Stumbling at home: 17 recipes

Spotykach is a drink that is often confused with liqueur. It is a hot sweet alcoholic drink based on fruits and berries with sugar, drenched in vodka. Ukraine is considered its historical homeland.

What is the difference between spotykach and liqueur

Typically, spotykach is made on the basis of fruits and berries such as currants, strawberries, raspberries, grapes, plums, cherries, cherries, apricots, cranberries and rowan berries, etc. In addition, herbs and spices are also used: anise, coffee, nutmeg , mint and many others.

If in terms of strength it is between liqueur and liqueur, then in terms of sweetness spotykach is closer to liqueur - for its sweetness and lower strength it is considered to be a "female" drink.

Spotykach: a classic recipe

Ingredients:

• any fruit or berries - 1 kg;
• strong alcohol (vodka or moonshine, without a pronounced smell) - 0.75-1 liter;
• granulated sugar - 350 g;
• water - 0.5 l.

Preparation:

1. The fruits are washed (if necessary, cut into pieces), sent to a saucepan, pour about 200 g of sugar, pour in water and put on fire.
2. After boiling, reduce the heat and cook for another half hour, stirring regularly.
3. Remove pan from heat, add alcohol and return to fire.
4. After boiling, remove the mixture from the stove.
5. Leave to cool under the lid. At this point, you can add more sugar to taste.
6. Poured into a jar or bottle (along with berries), corked, moved to a dark place for two weeks. Shake the bottle every 2-3 days.
7. Strain the spot, pour it into containers, close it tightly and insist for three days (at least).

Tripkach with mountain ash according to the Varangian recipe

The recipe requires the following:

• mountain ash - 500 g;
• vodka or moonshine - 1 liter;
• water - 0.3 l;
• granulated sugar - 500 g.

Preparation:

1. If the mountain ash was harvested before frost, it is placed in the freezer overnight.
2. The berries are washed, poured with water, sugar is poured.
3. The berries are boiled for an hour (until the peel bursts), after boiling, the heat is reduced.
4. Pour vodka into the broth (it is better to remove the pan from the stove at this moment) and bring to a boil, after which it is removed from the heat.
5. Allow the broth to cool and pour into a jar along with rowan.
6. Insist for two weeks.
7. Then it is poured into another container, the rowan is squeezed through cheesecloth, the liquid is poured into bottles and hermetically sealed.
8. Leave it for another two to three weeks, or better - for a few months.

Currant stump

Ingredients needed are:

• currants - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• strong alcohol - 1 liter;
• water - 500 ml.

Preparation:

1. First, the spoiled berries are selected, then they are washed and dried.
2. Transfer to a container and knead until a homogeneous mass is obtained.Squeeze the juice from the crushed currants using gauze.
3. In a saucepan, combine water and sugar to make a thick sugar syrup.
4. Currant juice is poured into syrup and boiled until boiling.
5. Remove the container from the heat, add alcohol, stir and continue to cook.
6. Without boiling, cook until the mixture thickens, then remove from heat and allow to cool.
7. Bottled and put away in a cool place. Insist for several weeks.

Cherry stalker

The cherry stalker recipe is very simple. To prepare it, you need the following:

• cherry - 300 g;
• prunes - 50 g;
• strong alcohol - 0.5 liters;
• granulated sugar - 300 g.

Preparation:

1. Cherry is covered with sugar and left for several hours.
2. Then the container with cherries is placed on a small fire and, stirring, cook until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Add prunes and remove from heat, allow to cool.
4. Berries with syrup are placed in bottles and poured over with alcohol.
5. Let it brew for 10-15 days.
6. Filtered and bottled again. Leave for 3-4 days.

Peppermint Stumbler Recipe

Required Ingredients:

• mint - 70 g;
• strong alcohol - 1 l;
• granulated sugar - 200 g.

Preparation:

1. Melted sugar, make syrup. Add mint there and cook for another 15–20 minutes.
2. Mix vodka with syrup, turn off the stove, leave the mixture to cool under the lid.
3. Bottled and left for 5-7 days.
4. Store in a dark place.

Prune stump

For cooking you will need:

• prunes - 400 g;
• granulated sugar - 400 g;
• vodka - 500 ml;
• water - 300 ml.

Preparation:

1. The prunes are washed thoroughly.
2. Syrup is prepared from sugar and water.
3. The syrup is cooled and mixed with prunes and an alcoholic component.
4. Poured into a jar or bottle and infused for 2 weeks.
5. The liquid is filtered and again poured into bottles.

Raspberry spotting recipe

For a drink you will need:

• raspberries - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• water - 700 ml;
• strong alcohol - 750 ml;
• vanillin to taste.

Prepare spotykach like this:

1. Vodka is infused with vanilla for two days.
2. The berries are pre-sorted, then kneaded with a spoon and transferred to a layer of gauze. Then the juice is squeezed out.
3. Syrup is made from water and sugar.
4. The syrup is mixed with juice and brought to a boil.
5. Alcohol is poured into the mixture removed from the fire and put back on the stove.
6. While stirring, heat it over low heat, not bringing to a boil.
7. Bottled and sealed.

Fragrant mint spotter: recipe with vanilla

The recipe for a mint drink with the addition of vanilla differs little from a recipe without vanillin.

For cooking you will need:

• mint - 70-100 g;
• vodka - 1 liter;
• granulated sugar - 200 g;
• vanilla to taste.

Prepare this variation of the drink as follows:

1. Vanilla is poured with vodka and insisted for two weeks.
2. A syrup is prepared with the addition of mint.
3. After adding the mint, the syrup is boiled for another 15 minutes.
4. The tincture is pre-filtered, and then mixed with syrup, cover the pan with a lid and leave to cool.
5. Pour and leave to infuse for 5-7 days.

Lemon stalker recipe

For cooking you will need:

• lemons - 5 pieces;
• vodka - 0.75 l;
• granulated sugar - 400 g;
• water - 250 ml;
• spices - optional.

Prepare as follows:

1. The lemons are washed, the zest is cut and the pulp is cut.
2. Water and sugar are mixed and boiled until completely dissolved.
3. Lemon pulp, cut into pieces, and half of the zest are added to the syrup.
4. Boil for another 10-15 minutes and add alcohol.
5. Leave the mixture under the lid until it cools completely.
6. Pour into a jar and leave for a week.
7. Strain, squeeze the lemon and leave for another 3-4 days.

Apricot stumbling

Since this recipe is actually a basic one, the amount of ingredients can be changed to your liking. In this version, for cooking you will need:

• apricots - 1 kg;
• strong alcohol - 0.75 l;
• granulated sugar - 400 g;
• water - 0.5 l.

Prepare this way:

1. The berries are pitted and washed.
2. Then the apricots are laid out in a saucepan, sugar is poured there and poured with water and put on fire.
3. After boiling, the fire is reduced to a minimum and the mixture is boiled for another half hour, not forgetting to stir.
4. Vodka is poured into the berry syrup, heated to almost a boil and the fire is turned off.
5. The drink is allowed to cool under the lid, then poured into jars and sealed.
6. Insist 10-15 days.
7. Then the stalker is filtered and bottled.
8. Re-leave for two weeks.

Spotykach nut liqueur

This recipe is called spottykach rather conditionally, since it is actually a tincture. For cooking:

• walnuts - 500 g;
• vodka - 0.75 l;
• granulated sugar - 400 g;
• fruit pits - 10 peach or 20 any other fruits;
• spices to taste.

Prepare as follows.

1. Walnuts are divided into several parts and poured with vodka. Leave for a month in the sun, then filter.
2. Add sugar, crushed fruit seeds, spices to the strained tincture, mix and leave for a week.
3. Shake the tincture once a day.
4. Then it is filtered, poured and tightly closed.

Coffee drink spotykach

For cooking you will need:

• coffee - 120-150 g;
• water - 1 liter;
• vodka - 0.5 liters;
• granulated sugar - 500 g.

Preparation:

1. Ground coffee is poured with cold water and left for a day.
2. The liquid is filtered and boiled for 10-15 minutes.
3. Allow to cool, re-filter, add sugar and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
4. Add the alcoholic component and return the pan to the stove.
5. Cook without boiling. After steam appears, the pan is removed from the stove.
6. Allow the drink to cool under the lid and pour.
7. Ideally stored in a cellar or refrigerator, but any dark and cool place can be dispensed with.

Cranberry liqueur spotykach

It is prepared in the same way as with raspberries, as this is the standard recipe.

How to make a spottykach at home with chokeberry

You will need ingredients such as:

• chokeberry - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 1 kg;
• strong alcohol - 1 liter;
• water - 750 ml.

It is prepared similarly to blackcurrant spottykach:

1. The berries are sorted out, washed, cleaned of litter and allowed to dry.
2. Transfer to a container and knead so that juice appears. Transfer the crushed mountain ash to cheesecloth and squeeze out the juice.
3. Boil the syrup.
4. Rowan juice is poured into the syrup and the resulting mixture is brought to a boil.
5. Remove from heat, pour in vodka, stir and return to the stove over a small fire.
6. Without boiling, keep on fire until the mixture thickens, then remove from the stove, cover the pan with a lid and allow to cool.
7. Bottled, corked and stored in a cool dry place. Let it brew for 7-10 days.

Plum stalker according to the classic recipe

The following is required:

• plums - 1 kg;
• granulated sugar - 500 g;
• water - 1.5 l;
• vodka - 0.5 l.

Prepare as follows:

1. The plums are washed, pitted, cut and allowed to dry.
2. Put plums, sugar and water in a saucepan.
3. After boiling, cook for 20 minutes.
4. Allow to cool, pour in vodka and stir.
5. Pour and leave for 10-15 days.

Unusual recipe for spotting with nutmeg and cloves

According to this recipe, the drink is made only from spices, without the addition of berries and fruits.

Ingredients:

• cinnamon and cloves - 5 g;
• nutmeg - 10 g;
• vanilla - 20 g;
• vodka - 0.5 l;
• granulated sugar - 400 g.

The tincture is prepared in this way:

1. For two weeks, vodka is infused with spices, while shaking the container with the drink daily.
2. After that, the mixture is filtered, sugar is poured into it and boiled.
3. The liquid is re-filtered and poured into bottles.

How to cook spottykach at home with orange zest

Orange zest is added to anise-based drink. However, if desired, it can be added to almost any recipe - for example, as a basis for infusing vodka.

For cooking you will need:

• anise - 50 g;
• vodka - 1.5 l;
• granulated sugar - 2 kg;
• water - 3 l;
• orange peel - 10 g;
• cloves, cinnamon, other spices - to taste.

Prepare as follows:

1. Anise is washed, ground and poured with vodka.Insist from three to five days, then filter.
2. Mix water and sugar and make sugar syrup.
3. Tincture and spices are added to the hot syrup.
4. Pour into jars and leave to infuse for 4-5 days. Shake the drink daily.
5. They are filtered, poured into bottles and put away in a dark place for several months.

Storage conditions for ladies' drink

The drink is stored for three years, while long-term storage is possible only in a cool place, away from sunlight.

Conclusion

Spotykach is an interesting version of homemade alcohol, moderately strong and moderately sweet. Thanks to the huge variety of recipes, everyone can find a suitable drink option. However, do not get too carried away with this drink - it is still alcohol, which is appropriate only in moderation.

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