Strawberry liqueur: 8 recipes at home
Strawberries are a very fragrant berry and make excellent liqueurs. You may have previously tasted the drinks of the famous brands "Marie Brizard" or "Fragoli Wild Strawberries", but now it's time to learn how to make the legendary drinks at home.
Any garden, forest or even frozen berry is suitable for making liqueurs. Fresh berries should be ripe and without visible damage, and frozen strawberries should be thawed and allowed to drain before use.
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Quick strawberry liqueur
Ingredients
Strawberries - 1 kg
Sugar - 1 kg
Water - 500 ml
Vodka - 500 ml
Method of preparation
The berry must be washed and grinded with sugar using a blender.
Put the strawberry puree in a saucepan, add water and cook until syrupy.
Pour the liquid into a transparent glass container and let it steep for 5 days in sunlight.
Remember to stir the contents of the container daily.
After that, you need to filter the "strawberry syrup" through a homemade or purchased filter and dilute with vodka.
Pour the finished liqueur into glass bottles and let it stand for another 3 days in a cool place. Store the drink in the refrigerator or cellar.
Classic strawberry liqueur
Ingredients
Strawberries - 1 kg
Sugar - 750 g
Water - 500 ml
vodka - 1 л
The method of preparation
Rinse the strawberries thoroughly and remove any spoiled fruit.
Put the prepared berries in a glass container and pour the alcoholic base (2 cm above the level of the strawberries). Insist in a dark, cool place for 25 days.
After 25 days, strain the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter.
Cooking the classic sugar syrup.
After cooling, mix it with the tincture, pour it into glass bottles and let it brew for another 1 week.
Store the finished strawberry liqueur in a cool, dark place.
Strawberry liqueur on alcohol
Ingredients
Strawberries - 500 g
Granulated sugar - 500 g
Water - 250 ml
Alcohol - 500 ml
Lemon juice - 6 drops
The method of preparation
Strawberries must be thoroughly washed and spoiled fruits removed.
Put the prepared berries in a glass container and pour undiluted alcohol. Insist in a dark, warm place for 14 days.
After 2 weeks, you need to strain the tincture through a homemade or purchased filter.
Cooking sugar syrup with the addition of lemon juice.
After cooling, mix it with the tincture and pour it into glass bottles.
Store the finished strawberry liqueur in a cool, dark place.
Strawberry liqueur on cognac
To prepare this liqueur, you need to take a high-quality (real) cognac/brandy so that it complements the drink with woody notes and does not spoil the finished product.
Ingredients
Strawberries - 1 kg
Sugar - 750 g
Cognac / brandy - 1 л
The method of preparation
Rinse the strawberries thoroughly and remove any spoiled fruit.
Put prepared berries and sugar in layers in a glass container, pour cognac and cover with a homemade parchment lid.
Insist in a sunny place for 10 days and periodically shake the container.
After this time, strain the strawberry liqueur through a filter and pour into glass bottles.
Store the finished product in a cool, dark place.
Strawberry liqueur with condensed milk
To prepare this liqueur, you need to take high-quality condensed milk without impurities of vegetable fats.
Ingredients
Strawberries - 600 g
Condensed milk - 240 g
Vodka - 350 ml
The method of preparation
Rinse the strawberries thoroughly and remove any spoiled fruit.
Mix condensed milk with strawberries and beat with a blender until a smooth puree is formed.
Then add the vodka and whisk well again.
Pour the finished liquor into a glass bottle and store in the refrigerator.
Spicy strawberry liqueur with mint
Ingredients
Strawberries - 1 kg
Sugar - 800 g
Water - 500 ml
Vodka - 1 л
Fresh mint - 2 sprigs
Strawberry vanilla - half a stick
Juice of half a lemon
Zest of half a lemon
The method of preparation
Rinse the strawberries thoroughly and remove any spoiled fruit.
Put the prepared berries in a glass container and pour the alcohol base. Insist in a dark, warm place for 30 days.
After a month, strain the tincture and pour it back into a glass container.
Cooking the classic sugar syrup.
Add mint, zest and vanilla to the finished syrup. Close and let it brew for at least 4-5 hours.
Then strain the syrup and add it to the strawberry tincture along with lemon juice and mix well.
Filter the finished liquor and then pour it into glass bottles.
Store strawberry liqueur in a cool, dark place.
Strawberry liqueur "Double alcohol"
Ingredients
The method of preparation
Rinse the strawberries thoroughly, remove any spoiled fruit and dry them from excess water.
Put the prepared berries in a glass container and add sugar. Insist at least 3 hours until strawberry juice is released.
After the specified time, add the prepared alcohol to the strawberries and mix thoroughly. Insist 2 months in a dark place, periodically stirring the future liquor.
After 60 days, filter the strawberry liqueur through a filter. Pour into glass bottles.
Store the finished product in the refrigerator.
Strawberry liqueur with banana
Ingredients
Strawberries - 350 g
Banana - 2 pieces
Granulated sugar - 250 g
Water - 200 ml
Vodka - 500 ml
The method of preparation
Rinse the strawberries thoroughly and remove any spoiled fruit, and peel and cut the banana into slices.
Put the prepared products in a glass container and pour the alcohol base. Insist in a dark, warm place for 2 weeks.
After this time, filter the strawberry-banana tincture through a purchased or homemade filter.
Cooking the classic sugar syrup.
After cooling, mix it with the strained tincture and pour it into glass bottles. Let it brew for another 7 days.
Store the finished strawberry liqueur with banana in a cool, dark place.
Update: 19.10.2017
Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures