Cherry tincture recipe at home

Pouring from cherries in Russia is not as popular as a drink from its closest relative, cherries. Indeed, until recently, sweet cherry was considered an exclusively southern tree. Another reason is lack of acidity and contrast.

Is it possible to make cherry liqueur

Many even doubt whether it is possible to make a delicious liqueur from cherries. But in the same Europe, cherry liqueurs are very popular, and in some Mediterranean countries, cherry wine has long been produced. But liqueurs have not gone so far from liqueurs: they may be a little sweeter, but according to the technology of preparation, they practically do not differ in any way from liqueurs infused with strong alcohol.

As for the prevalence of sweet cherry in Russia, Yuri Dolgoruky began to plant the first cherry orchards on the territory of modern Moscow. And even at the level of development of selection today, getting good yields of this berry in the middle lane and preparing delicious liqueurs from it, among other things, is a piece of cake.

Secrets of making cherry liqueur at home

In ancient times, liqueurs were prepared exclusively from fruits and berries by the method of natural fermentation. Subsequently, the drink was often reinforced with the addition of vodka or alcohol. Currently, there are two main options for making sweet cherry liqueurs:

• by insisting on strong alcoholic beverages;
• without the addition of alcohol-containing liquids, by natural fermentation.

The latter are characterized by a milder taste, but have a small strength (no more than 12%).

Cherry must be selected fully ripe, but without traces of rot and various spots. The color of the berries is only important when making liqueurs with alcohol or vodka, since lighter varieties will not give such a rich color and aroma. For making liqueurs using natural fermentation without alcohol, a variety of any color is suitable.

Most of the controversy flares up about whether to use whole berries with seeds or remove the seeds.

There are recipes for making liqueur with bones, but their taste is designed for amateurs. Therefore, in most recipes, the seeds from the cherries are still removed.

What can cherry liqueur insist on?

There are many alcoholic beverages that can be infused with cherry liqueur:

• vodka;
• moonshine;
• alcohol;
• rum;
• cognac;
• brandy.

Exotic alcoholic beverages are practically not used.

Cherry pouring with vodka

This is perhaps the most common way of making a fragrant and tasty drink from moderate-strength cherries.

• 1 kg of berries;
• 500 g sugar;
• 2 liters of vodka.

Preparation:

1. It is advisable to wash the berries, remove the seeds and stalks, and place the pulp in a glass jar.
2. Pour in the prescribed amount of vodka, seal tightly and place in a warm and dark place.
3. Within 10 days, the drink must be shaken once a day.
4. After this time, the drink is filtered through cheesecloth, the pulp is squeezed out and placed back in a glass container.
5. Cover with sugar, cover and place again in a warm place (18 to 25 ° C) for a week with daily shaking of the contents.
6. The filtered liquid is still stored in a separate hermetically sealed bottle in the refrigerator.
   
7. After a week of infusion of berry pulp with sugar, filter the resulting juice through several layers of gauze and add it to the liqueur stored in the refrigerator.
8. At this stage, you can taste the drink and add sugar if desired.
9. The filling is poured into bottles, sealed with corks and stored in a dark place with a temperature of no more than 10-16 ° C for about 3-4 months. Such aging can significantly improve the taste of the liqueur. Its strength is about 29-32 degrees.

Cherry pouring with alcohol

You can replace vodka with alcohol. To obtain the required concentration, it is necessary to dilute 1 liter of 95% alcohol in 1.375 liters of water.

The cooking process is the same.

Pouring cherry on moonshine

Instead of vodka, you can take home-made moonshine and follow the same recipe. You just need to have an idea of ​​the strength of moonshine in order to use less or more of it if necessary.

Pouring cherry on cognac

A drink made according to this recipe is able to surprise even true gourmets with its taste, color and aroma.

• 500 ml of brandy (maybe not the best quality);
• 600 g of cherries;
• 50 g sugar;
• spices to taste (cinnamon, cloves, cumin).

Preparation:

1. Rinse the berries, prick with a toothpick or a needle to extract juice and place in a glass jar.
2. Add spices there.
3. Fry the sugar in a dry skillet without oil, stirring all the time, then add to the same jar.
4. Pour cognac, which should cover all the berries.
5. Mix the contents of the jar well, close the lid tightly and place in a dark, warm place for 2 months.
6. Filter the finished liqueur through cheesecloth, bottle and store.

Cherry pouring without vodka and alcohol

Our great-grandfathers prepared liqueur in a similar way, when strong alcoholic drinks were a rarity. The pouring comes from the natural fermentation of fructose from cherry juice and sugar added according to the recipe, and is a bit like wine.

• 2 kg of berries;
• 800 g sugar;
• 250 ml of water.

It is also necessary to prepare a sterilized dry three-liter jar and a water seal. Instead, you can use an ordinary medical glove, piercing a hole in one of her fingers with a needle.

Preparation:

1. The berries are pitted.
2. About 200 g of sugar is poured into the bottom of the jar, after which the cherries and the remaining sugar are added in layers.
3. All are filled with water.
4. A lid with a water seal is installed on the jar or a glove is put on, which is tightly fixed with an elastic band with tape.
5. The jar is placed in a warm and dark place for fermentation. This process usually takes 25 to 40 days. You can track it by the state of the glove: first, it will inflate and rise, after the end of the process, it will deflate and fall.
6. At this point, strain the liqueur using cheesecloth, completely squeeze out the pulp and pour into bottles, sealing them tightly.
7. Let stand in a cool place for about 2-4 months to improve the taste.

Of course, the liqueur is much smaller than when using the alcohol component (about 1 liter), but it has a richer taste. The strength of the drink is about 10-12%.

Homemade sweet cherry liqueur with honey recipe

According to this recipe, a rather strong, but tasty, slightly tart drink is obtained.

• 1 kg of berries;
• 750 ml of vodka;
• 1 liter of alcohol;
• 1 liter of honey;
• 1 g each vanillin, cloves, cinnamon.

Preparation:

1. The cherries, washed and freed from seeds and twigs, are placed in a glass jar, spices are added and poured over with alcohol.
2. Insist 4 weeks in the sun.
3. Filter the drink, put it in the refrigerator for temporary storage, and pour all the remaining pulp with honey, cover with gauze and put it back in the sun for 4 weeks.
   
4. The honey syrup is carefully squeezed out, mixed with the initial infusion and kept in a dark place for 24 hours.
5. After a day, the liqueur is passed through a filter, bottled and sent to infuse for 3-4 months in a cool place.

Pouring cherry with seeds

This recipe is considered quite simple, since it does not provide for the separation of seeds from cherries, therefore, the most common. Thanks to the seeds, the drink acquires a light almond flavor.

• 1 liter of vodka or moonshine;
• 1 kg of pitted fruits (dark colors are better);
• 300 g of sugar.

When changing the amount of one of the ingredients, it is important to maintain an overall ratio of 1: 1: 0.3.

Preparation:

1. The berries are placed in a jar.
2. Vodka is thoroughly mixed with sugar.
3. Sweet vodka is poured over cherries in a jar, closed with a nylon lid and placed on a sunny window.
4. The jar needs to be shaken a little every 2-3 days.
5. After two weeks, the liqueur is filtered through cheesecloth and poured into bottles.

Tincture on berries and cherry leaves

This recipe uses cherry leaves to add an extra herbal flavor to the liqueur.

• 50 dark cherries;
• about 200 cherry leaves;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 1.5 kg of sugar;
• 1 liter of boiled water;
• 1.5 tsp citric acid.

Preparation:

1. The leaves and berries are washed, and the seeds are removed from half of the berries.
2. Pour in water and cook over low heat for 15 minutes.
3. The broth is filtered.
4. Sugar and citric acid are added to it and cooked over low heat for about 10 minutes.
5. After cooling, vodka is added to the syrup, everything is mixed well and the resulting liqueur is poured into glass containers with sealed lids.

Insist the drink in a cool, dark place for about 20 days.

How to make frozen cherry liqueur

Since cherries are a seasonal berry that ripens in early summer, they can be frozen to make a liqueur at any time of the year. The drink made from frozen berries is practically no different from the traditional one. It is only necessary to pre-defrost the berries at room temperature, spreading them on a flat surface, such as a baking sheet, in one layer.

To remove excess moisture from defrosted berries, it is recommended to put the baking sheet with berries in the oven at low temperature (70 ° C) for 4–5 hours. After that, prepare the liqueur according to any recipe.

A simple and quick recipe for sweet cherry liqueur

There is an old recipe for making sweet cherry liqueurs in just one day. True, for this, the conditions of a “cooling Russian oven” are best suited with maintaining a constant temperature in the region of 60–70 ° C. If the oven is capable of maintaining such a mode, then it can be used.

Cooking process:

1. 1 kg of cherries are poured with 2 liters of vodka.
2. Place the container with the future liqueur to simmer at the above temperature in the oven or oven for a period of 12 to 24 hours. During this time, the filling acquires a dark brown color.
3. It is filtered, 500 g of sugar is added and bottled.

You can use it right away, but after infusion it will improve its taste.

How to make yellow cherry liqueur

Yellow cherries have a richer spicy taste than their sisters, but most of all, the replacement of the berry will affect the color of the finished drink. It will turn out to be an attractive golden hue.

• 730 g yellow cherries;
• 365 ml of well-refined moonshine or vodka;
• 145 ml of water;
• 155 g sugar;
• cinnamon stick.

Preparation:

1. The seeds are removed from the cherry berries, and the pulp is slightly kneaded until juice is obtained.
2. The juice is poured into a separate container, and the berries are poured with moonshine.
3. Syrup is prepared from juice, warm water and sugar and combined with berries drenched in moonshine.
4. A cinnamon stick is also added there.
5. In a dark, cool place, the liqueur is infused for at least 10 days, after which it is thoroughly filtered to remove berries and cinnamon.
6. The finished drink is bottled and sealed tightly.

Red cherry liqueur recipe

Red cherries are also often called pink ones. To get a more multifaceted drink from it, it is advisable to insist on a mixture of vodka and brandy.

• 620 ml of vodka;
• 235 ml brandy;
• 730 g red cherries;
• 230 g sugar.

It is recommended to slightly cut or chop the berries, but do not remove the seeds.

Preparation:

1. Brandy and vodka are thoroughly mixed with sugar until it is completely dissolved.
2. Pour cherry berries with this mixture and tightly close the container. The drink should be infused in the dark and cool for about a month. For the first two weeks, it must be shaken once a day.
3. After a month, the drink is filtered and poured into hermetically sealed bottles. In this case, the berries are removed.

White cherry pouring

But white cherries are perfectly combined with rum in their taste and color.

• 1 kg of cherries;
• 50 ml of alcohol with a strength of 95%;
• 500 ml of white rum;
• 150 ml of honey;
• a bag of vanilla;
• 5 carnation buds.

Preparation:

1. The washed and pitted cherries are poured with honey and vanilla and cloves are added.
2. The jar is tightly closed and left in the room for 24 hours.
3. Alcohol and rum are added to the contents, sealed tightly and left in a cool place without light for at least 3 months.
4. After insisting, the liqueur is filtered, the berries are squeezed out and left for 3-4 days to separate the sediment.
5. After the required period has expired, the pouring is poured from the sediment, filtered through a filter and bottled.
6. Insist, if possible, for another 3 months.

Cherry liqueur with nutmeg

1. 1 kg of berries are slightly kneaded until the juice is released, but the seeds are not removed.
2. Transferred to a glass jar and leave for 3 days at room temperature without light.
3. 1 g of cinnamon and nutmeg, 250 g of sugar are added to the berries and everyone is poured with 400 ml of vodka.
4. The mixture is shaken and insisted in the same place for another 7 days.
   
5. Sugar syrup is prepared from 50 ml of water and 100 g of sugar, cooled.
6. The infused liqueur is filtered, sugar syrup is added to it and the drink is passed through a filter.
7. The finished drink is poured into glass containers and placed in storage.

Pouring cherry on red wine

The liqueur is infused according to this recipe on vodka, and red wine is added to create a brighter flavor bouquet.

1. 0.5 kg of cherries with seeds, lightly knead with a wooden spoon and add 300 g of sugar, half a cinnamon stick, 9 peeled almond kernels, 2 pieces of cloves, and grated zest from half an orange.
2. Everything is transferred to a glass container, filled with 700 ml of vodka or 40-50% alcohol, covered with a lid and placed for infusion for 6 weeks in a cool place without light with occasional shaking.
3. At the next stage, the drink is filtered, the berries and spices are squeezed out and removed, but 500 ml of dry red wine is added to it. Then they insist for about a month.

The original recipe for liqueur-like cherry liqueur

• 1 liter of 70% alcohol;
• 800 g of a mixture of red and yellow cherries;
• 250 g dry red wine;
• 500 ml of sugar syrup (dissolve 300 g of sugar in 200 ml of water);
• 5 carnation buds;
• 5 g ground cinnamon or 1 cinnamon stick;
• zest with 1 lemon.

As in the previous recipe, the berries with spices are infused with alcohol for 3-4 weeks. Then filter, add sugar syrup and red wine, mix. Bottled and infused again for at least 3 weeks.

Cherry liqueur at home

The liqueur is prepared according to a recipe very similar to the manufacture of liqueur. After all, these drinks have a lot in common.

First cooking stage:

1. To 1 kg of cherry berries add 500 g of sugar, 1 tsp. vanilla sugar, 3 cherry leaves, 4 cloves buds, a pinch of cinnamon and ground nutmeg each.
2. The jar with berries and spices is closed with a lid and kept for about 8-10 days in the sun.
3. It must be shaken with all its contents daily.

Second cooking stage:

1. 400 ml of high-quality vodka is poured into a jar.
2. The liquor is insisted for another 4 weeks.
3. The contents are filtered and bottled.

The drink is ready.

Cherry and sweet cherry liqueur recipe

According to the same recipe, a liqueur liqueur is prepared from equal parts of cherries and cherries.

All ingredients are taken in the same quantities (500 g of cherries and 500 g of cherries), only the amount of sugar is slightly increased - up to 700-800 g.

The taste of the liqueur is more intense due to the addition of cherries.

Cherry cognac liqueur with oak chips and cinnamon

The liqueur made according to this recipe may taste like cognac.

For her, you can use cherries of any color and even a mixture of varieties.

Preparation:

1. 1 kg of cherry berries is slightly crumpled until juice is released in jars and, covered with gauze, put in a warm place for 3 days. During this time, the liquid should ferment.
   
2. Add 250 g of sugar, 3 g each of cinnamon and nutmeg and stir well.
3. Pour 500 ml of vodka.
4. Shake everything well and place, covered with a lid, in the dark at a temperature of 21-24 ° C for 2-3 weeks.
5. When a clear sediment appears at the bottom, pour the filling into a clean container and filter if necessary.
6. Pour into bottles, placing 2 fresh oak chips in each.
7. The bottles are tightly closed and sent to infuse for 2 months in a cool place with a temperature of 16 ° C.

You may need to strain the liqueur again before use.

Cherry, blueberry and apple pouring: cognac tincture

This drink is able to surprise and delight even sophisticated connoisseurs and connoisseurs of alcohol.

• 800 g of sweet cherries;
• 50 g fresh blueberries;
• 50 g of sweet apples, grated on a coarse grater;
• 700 ml of brandy;
• 50 g brown (unrefined) sugar melted in a dry frying pan;
• spices to taste (cinnamon, cloves, cumin).

Preparation:

1. The washed berries are pricked in several places to form juice.
2. Load them into a jar, add blueberries and apples, preferably peeled.
3. Add spices and pour cognac so that it completely covers the berries.
4. Seal tightly and insist in warm and dark for 2 months.
5. The finished drink is filtered through a filter and bottled, put into storage.

Terms and conditions for storing sweet cherry liqueur

Most of the liqueurs described in this article can be stored in cool and dark conditions for up to 5 years.

Before use, it is worth checking whether a sediment has appeared, and, if necessary, filter the finished liqueur additionally.

Conclusion

The article contains a variety of recipes for liqueur from cherries of all varieties with all kinds of additives: spices, leaves, wine.

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