Lemon tincture: vodka, alcohol

Lemons from the entire citrus family have the most ancient history of use. The two most ancient civilizations, Chinese and Indian, are fighting for the right to be called the homeland of lemons. Lemons alone are capable of ennobling and giving a special taste to any dish or drink. Lemon vodka is no exception. However, any alcoholic tincture on lemons will be in demand, especially since there are a great many recipes for making such drinks at home.

The benefits and harms of lemon tincture

Historically, in Russia, any alcoholic tincture on lemon was considered exclusively a medicine. Few people thought to drink it just like that. And this is no accident. After all, lemons contain a considerable amount of the most valuable substances for the human body: vitamin C, various trace elements, organic acids (citric, malic, formic), citronella, lemon essential oil, pectin, hesperidin, fellandren and others.

Lemon tincture is most often used to treat vitamin deficiency, various colds and general weakness of the body. But the circle of her healing is not limited to this.

1. Lemon tincture helps to cleanse the body of various toxic substances and leads to its general rejuvenation.
2. Reduces the volume of gas in the intestines and thus helps to cope with bloating in the abdomen.
3. Taking it in moderation has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the stomach and liver, normalizes digestion and helps relieve constipation.
4. Tincture is a proven remedy for strengthening blood vessels, lowering blood pressure.
5. Relieves manifestations of anxiety and anxiety and promotes an optimistic outlook on life.
6. Recent studies have shown that lemon tincture, especially with the use of zest, can kill cancer cells and is a good way to prevent cancer.

True, besides the unambiguous benefits, vodka with lemon can also bring tangible harm. It should be remembered that any alcoholic tincture should not be given to children, pregnant and lactating women, as well as people with acute diseases of the stomach, liver and kidneys. The appearance of allergic reactions to the components that are present in the tincture is also possible.

Homemade Lemon Tincture Secrets

Lemons are currently among those fruits that are available absolutely at any time of the year. Therefore, a healing tincture from them can be prepared at any suitable time. By the way, this is one of the additional advantages of such a drink, which helps it gain particular popularity.

The strength of the tincture can vary from 10 to 60%, depending on the alcohol used and the amount of water with which it is diluted if desired. The amount of added sugar can also vary.In some traditional recipes, it is not customary to add sugar at all, but still, a small amount of it improves the taste of the drink. But there are recipes for lemon tincture, where sugar can play a significant role. In this case, the drink can be attributed more to liqueurs or liqueurs.

Properly made at home, vodka with lemon turns out to be translucent, and its color shade depends most of all on the type of fruit used. After all, lemons themselves can be either light or dark yellow, with a thick or thin skin.

Additional ingredients in recipes can also color the tincture in any color.

In general, with a decrease in the ambient temperature, the tincture on lemons, as, indeed, on other citrus fruits, becomes slightly cloudy. This is due to the presence of essential oils in large quantities. When the temperature rises, the transparency of the drink is restored.

Most often, lemon juice is used to make a tincture, along with a previously separated zest. Sometimes, but rarely, only the pulp or lemon juice is used.

Granulated sugar is also rarely used in its original form. Most often, syrup is made from it, which is subsequently used to dilute alcohol.

It should be understood that the use of vodka or alcohol in various tincture recipes also depends on what properties of lemon you want to preserve most of all. For example, vitamin C is destroyed when insisted on strong alcohol, but in the shortest possible time the maximum amount of essential oils is extracted from lemons. Therefore, the infusion of lemons on vodka allows you to preserve the content of vitamin C, but increases the extraction time of other useful elements to several weeks, or even months. By the way, it is for this reason that the tincture using pure lemon juice or pulp, without zest, is made only with vodka, and in no case with alcohol.

Since the whole fruit of lemons is most often used for the manufacture of tinctures, their preparation is as follows:

1. Lemons must be thoroughly washed with a fairly stiff brush to free them from the protective waxy shell that the fruits are coated with for better preservation.
2. Then the lemons are scalded with boiling water to completely remove all bacteria from the surface of the peel.

The zest can be cut from the lemons with a sharp knife, peeler, or simply grated on an ordinary grater with small holes.

When using lemon pulp for infusion, the seeds must be extracted from it, since they also carry additional bitterness.

When mixing different liquids, the main thing is to follow the basic rule: add a stronger drink to a less strong one, and not vice versa.

For those making the lemon tincture for the first time, it is recommended that you follow the exact proportions indicated in the specific recipe. Already after insisting after the first tasting, you can try to improve the taste of the tincture by adding sugar or water, or, conversely, strong alcohol.

In addition to directly drinking lemon vodka as a relaxing or health drink, it is often used to add to dough or confectionery. Lemon tincture can also be poured over baked meat or poultry for an attractive aroma and golden brown crust.

Classic Lemon Tincture

The drink prepared according to this recipe will slightly resemble the classic Italian Limoncello liqueur. But even a beginner can cope with its manufacture, and at the same time you can be absolutely sure of the naturalness of the ingredients used.

You will need:

• 500 ml of good quality vodka;
• 5 medium-sized lemons;
• 200 ml of water;
• 250 g sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. Lemons are prepared as described above, dried or wiped dry with a clean towel.
2. Remove the zest from one lemon and squeeze the juice separately.
3. The zest is also removed from the remaining four lemons, cut off and the white rind underneath is removed, and the pulp is cut into small pieces, be sure to remove the seeds from it.
4. The water is heated to + 100 ° C, sugar and juice squeezed from one lemon are added. Boil for several minutes over low heat, remove the resulting foam. Cool to a temperature of + 30-40 ° C.
5. Syrup is poured into a prepared dry and clean jar, lemon slices, chopped zest are added and everything is poured with vodka.
6. Close the lid and shake the contents of the jar well a couple of times.
7. Put a tin of tincture in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
8. Then filter the resulting tincture through several layers of gauze and cotton wool so that it turns out to be almost transparent.
9. Bottled, sealed and placed in a cool place.

You can taste the resulting vodka with lemon right away, although, according to many, it acquires a special taste after a few more weeks of storage in a cool place.

The drink is used as a dessert alcohol. Under suitable storage conditions, the shelf life is unlimited.

Simple lemon infusion with alcohol

Quick lemon tincture can be prepared with alcohol using a very simple recipe.

You will need:

• 500 ml of 96 ° food (medical) alcohol;
• 1 large lemon;
• 750 ml of water;
• ½ tsp granulated sugar for each 0.5 liter bottle.

Manufacturing:

1. The water is heated to a boiling state, removed from the heat, and almost immediately alcohol is carefully added to it.
2. The lemon is washed, cut into thin slices.
3. In prepared, clean, dried bottles, put sugar according to the recipe and a few slices of lemon.
4. Pour them over with the resulting diluted alcohol, shake and close with a stopper.
5. Insist in a cool place for 1-2 days, after which the lemon slices are removed so that additional bitterness does not appear.

The resulting lemon vodka can be consumed almost immediately.

Lemon vodka tincture: recipe with honey

In recipes for making lemon vodka at home, sugar is often replaced with honey, which gives it an additional attractive aroma and taste.

You will need:

• 1 liter of vodka;
• 2 lemons;
• 2-3 st. l. honey.

Manufacturing:

1. The zest and juice of lemons are poured with vodka, left for a week in a cool place without light.
   
2. Then add honey, mix thoroughly and insist under the same conditions for another 5-6 days.
3. The tincture is filtered, poured into bottles, corked and sent for storage.

Homemade vodka with lemon juice

It's easy to make vodka with freshly squeezed lemon juice. As mentioned earlier, there are practically no essential oils in the juice, but there is a lot of vitamin C. Infusion on vodka will help keep it safe and sound, but for its complete extraction, it is advisable to withstand the drink for at least 4 weeks.

You will need:

• juice from 4 lemons;
• 500 ml of vodka;
• 150 g sugar;
• a cinnamon stick for flavoring.

The manufacturing procedure is very similar to that described in the classic recipe, only instead of the zest, a cinnamon stick is added to flavor the drink. After insisting, it is extracted from the vodka.

Lemon peel alcohol tincture recipe

At home, it is not difficult to make a real lemon tincture on alcohol, which, of course, then needs to be diluted with syrup to the strength of ordinary vodka.

You will need:

• 500 g lemons;
• 250 ml of medical alcohol, strength 96 °;
• 180 g sugar;
• 450 ml of water.

Since this recipe for lemon tincture uses only citrus zest, the question often arises of where to put the lemon pulp. If at the moment it is not needed for the preparation of any dishes, then it is best to put it in small hermetically sealed bags and put it in the freezer.But if you need lemon juice, you can get the required amount and use it at any time.

Manufacturing:

1. A thin yellow layer of peel (zest) is removed from prepared lemons and poured over with alcohol.
   
2. Insist in a dark place for 5-6 days.
   Advice! Shake the tincture every day.
3. A week later, a syrup is made from water and sugar, cooled.
4. Strain the alcohol from the lemon peel and pour cooled syrup over it.
5. Insist for about a week.
6. After a while, a film of essential lemon oil can be observed on the surface of the drink.
7. If after a week the tincture is carefully drained through a thin tube, then the oil can be collected from the walls of the vessel.
8. The resulting lemon tincture is additionally filtered and you can treat it to friends and acquaintances.

How to make lemon grapefruit tincture

Grapefruit gives the liqueur an extra exotic touch with a subtle bitterness. The recipe uses alcohol to make this lemon vodka at home. But since the pulp of both citrus fruits is present among the ingredients, the alcohol must be diluted to 40 ° before infusion so as not to lose vitamin C.

You will need:

• 1 liter of alcohol 96%;
• 1500 ml of distilled water;
• 1 lemon;
• 1 grapefruit;
• 2 tbsp. l. Sahara;
• 2-3 carnation buds;
• a tube of cinnamon.

Manufacturing:

1. Peel the zest from the lemon and grapefruit with a thin layer, cut it into pieces, and place it in a 3-liter jar.
2. Peel both fruits of the white rind and discard it. And then cut the remaining pulp into slices, which are added to the same jar.
3. Pour sugar over everything, mix.
4. A drink of lesser strength is prepared from water and alcohol and poured into a jar.
5. Insist under the lid for 10 days.
6. Strain and bottle.
7. Consumed chilled.

Vanilla Lemon Peel Tincture Recipe

Using the classic technology of preparation, you can also make lemon vodka at home with the addition of vanillin. Especially harmoniously, the taste of this spice will be combined with sweet versions of infusions.

The ratio of the ingredients used is as follows:

• 500 ml of vodka;
• 1 lemon;
• 200 g sugar;
• ¼ h. L. vanillin.

Recipe for vodka with lemon and mint

And this recipe gives such a unique combination of flavors that it is impossible to forget it.

You will need:

• 5 lemons;
• 150 g fresh mint leaves or 50 g dried;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 200 g of sugar or 100 g of honey.

Manufacturing:

1. Yellow zest is removed from lemons in any convenient way. The remaining pulp with juice is used in other dishes or frozen.
2. Finely chop the mint, mix with lemon zest and sugar, and cover with vodka, cover and shake.
3. Then they insist in a dark room for about 8-10 days, remembering to shake the contents of the jar daily.
4. Filtered through a gauze and cotton wool filter, bottled.

Unusual lemon tincture recipe

Unlike the usual method of making tinctures, when the raw materials are poured with alcohol, according to this recipe, the lemon does not even come into contact with it. However, the finished tincture has an attractive light yellow hue and rich taste and aroma. The most interesting thing is that lemon vodka according to this recipe is not difficult to create even in ordinary home conditions.

You will need:

• 350 ml of 70% alcohol;
• 1 large ripe lemon;
• 200 ml of water.

For infusion, alcohol is by no means diluted, its concentrated vapors will better absorb lemon essential oils.

Manufacturing:

1. The lemon is thoroughly rinsed in warm water with a brush and then wiped dry with a paper towel.
2. Alcohol is poured into a clean glass jar.
3. The lemon is pierced in the middle with a needle with a thread passed through it and suspended with a wire at the top of the jar so that it does not touch the alcohol, but hangs directly above it.
   
4. The jar is closed with a tight lid and placed in a dark place with a temperature of + 18 ° C to + 22 ° C.
5. After insisting, add water to the alcohol, mix thoroughly.
6. The tincture will most likely become cloudy, but after a few days it should brighten again.
7. At this stage it is tasted, if desired, more sugar is added.

Store in cool conditions without light for about 3 years.

Healthy Lemon Tincture with Garlic, Honey and Rosehip

This tincture consists of components that, even each individually, are able to withstand seasonal colds and significantly increase the immunity of the human body. When combined in one tincture, they will have a powerful healing effect on a person and give him the strength to resist in the fight against any viruses. In addition, the rich vitamin and mineral composition will help to cope with all manifestations of vitamin deficiency.

You will need:

• 1 kg of lemons;
• 2 liters of vodka;
• 500 ml of purified water;
• 300 g of garlic;
• 1 liter of honey;
• 250 g of dry rose hips.

Manufacturing:

1. The lemons are washed, dried, cut into slices, the seeds are removed from them and finely chopped together with the peel.
2. The garlic is divided into cloves and crushed using a garlic press.
3. Rose hips are also cut into halves.
4. Lemons, garlic and rose hips are placed in a large opaque container. You can also use a large 5-liter jar, but in this case it must be wrapped in foil to keep light out.
5. Gently pour the mixture into a jar with boiling water, stir.
6. Cover with a lid, wrap it up and wait until it cools down to + 40 ° C.
7. Add honey, stir and fill everything with vodka.
8. Close the lid tightly and insist in a dark place in the room for about 10 days.
9. Then the tincture is filtered through gauze with cotton wool, after which it can be bottled and stored in a cool place.

The tincture is used prophylactically during the period of seasonal infectious diseases and for medicinal purposes 2-3 times a day after meals in a volume of no more than 50 ml at a time.

Taiga tincture on alcohol with lemons with honey and herbs

This tincture, due to its rich composition and complex production, has earned the right to be called a balm.

You will need:

• 1.5 kg of lemons;
• 700 ml of medical alcohol (96%);
• 900 g of flower honey;
• 330 ml of purified water;
• 50 g of viburnum juice;
• 30-40 g of dried rose hips, orange peel; raspberry leaves and berries, chamomile, birch buds, ginseng roots, calamus roots; plantain leaves; mint leaves.

According to the recipe, you need to find 9 more small jars or bottles (70-100 ml each).

Manufacturing:

1. Each type of dry grass, root or fruit is placed in its own container and filled with about 50 ml of alcohol. Stir and, hermetically closed, placed in a dark place for 2 weeks for infusion.
2. After this period, each tincture is filtered and combined together. Let them brew in a dark place for another 18-20 days.
3. Simultaneously with the lemons, the zest is cleaned, crushed and, filled with the remaining alcohol, is left to infuse for the same period.
4. The pulp of lemons is combined with water, heated to a boil and, after cooling, honey is added to them.
5. The resulting mixture is frozen until both tinctures have time to prepare.
6. When the long-awaited moment comes, both tinctures are filtered through a filter, combined together and a thawed honey-lemon mixture is added to them.
7. Mix thoroughly, bottled, hermetically sealed.

The resulting healing balm can alleviate the condition for many diseases.

Aromatic lemon tincture on vodka with saffron

Saffron is a very rare and most expensive spice. Even a very small amount of it can give the lemon tincture an unforgettable aroma.

You will need:

• 750 ml of wheat vodka;
• 200 g lemon zest;
• 80-100 ml of fresh lemon juice;
• 250 ml of water;
• 3 g saffron;
• 150 g sugar.

Manufacturing:

1. The zest of lemons is ground in a blender and poured over with vodka.
2. After 2 weeks of infusion, the resulting tincture is filtered.
3. At the same time, sugar is dissolved in boiling water and saffron is added there. After boiling, remove from heat and pour in lemon juice.
4. The syrup is cooled and mixed with the resulting tincture.
5. Insist for another 4-5 days in a dark place.
6. Strain and distribute into bottles.

How to store homemade lemon vodka

Homemade lemon vodka tincture can be stored in almost any dark place for at least 2 years. In cool conditions of a basement or cellar, its shelf life can be from 3 to 5 years, or even practically without restrictions.

Conclusion

Lemon vodka is a drink that will come in handy in any conditions. And at a home lunch, and at a dinner party. It is not even a shame to take it as a gift, especially if it is made according to a special healing recipe.

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