Cranberry liqueur: 4 recipes at home
If you've ever made cranberry tinctures, you know that it's not difficult at all. Homemade liqueur is in no way inferior to traditional drinks. It is very fragrant, with a pleasant sourness and moderate sweetness. And most importantly, cranberries are sold all year round and at a fairly reasonable price.
Also made from cranberries tincture and liquor.
Tips before you start
You can use both fresh and frozen berries to make cranberry tincture.
In recipes that do not use an alcoholic component, it is best to take freshly picked berries. This is a guarantee that the drink will be able to brew on its own, without adding additional ingredients.
For all other recipes, you can use vodka, food alcohol or double-distilled moonshine as a basis.
If the moonshine still has a pungent odor, then recipes with the addition of honey are ideal for it. It will be able to interrupt the unpleasant aroma and soften the taste of the finished drink.
Now let's move on to the cranberry liqueur recipes. We have prepared the most interesting and popular options for you.
Aromatic cranberry liqueur with honey
Ingredients
Cranberries - 600 g
Alcohol (70%) - 500 ml
Honey - 1 cup
Cane sugar (can be replaced with regular sugar) - 2 cups
Water - 100 ml
Vanilla pod - 1 pc. (optional)
Method of preparation
Fresh cranberries must be frozen and left in the freezer for 2-3 days, then all the bitterness will go away.
Then defrost the berry and pass it through a meat grinder. You can also use a potato masher or blender.
Put the cranberry puree in a glass jar, add vanilla and pour the alcoholic base. Leave in a dark and cool place for two weeks. Shake the contents of the container from time to time.
After two weeks, strain the infusion and pass it through a filter.
Mix honey and sugar and dissolve them in preheated water to 35-40 degrees.
As soon as the syrup is slightly infused and cooled to room temperature, it must be filtered and mixed with cranberry-vanilla tincture.
Leave the drink to infuse for another two weeks under the same conditions, and then filter and bottle it.
Before tasting, it is advisable to age the cranberry liqueur for 2-3 months.
Cranberry liqueur with raspberry juice
Ingredients
Fresh cranberries - 2 kg
Raspberry juice - 100 ml
Vodka - 1 liter
Honey - 100 ml
The method of preparation
Cranberries are prepared in exactly the same way as in the first recipe (points 1 and 2).
Pour the berry puree into a glass container, pour vodka over it and leave it in a cool, dark place for one month. Do not forget to periodically shake the contents of the container.
After four weeks, add raspberry juice and honey to the infusion. Continue to insist for another month.
After the specified time, strain the cranberry liqueur and pass it through a coffee or cotton filter.
Pour the drink into a clean container and leave for 2-4 months in a cool place to stabilize the taste, periodically draining it from the sediment.
As soon as the liquor is completely clarified, it must be filtered again, bottled and can be served at the festive table.
Cranberry liqueur of natural fermentation
Ingredients
Cranberries - 500 g
Granulated sugar - 700 g
Water - 500 ml
The method of preparation
This recipe uses fresh and unwashed cranberries. It only needs to be crushed to a homogeneous mass.
Mix cranberry mass, granulated sugar and water in a wide-necked container.
Then cover it with cheesecloth and leave it for 3-5 days in a dark and fairly warm place (18-25 degrees). Stir the contents of the container once a day with a wooden spatula.
As soon as the first signs of fermentation appear, install a water seal or a glove with a small hole in one of the fingers. It will take 30 to 40 days for the liqueur to ferment.
After fermentation is complete, drain the drink from the sediment, filter and bottle it.
Before drinking, cranberry liqueur must be kept for another 1-1.5 months in the refrigerator or cellar.
Cranberry liqueur with mint and galangal
Ingredients
Cranberries - 500 g
Dried mint - 3 leaves
Chopped galangal root - 1 tsp.
Vodka - 1 liter
Water -1 liter
Granulated sugar - 1 kg
The method of preparation
Fresh cranberries must be washed, dried a little and slightly chopped (with a wooden spoon, meat grinder or blender).
Pour the cranberry puree into a jar of a suitable volume, add mint, calgan and pour the alcoholic base. Leave for two weeks in a dark room at room temperature.
On the 14th day of infusion, we cook a classic sugar syrup.
After it has cooled, mix the syrup with the tincture and continue to insist for another ten days.
After the expiration of the aging period, the finished cranberry liqueur must be strained, filtered through a cotton or coffee filter and bottled.
The drink is ready! You can start tasting.
Update: 09.03.2018
Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures