The magnificent rich taste and aroma of berries encourages lovers of homemade spirits to enjoy the gifts of nature, applying them to decorate home masterpieces. One of those is a tincture made of black currant, which you can not easily prepare yourself.
How to make a tincture of black currant?
With the right preparation, tincture on black currant berries will be able to compete with elite beverages and satisfy the most versatile requests of fastidious consumers. For a positive outcome of the case, in addition to the implementation of the recipe recommendations, certain requirements must be observed.
- Tincture of black currant will please with excellent characteristics, if for its preparation use a quality alcoholic base and selected ripe and fragrant berries, which, depending on the recipe, can be fresh, frozen, ground in the form of jam.
- During holding, the container with the workpiece must be tightly closed so that the alcohol vapor remains inside and does not evaporate.
- Filter the drink through a clean gauze without odors, and filter at the last stage before use through a cotton swab placed in the hole in the watering can.
Tincture of black currant on vodka - recipe
Often, a tincture of currant at home is prepared on vodka, which is affordable, ideally suited for a fortress and with a decent quality will be an excellent basis for this homemade alcohol. Sugar can be completely excluded from the recipe, reduce or increase its amount to taste, and also to reduce the strength to dilute the drink at will with boiled water.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 1 kg;
- vodka - 1 l;
- granulated sugar - 100 g.
Preparation
- Black currants washed, carefully dried, mixed with sugar and poured vodka.
- Cap the container, shake until the sweet crystals dissolve and leave in a darkened and cool place for 2 weeks.
- The finished tincture of black currant on vodka is filtered, filtered, bottled.
Tincture of black currant on alcohol - a recipe
The following recipe for currant tincture assumes the use of an alcoholic base diluted to a strength of 45 degrees of alcohol. In order for the berries to give their aroma and taste as much as possible, they are preliminarily allowed in cooked sugar syrup, after which they break with a blender or rub with a tolstalk.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 800 g;
- alcohol diluted - 1 l;
- water 400 ml;
- granulated sugar - 400 g.
Preparation
- Mix the water and sugar, give the syrup to boil, boil in it prepared washed berries, knead them.
- Add to the cooled berry base prepared, diluted to the desired strength alcohol.
- Tightly close the container with a lid and place in a dark place for 14-20 days.
- Upon readiness, the tincture of currant on alcohol is filtered, filtered, bottled.
Tincture of black currant on moonshine
Strong tincture of black currant, prepared according to the following recipe, is especially revered by the male audience. The drink is prepared without the addition of sugar and water and has an impressive degree, acquiring an additional berry flavor and taste. It is important to use a quality purified home brew.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 6 glasses;
- moonshine - 1 liter;
Preparation
- Washed and carefully dried berries are poured into the can of moonshine, covered tightly with a lid and left in a warm, sheltered from the light for 2 weeks.
- After the expiration of the time, tincture on blackberry made from blackcurrant is filtered, filtered, bottled.
Tincture on the leaves of black currant
Tincture of black currant can be prepared not only on berries, but also with the addition of fragrant bush leaves, which will give the drink a special refined taste and aroma. In this case, there is a variant of design of a drink with raspberry leaves, cherry and currant berries, which can be replaced by additional portions of leaves if desired.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 300 g;
- vodka - 1 l;
- currant leaves - 50 g;
- leaves of raspberries and cherries - 30 grams each;
- granulated sugar - 200 g.
Preparation
- Rinse with currant sugar, add the leaves, pour all the vodka, cover tightly with a lid and leave for 1.5 months in a warm, dark place.
- On the readiness of tincture of currant leaves, raspberries and cherries are filtered through cheesecloth, filtered and bottled.
Tincture of black currant jam
Elementary at home prepared tincture of black currant from jam. You can use any stock: grated berries with sugar, harvesting from a new crop or unclaimed last year's jars. As a result, you get a drink, the strength and sweetness of which can be adjusted by diluting with boiled water or adding sugar.
Ingredients:
- black currant jam - 500 g;
- vodka - 0,5 liters.
Preparation
- Jam is mixed in a jar with vodka, covered tightly with a lid and left in a dark and warm place for a month, periodically shaking. During the last week, the contents of the can is kept at rest.
- According to the preparedness of the tincture from the jam of black currant fuses with the sediment, filtered several times through 3-4 layers of gauze, filtered, bottled.
Tincture of black currant and gooseberry
A mass of positive feedback after tasting is given to a tincture of currants and gooseberries prepared according to the following recipe. Preparing a drink in a three-liter jar, which is filled with berries in an arbitrary proportion. The taste of alcohol will depend entirely on the number of those and other components.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 1/3 cans;
- gooseberries - 2/3 jars;
- vodka - 0,5-1 l;
- granulated sugar - 300 g.
Preparation
- In a jar poured prepared berries of gooseberries and currants mixed with sugar.
- Pour the contents of the container to full coverage, tightly close, shake, leave for 1.5 months for infusion.
- Filter the resulting drink, squeeze the berries in the gauze, filter the tincture and bottled.
Sugar tincture of black currant
Sweet tincture of black currant is made from sugar syrup and juice from berries with the addition of vodka or diluted to the desired strength of alcohol. If desired, the drink can be filled with spicy notes, adding a stick of cinnamon, a vanilla pod or other flavor additives to your taste at the first stage.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 1/3 cans;
- water - 800 ml;
- vodka - 800 ml;
- granulated sugar - 1 kg.
Preparation
- From the water and sugar, brew a thick sugar syrup, then add freshly squeezed currant juice into it and boil again.
- Pour vodka into a sweet berry base, mix, place on a plate on a quiet fire and warm up, stirring, but do not boil.
- Ready-made drink is allowed to cool, pour into bottles.
Tincture on black currant and honey
The following recipe for a tincture of black currant will give you the opportunity to enjoy the sweetness of the drink, but in this case without the participation of sugar. As a sweetener, honey is used, which must be exclusively liquid or melted in a water bath to the desired texture. The amount of water added at the final stage can be adjusted depending on the desired final strength of the tincture.
Ingredients:
- black currant - 800 g;
- water - 500-700 ml;
- moonshine or vodka - 1 l;
- cinnamon - pinch;
- honey - 1 liter.
Preparation
- Currants are ground with a blender or grinded through a sieve, mixed with honey and vodka, adding cinnamon.
- Leave a tightly closed container for 14 days in a dark place.
- Ready tincture is filtered, diluted to the desired strength with water.
Tincture of currant on cognac
The tincture, prepared from currant berries on cognac, is excellent for taste. In this case, it is important to use fresh ripe berries, which will give the drink a particularly bright aroma and a pleasant aftertaste without excess liquid, which abounds in the frozen product. If desired, tincture can sweeten to taste, adding honey or sugar.
Ingredients:
- cognac - 1 l;
- Fresh black currant - 1 kg.
Preparation
- Prepared washed and dried berries of currants are poured with cognac and left for a month in a hermetically sealed can, placing it in a dark warm place.
- Ready tincture of currant berries , filtered through cheesecloth, wrung out, filtered and kept for a week in a cool place.