Tincture and liqueur on strawberries: 4 recipes at home

Tips before you start

1. For all four recipes, you first need to carefully sort through the berry, remove moldy, rotten and spoiled berries.

2. As an alcoholic base for strawberry tincture, you can use vodka, diluted to 40% alcohol.

3. You can use any strawberry (garden or wild) to make the drink.

4. Strawberries should be ripe, green ones can give a sour taste.

5. Fresh, frozen or dried berries are suitable for making liqueur or tincture from strawberries (you need to take half as much dry as indicated in the recipe).

Classic recipe for strawberry liqueur (without alcohol)

Ingredients

1. Ripe strawberries - 2 kg

2. Granulated sugar - 550 g

The method of preparation

1. Sort and rinse the berries in a large container of water. For convenience, you can use a colander.

2. Separate the strawberries from the green cuttings and transfer them to sterile glass containers.

3. Add granulated sugar 275 g per 1 kg of strawberries. Very important fill the entire contents of the container used, observing the required proportions.

4. Spread the sugar evenly by shaking the container well 2-3 times. Then fix cheesecloth on the neck and put the container in a warm place for 2-4 days.

5. When signs of fermentation appear (sour odor or foam), instead of cheesecloth, you need to put a water seal or a clean glove with a small hole in the finger. And place the container in a dark place (temperature range from 18 to 26C). If the liquor has not started to ferment, then you need to add 1-2 tablespoons of unwashed raisins or fresh strawberries.

6. After 2-6 weeks, fermentation should end and you need to filter the liquor through a homemade filter or use special filters. The filtration can be repeated several times until the desired transparency of the liqueur is obtained. Now you can pour the strawberry liqueur with a strength of 8 to 12% into bottles. When stored in a cool, dark place, the shelf life is no more than 3 years.

Strawberry tincture with vodka

This is the easiest and fastest recipe for making strawberry tincture.

You can use crushed strawberries in this recipe, but rotten or moldy berries should be removed.

Ingredients

1. Strawberries - 1 kg

2. Granulated sugar - 1 kg

3. Vodka - 300 ml (you can use alcohol diluted to 40%)

Method of preparation

1. Rinse the strawberries and remove the stalk.

2. Grind the berry with granulated sugar (you can use a blender or other method convenient for you).

3. Put the grated strawberries in a glass container and pour the prepared alcohol.

4. Now put in a cold, dark place for 1 week (can be refrigerated).

5. Carefully strain the tincture through a homemade or special filter and bottle.

6. Store strawberry vodka liqueur in the refrigerator.

Strawberry vodka liqueur with feijoa

This is an original recipe for alcoholic strawberry tincture, as feijoa fruit will add some piquancy and originality.

Ingredients:

1. Strawberries - 150 g

2. Feijoa - 150 g

3. Granulated sugar - 50 g

4. Vodka or diluted food alcohol - 500 ml

The method of preparation:

1. Wash feijoa and strawberries under running water and put them in a jar.

2. Pour sugar on top and pour the prepared alcohol.

3. Close the lid and send it to a dark place for 14 days, shaking the jar daily.

4. Strain the finished tincture through a homemade or special filter and bottle it.

5. Store the tincture in a cool, dark place

Strawberry tincture with vodka and blueberries

Blueberries and strawberries appear at the same time and this is a great tandem for a liqueur made from wild berries. The color will be very rich and the smell very fragrant. You can use frozen berries for this recipe.

Ingredients (for a 3 liter jar)

1. Strawberries and blueberries - 3 cups of each berry

2. Granulated sugar - 600 g

3. Vodka or diluted food alcohol - 1.8 liters

The method of preparation

1. Rinse the berries and put them in layers in a jar, sprinkling each layer with sugar thoroughly.

2. Close the lid and leave for 12 hours (the berries should release the juice).

3. Add the prepared alcohol and mix well.

4. Put in a cool, dark place for 30 days.

5. After a month, strain well and pour into glass bottles.

6. Store the finished tincture in the cellar or refrigerator.

Update: 06.02.2021

Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures