Currant liqueur: 8 recipes at home

The berries for liqueurs should be large, ripe and, of course, free of rotten and spoiled specimens, as well as ridges, cuttings and other plant debris.

Before putting in a jar, the currants should be mashed with a wooden spoon or pestle. This should be done in such a way that each berry releases its juice, but at the same time, the bones are not crushed.

What else is made from currants? tinctures, wine, liqueurs

Basic blackcurrant liqueur

The following drink can be considered a kind of classic, if not in proportions, then in the process of preparation.

Ingredients

1. Black currant - 1 kg

2. 60-degree water-alcohol solution - 1 liter (how to dilute)

3. Drinking still water - 750 ml

4. Sugar - 1 kg

5. Currant leaves (optional) - 5-6 pcs.

The method of preparation

1. Mash the washed berries in a bowl, put them in a jar and pour alcohol. If desired, to give the future drink a spicy sourness, you can add clean chopped currant leaves.

2. Close the container with a tight lid and hide it for one and a half to two months in a warm, dark room.

3. After this period, drain the liquid, squeeze the berries into it, then filter and set aside for the preparation of the syrup (berry cake can be thrown away, although some alcopops use it to flavor grain and sugar distillates).

4. It's easy to brew sugar syrup.

5. Cool the syrup to room temperature and mix thoroughly with the alcohol base.

6. The finished drink should be bottled, left for a week to mature in a cool, dark place, and then consumed for pleasure.

Red currant liqueur

Red currants, compared to their black counterparts, are more acidic and less saturated. Hence, slightly different proportions and the absence of leaves in the recipe.

Ingredients

1. Red currants - 1 kg

2. 70-degree water-alcohol solution - 500 ml (how to dilute)

3. Water - 500 ml

4. Sugar - 800 g

The method of preparation

1. In this case, you can safely be guided by according to the previous recipe, taking into account the preparation of a slightly more concentrated syrup.

2. Although, in the second step, it is recommended to keep the future drink for no more than a month and a half and not in the dark, but in the sun.

Currant mix liqueur

The preparation of this drink, unlike others, involves the use of a mixture of black and red currants.

Ingredients

1. Black currants - 500 g

2. Red currants - 250 g

3. 80-degree water-alcohol solution - 750 ml (how to dilute)

4. Water - 250 ml

5. Brown sugar - 500 g

The method of preparation

1. Mash the washed berries in a bowl, put them in a jar and pour over alcohol.

2. Close the jar with the infusion with plastic wrap and keep it in this form for about a day at room temperature.

3. Then, mix the contents thoroughly, close the container with a new film and put it in the refrigerator for 10 days.

4. After this period, drain the liquid, squeeze the berries into it, then filter and set aside for the preparation of the syrup.

5. Cooking is simple sugar syrup.

6. Cool the syrup to room temperature and mix thoroughly with the alcohol base.

7. Bottle the finished drink, leave it for a week to mature in a cool, dark place, and then drink it to your heart's content.

8. Warning! The liquor prepared in this way is stored exclusively in the refrigerator; and, no more than three months.

Liqueur a la crème de cassis

This Burgundy blackcurrant nectar is most often used in cocktails such as: "Kir" or "Kir royal"; but in its pure form, it will also bring pleasure to lovers of especially sweet drinks.

Ingredients

1. Black currants - 1.5 kg

2. Ordinary brandy or cognac (ideally, a young 50-degree grape distillate) - 1.5 liters (how to dilute)

3. Water - 500 ml

4. Sugar - 1 kg

The method of preparation

1. Mash the washed berries in a bowl, put them in a jar and pour alcohol.

2. Insist brandy for 2 months under a tight lid in a cool dark place.

3. After this period, drain the liquid, squeeze the berries into it, then filter and set aside for the duration of the syrup preparation.

4. Prepare a simple sugar syrup.

5. Cool the syrup to room temperature and mix thoroughly with the alcohol base.

6. Pour the finished drink into bottles, seal and keep in a cool, dark place for a week.

Store the liquor in the refrigerator. Consume immediately after uncorking (in this regard, it is better to pour it into small bottles).

Blackcurrant stumbler

Taking into account the boiling factor and the western roots of the drink, I decided to refer to it not as a liqueur, but as a liqueur.

Ingredients

1. Black currants - 1 kg

2. Vodka - 750 ml

3. Water - 700 ml

4. Sugar - 1 kg

The method of preparation

1. Mash the washed currants and squeeze the juice thoroughly through cheesecloth.

2. Preparation is simple sugar syrup.

3. Add currant juice to the syrup and bring to a boil again.

4. Turn off the heat, let the mixture cool slightly and pour vodka into it.

5. Boil the substance over low heat for 10-15 minutes, this time without bringing it to a boil.

6. Cool the drink to room temperature, strain it and bottle it (the issue of thorough filtration is at your discretion; personally, I prefer a stumbler with pulp).

7. Put the corked bottles in a cool, dry place. You can enjoy it in 2-3 days.

Redcurrant liqueur with cherry and raspberry leaves

Ingredients

1. Water - 1 liter

2. Vodka or 40-degree alcohol - 500 ml

3. Red currant berries - 500 g

4. Sugar - 500 g

5. Cherry leaves - 100 pcs.

6. Raspberry leaves - 20 pcs.

7. Citric acid - 1 h. л.

The method of preparation

1. Rinse the leaves, let them drain. Boil water, put the leaves, bring to a boil and cook under a lid over low heat for 20 minutes.

2. Remove from heat, cool and strain.

3. Cover clean, dry berries with sugar, mash, pour vodka or alcohol and add citric acid.

4. Pour the decoction over the leaves, leave for 30 days to infuse.

5. Filter thoroughly, pour into storage bottles.

Alternative recipe

1. Boil 20 cherry leaves, cool.

2. Add 1 kg of currants boiled with 1 kg of sugar.

3. Pour everything into a 3 liter jar, add 1 liter of vodka, close it for 40 days in a dark place, and you can drink this liqueur.

Blackcurrant liqueur with clove seeds

Ingredients

1. Black currants - 1 kg

2. clove seeds - 2-4 pcs.

3. Vodka - 1 liter

4. Sugar - 375 g

Method of preparation

1. Rinse good quality berries, let the water drain, remove the berries from the branches and put them in a large bowl.

2. Mash thoroughly, mix with vodka and add cloves.

3. Put the mass in a jar, cover with cheesecloth, keep in the sun for 45 days.

4. Drain the tincture, squeeze the berries lightly, add the juice to the tincture. Pour the tincture back into a jar or bottle, cover with sugar and seal. Shake several times, leave in a dark, warm place until the sugar is completely dissolved.

5. Shake the bottle occasionally. The finished liquor can be filtered 1-2 more times.

Liqueur "Black Johanna"

Ingredients

1. Black currant - 1 kg

2. Sugar - 400 g

3. Cloves - 5-6 buds

4. Vodka - 1 liter

The method of preparation

1. Pass the currants through a meat grinder, put them in a bottle, add cloves and pour vodka.

2. Close the bottle, put it in the sun and leave it for about 6 weeks.

3. Then strain the contents of the bottle and squeeze through cheesecloth in 4-5 layers.

4. Add sugar to the resulting liquid and bottle.

5. Shake the bottles from time to time. When the sugar has melted, the liqueur is ready to drink.

Update: 25.06.2018

Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures