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Ratafia – alcoholic drinks obtained by insisting ripe fruits and berries on 90 ° alcohol and adding sugar to the infusion. It is believed to be a type of liquor (according to the Encyclopedia Britannica), characterized by a lower sugar content and (relatively) higher strength.
You can read more about the history of ratafia and interesting facts on Wikipedia.
Vinogradnaya ratafiya
Ingredients
Muscat grapes – 1 kg
Spicy mixture – 2 tsp.
Sugar syrup – to taste
Alcohol – 1 l
Method of preparation
For the spice mixture: 3 parts cinnamon, 2 parts star anise, 1/4 part clove, 1/2 part nutmeg, 4 parts lemon peel, 1/2 part ginger, 1/2 part anise
Take muscat grapes, crush the berries and place in a bottle.
Pour the grapes with alcohol, put the spices and insist in a warm place for 6-8 days, stirring constantly.
Then strain the contents of the bottle, filter, sweeten to taste and bottle.
Anise ratafia with spices
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Water – 200 ml
Sugars – 200 g
Anise – 20-30 g
Lemon zest – 3 g
Cinnamon and cloves – 1 g each
Method of preparation
Pour alcohol into a jar, add spices and cover with a lid.
Soak in the sun for 3 days.
Carefully pour off the alcohol and strain.
Prepare sugar syrup, cool, strain, mix with infused alcohol and strain again.
Insist before use 7 days.
Rataphia cherry
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l alcohol
Ripe cherries – 2 kg
Sugars – 600 g
Method of preparation
Pure dry berries knead and carefully squeeze the juice.
Mix with vodka and sugar, let stand for 5 days, filter well and bottle for storage.
Rataphia clove
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l alcohol
Water – 300 ml
Sugar – 200 g sugar
Cloves – 8 g
Cinnamon and lemon zest – 2 g each
Method of preparation
Coarsely crush the spices, pour into a container with alcohol and infuse at room temperature under the lid for 20-22 days.
It is good to express the alcohol.
Boil sugar syrup. Cool, strain, mix with alcohol and strain again.
Infuse for 7 days, pour into bottles for storage, cork tightly.
Ratafia blackberry spicy
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Water – 250 ml
Blackberries – 600 g
Sugars – 100 g
Ground cinnamon, chopped nutmeg, grated ginger – 1 g each
Method of preparation
Pure dry berries knead, pour alcohol, add spices and leave under the lid for 10 days.
Drain the tincture, add the cooled and strained sugar syrup, stir and strain again.
Pour into bottles, cork.
Ratafia cranberry
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Cranberries – 600 g
Sugars – 300 g
Method of preparation
Rinse cranberries, drain water (you can use frozen berries) and knead thoroughly.
Pour in alcohol, add sugar, mix.
Close the container with liquid with a lid, put in a warm place for 7-10 days.
Ready ratafia is well filtered, bottled and corked.
Rataphia lemon
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Water – 200 ml
Sugars – 200 g
Lemon zest – 60-70 g
Method of preparation
Cut the zest and pour into a jar. Pour in alcohol, leave covered for 60-90 days in a warm place.
Prepare sugar syrup.
Strain and mix the tincture and sugar syrup, leave for 7 days, strain again, pour into clean bottles, cork tightly.
Store in a cool, dark place.
Ratafia honey-ginger
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Honey – 300 g
Chopped ginger – 5 g
Ground cinnamon and hot pepper – a pinch each
Method of preparation
Pour spices into honey and mix.
Pour into a vessel with alcohol, leave in a cool place for 30-45 days.
Shake the container well every day.
Filter the finished ratafia, bottle it, cork it and keep it in a cold place.
Ratafia mint
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Water – 200 ml
Sugars – 200 g
Dried mint – 30-40 g
Method of preparation
Pour mint into a container with alcohol and insist in the sun for 3 days.
Prepare sugar syrup, strain hot, mix with strained tincture and strain again.
Infuse for 7 days, drain the finished ratafia into a storage bottle, cork tightly.
Ratafia fruit and berry with cloves
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1,6 l
Cherry juice – 1,2 l
Seeds of cloves – 50 pcs.
Dried plums – 50 pcs.
Method of preparation
Pour cherry juice into a container with alcohol, mix and add cloves and plums.
Cover, keep in a warm place for 7 days.
Strain ratafia well, pour into dry bottles, cork.
Rataphia “garden bouquet”
Ingredients
Alcohol – 2-3 liters
Pitted cherries – 1 kg
Raspberries – 500 g
Red currant – 500 g
Sugar – 2,5 kg
Cinnamon and cloves – 3-4 g each
Method of preparation
Crush the berries and let stand for 5-6 hours, then squeeze the juice out of them (you can use a juicer).
Pour sugar into the juice, stir and leave until completely dissolved.
After that, mix the sweetened juice with alcohol, add cinnamon and cloves, bottle, cork and leave in the sun for about a month, shaking every 2-3 days.
Then strain the ratafia, bottle and store in the refrigerator or cellar.
Relevance: 19.07.2018
Tags: other alcohol