A selection of 7 different little-known liqueur recipes
Sweet drinks from fragrant fruits, flowers, spices at home are made on the basis of wine, rum, cognac. In rare cases, vodka is added to the recipe to create liqueurs. To get an original product with bright flavors, you need the sweetest and most fragrant fruits of the maximum degree of maturity.
Recipe for "Lightning" liqueur
Ingredients
Dry red wine - 1 liter
Sugar - 0.8 kg
Cherry essence - 10-20 ml
Rum (cognac) - 0.5 liters
Vanillin - to taste
The method of preparation
Pour rum into wine, flavor the mixture with vanilla and sweeten with sugar.
Shake the drink well, strain.
Pour in the cherry essence.
Recipe for liqueur "In French"
The finished product has a particularly pleasant aroma and is suitable for flavoring teas, sauces, and impregnating confectionery. It is good as a component of grog and cocktails.
Ingredients
Lemon (orange) - 1 pc.
Light dessert wine (port) - 0.5 liters
Sugar - 100 g
Cooking method
Chop the lemon peel and add to the wine.
Sweeten the drink, cook over low heat until the volume is reduced by half.
Allow the liquid to cool, pour into a clean container, seal tightly.
Recipe for jasmine liqueur
Ingredients
Jasmine flowers - 1 kg
Vodka - 1 liter
Sugar - 1 cup
The method of preparation
Pour the flowers into a voluminous jar, cover with sugar, pour in alcohol.
Send the sealed container to a dark place for half a month.
Strain the liquor, distribute in small bottles, tightly seal.
Liqueur "Honey and ginger"
Cognac - 0.5 liters
Fresh ginger - 60 g
Honey - 200 g
Water - 90 ml
Method of preparation
Wash ginger root, dry, peel, cut into small slices.
Pour the crushed mass into a bottle, pour in the alcohol, let it brew for about 1 week, shaking occasionally. Strain the infusion, set aside.
Pour water and honey into the ginger mass, shake, boil for 10 minutes.
Wait for the drink to cool, pour the liquid through a filter into a prepared container.
Add ginger brandy to the broth, seal tightly, let the liquor brew and taste.
Recipe for cinnamon liqueur
Ingredients
Boiled water - 1 liter
Vodka - 2.5 liters
Solid cinnamon - 200 g
Sugar - 0.5 kg
Water - 1 glass
The method of preparation
Crush cinnamon, pour alcohol over the mixture, let it stand in a closed container for half a month.
Strain the infusion through a cloth, pour in water, pass through a distillation cube.
Make a classic sweet syrup by boiling sugar with water, let the liquid cool.
Combine the syrup with cinnamon alcohol, put the drink in small containers.
Recipe for royal liqueur
Grind sugar before use, can be replaced with powdered sugar.
Ingredients
Water - ½ cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Alcohol - 1 liter
Rosehip petals - 10 g
Bay leaf - 10 pieces.
Dry sage - 1 tbsp.
Dill seeds - 3 g
Cumin seeds - 1 g
Ground cinnamon - 1 g
Juniper berries - 1 tbsp.
The method of preparation
Put the mixture of all solid ingredients (except sugar) into a bottle with alcohol.
Seal the container tightly, let it stand for at least 20 days.
Drain the aromatic infusion, strain twice.
Dissolve sugar in water, boil until the liquid turns into a thick syrup, let cool.
Pour the syrup into the alcohol infusion, mix well, place the drink in small containers and keep it cool for about 1 week.
Liqueur "Tea pleasure"
Ingredients
Green leaf tea - 100 g
Chopped lemon zest - 1 tbsp. л
Ground cinnamon - 1 tsp. л
Sugar - 1 kg
Badian - 1 hour. л
Alcohol - 1 liter
Vanilla sugar - 1 tsp. л
Water - 0.5 liters
The method of preparation
Put tea and spices in a jar, pour alcohol, close the container.
Let the liquid soak for 2 months, then filter thoroughly.
Lightly grind sugar, soak in water, boil until syrupy.
Pour vanilla into the hot liquid, cool, pour into the infusion, dissolve.
Distribute the liquor in small bottles, wait 3 days before tasting.
Update: 23.11.2018
Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures