for alcohol is very popular with women, as it has a pleasant taste and aroma.
- Light cranberry tincture is prepared quite quickly. In just a day you will receive a fragrant and tasty alcoholic beverage. To prepare it, you need to grind 300 grams of well-ripened berries with 200 grams of granulated sugar. Then, 700 ml of good vodka and 100 g of boiled cold water are poured into the non-filtered mixture. All components are mixed (sugar should dissolve) and settled for a day. Before serving, the drink is filtered and cooled.
- Cranberries on alcohol. The recipe is universal: if desired, you can make a fairly strong drink or, conversely, weak and light. For cooking, you need 1 kilogram of ripe cranberry, 1 liter of 96% alcohol, 15 tablespoons (without a hill) of sugar and water. Cranberries are crushed in a blender or meat grinder, placed in a three-liter bottle and filled with alcohol. In this state, the drink is a week. Shake or stir it is not necessary. Then the bottle is filled to the brim with water and left for another week, after which sugar syrup is introduced into the composition (depending on the desired strength from 1 to 2 liters), filtered. After 24 hours, the cranberry tincture for alcohol will be ready.