Cherry liqueur: a home-made recipe

In the old days, virtually every house for the holidays and for the arrival of guests prepared a delicious liquor or as it was called cherry (because they made a drink of cherries). In those days, the family recipe for cherry liquor was kept in the strictest confidence and passed it from generation to generation, to no one else. Each family had an alcoholic product special, because no one gave out the "secret" ingredients.

An interesting fact: after straining the alcohol, cherries were used for a bite. "Drunken cherry" especially under the beverage emphasizes the richness of the drink, its wide bouquet.

For consideration, you are offered several interesting recipes for cherry liquor, which can be prepared at home.

Pick berries

Before you start preparing the liquor, you will need to prepare the necessary ingredients. Everything, of course, depends on what kind of cherry filling recipe you are going to bring to life. In any case, you will need to prepare the berries of the cherry. There are no strict requirements, virtually any variety is suitable for making a tasty drink. The most important thing to pay attention to is to choose ripe, fragrant, juicy and intact fruits.

What kind of berries is considered ideal?

It is best to choose sweet and sour cherries for a fragrant alcoholic drink. You can also use them fresh, frozen or even dried. By the way, frozen fruits are available all year round and they are ideal for liquors.

To remove the bones or not?

It is the bones that give the drink a slight astringency, a pleasant almond taste. However, in some recipes, the bones must be removed, and in others, such manipulations are not needed. Just read the recipe for cherry tincture and if it is not indicated that the seeds need to be removed, then you can not do this.

How to remove bones from the fetus, if necessary? This is done with a safety pin. With questions on the choice of cherries sorted out, now you can proceed to the preparation of the tincture itself.

What else is worth paying attention to before preparing a cordial?

On the Web a huge number of recipes for homemade cherry liquor. For a classic cherry tincture, you will need to cook sugar, cherries and alcohol. Berries will insist on strong alcohol: vodka, alcohol, cognac or even moonshine. Always pay attention to the quality of alcohol, do not use the cheapest alcohol. If you decide to make a drink on vodka, then it should be without additives. Sugar is recommended to take coarse so that it does not dissolve too quickly.

Vodka Cherry

This recipe for cherry at home can be prepared in ten days. For the drink you will need to use berries with seeds or without them. Do not forget that after six months the available hydrocyanic acid in the seeds will saturate the drink, and this will negatively affect not only the taste, but also the quality of the composition. Usually cherries do not stagnate before this period. Pouring vodka will delight you with a cherry aroma, almond notes, and sugar will constantly neutralize the effect of hydrocyanic acid.

Prepare the following ingredients:

1. A liter jar of ripe cherries.
2. One hundred grams of sugar.
3. Half a liter of vodka.

How to make a drink?

1. Remove the cuttings from the berries, discard the spoiled fruits immediately, wash the rest.
2. Puncture the berries with a toothpick or a pin, place the fruits in a bowl with a wide neck, lay the fruits in layers, sprinkling them with sugar. Fill ¾ jars.
3. Pour the contents with vodka.
4. Cover the neck of the dish with gauze, tie the dish around, but do not forget that the mixture should “breathe”.
5. The liquid container will need to be placed in a dark room and stored at room temperature.
6. Every three days you will need to shake the container with all the contents, this also needs to be done so that the sugar dissolves.
7. Ten days later, the mixture will need to be filtered.
8. Take clean bottles, put the hopped berries in them.
9. Pour the drink on top of all fruits, then cork the bottles.
10. Keep alcohol cool.

It's just that you can make a great cherry drink on vodka.

Cherry alcohol

This recipe for cherry liquor for alcohol is prepared for six weeks. You can make a drink not only in the summer, you can also make delicious alcoholic drink from frozen berries.

For cooking, you need to take the following ingredients:

1. A couple of glasses of sugar.
2. Half a liter of water.
3. 1.2 liters of alcohol.
4. A kilogram of cherries (frozen or fresh).

How to make a drink?

1. You will need to wash the fruits, sort them out and separate the cuttings.
2. Put the cherries in a jar that has a wide neck.
3. Pour the food alcohol into the vessel, close the container tightly with the capron lid and place it in a dark, cool place.
4. After a couple of weeks, drain the liquid into another vessel, close it and put it in storage for another couple of weeks.
5. In the first bowl, fill the remaining cherries with sugar, pour half a liter of water to make a syrup. Hide the product in a cool environment and in the dark.
6. Shake the container every three days.
7. After a couple of weeks, the syrup will need to be drained and mixed with the settled liquid.
8. The mixture that turned out, let it insist a couple more weeks.
9. Bottle pouring.

How to make cherry leaf liqueur?

There is an excellent recipe for cherry filling with leaves, which is prepared for one month. The resulting drink has a number of useful properties.

Prepare the following ingredients:

• A couple of glasses of chopped fresh cherry leaves.
• Two hundred grams of sugar.
• A couple of tablespoons of orange zest.
• Half a liter of alcohol or vodka.

How to make a drink?

1. Put crushed foliage in a bowl.
2. Pour the leaves with sugar, add lemon zest to the composition.
3. Mix the mixture in a vessel, fill everything with alcohol or vodka.
4. Remove the product container in a dark place for a month.
5. When the time is up, filter the drink through cheesecloth, pour the beverage into the bottle.
6. Store the drink in a dark place.

Is there a good recipe without vodka?

The drink can be prepared without alcohol. The recipe for cherry without vodka will be presented below.

It is important to know: do not take the cherries washed or collected after the rain to prepare a drink according to this recipe!

Wild yeast must be on the peel of the berries, sterilize the tank, and before starting work, do not forget to wash your hands with soap. The proportions must be observed strictly!

You will need to procure the following products:

• A couple of kilograms of ripe cherries.
• 0.8 kilograms of sugar.
• 0.3 liters of water.

How to make a drink?

1. Peel the berries.
2. Pour two hundred grams of sugar into the bottom dish.
3. Pour sugar with cherry juice that stood out during the cleansing process.
4. Lay layers of cherries and sugar, alternating them.
5. Pour water to the shoulders of the bowl.
6. You need to close the neck of the vessel with a water shutter.
7. Place the container in a warm, but dark room.
8. After 18-36 hours, the water seal will start to bubble, foam will appear.
9. Fermentation will last 25-55 days, it all depends on temperature indicators.
10. Filter the liquor, defend the drink for a couple of days, then filter again through cheesecloth.
11. Pour the bottle in a cool place.

Recipe for the Lazy

There is also an interesting recipe for making cherry liquor. It is simple and time-tested. Removing seeds from the fruit is not required, the cooking process is very simple and does not require much time and effort from you.

Take the following ingredients for a three-liter jar:

• One kilogram of cherry fruits.
• Liter of vodka.
• Three kilograms of granulated sugar.

How to make a drink?

• Mix the ingredients in a jar, close it tightly and transfer to a dark room. The temperature inside the room should be between 20-25 degrees Celsius. Maintain tincture for a month. Shake the jar every few days.
• As time passes, filter the drink.
• Pour the drink in a bottle, cover all with corks. Store the drink in the refrigerator or cellar. Shelf life of tincture is three years.

An interesting fact about tincture

Cherry was prepared in Ukraine during the time of the Hetman. Wooden barrels were filled with cherries, everything was filled with white honey. After the barrels, they were smeared and buried for a couple of months in sand or earth. The result was a delicious hoppy drink.

How is liqueur served and what is it combined with?

The drink is usually served in a large jug, and before serving, it must first be cooled. Combines alcoholic drink with chocolate, fruits and various desserts. Delicious and aromatic cocktails with spices are often prepared from cherries.