35 Best Homemade Cherry Plum Recipes

Dear reader, in this article I will tell you how to make a pleasant cherry drink. Cherry liqueur is not only tasty, but also healthy. There are several dozen recipes for its preparation, which I will describe in this article with and without a photo.

Some winemakers, for example, categorically prohibit the use of pitted berries for pouring. They believe that such raw materials spoil everything and make the liquor unusable. Is this really so, let’s deal with you together.

What is useful tincture on cherry

Pouring on cherry is recommended to drink in small doses (up to 50 ml per day). Cherry improves appetite, stabilizes the digestive tract and has the following positive properties:

• antibacterial;
• antiviral;
• diuretic;
• diaphoretic;
• choleretic.

The infusion helps:

• clear blood vessels of cholesterol;
• relieve stress;
• improve immunity;
• improve digestion;
• and even prevent premature aging.

Cherry is recommended for people suffering from low blood pressure and anemia. Cherry leaves give such medicinal properties to the drink, which at the same time cause a special flavor, enrich with vitamins and minerals.

The taste and strength of the liqueur depends on the amount of certain ingredients in its composition. The finished product is stored in a cool room (basement, wine cabinet).

The chemical composition of the liqueur

Cherry infused alcohol contains:

1. A-1,5 %;
2. b-carotene-1,6%;
3. V1-1,6%;
4. B2-1,3 %;
5. B5-1,3 %;
6. B6-2 %;
7. B9-1,2 %;
8. C-13%;
9. E-1,6%;
10. H-0,6 %;
11. PP-2 %;
12. Potassium-8,2%;
13. Ca-3,1%;
14. Mg-5,2 %;
15. Na-1,6%;
16. P-3 %;
17. Cl-0,3%;
18. Fe-2,6%;
19. Co-8%;
20. Mn-3,2 %;
21. Cu-8%;
22. Mo-3,4 %;
23. F-0,3 %;
24. Cr-11 %;
25. Zn-1 %.

The calculation is given for 100 gr. liqueurs prepared according to the classic recipe.

How Europeans prepare Kirschwasser

Kirschwasser is literally cherry water. If you try to attribute Kirschwasser to any group of well-known alcoholic beverages, then it can be called vodka, brandy, moonshine, liquor or tincture. Necessary components for Kirschwasser:

• fruits of cherries or sweet cherries – 900 grams;
• vodka – 375 ml;
• pure water – 300 ml;
• sugar – 450 grams.

The correct sequence of actions when preparing such a European liqueur:

1. The berries are washed, a couple of small cuts are made in each, while the fruit should remain intact. The bones are left inside.
2. Cherries are placed in a saucepan, covered with sugar. The contents are poured with water, put on the included burner. The fire must be small. Bring the mixture to a boil, stirring constantly for 4-6 minutes.
3. When the Kirschwasser boils, remove the pot from the stove. Allow the liquid to cool to room temperature, add vodka and mix thoroughly.
4. The liquor is poured into a glass bottle, corked, and sent for storage to a suitable place.

Berry preparation

Cherries must be properly prepared. For liqueur use fresh, dried or frozen berries. Raw materials are sorted out, selecting damaged berries.

To give the liquor a special almond flavor, a small amount of seeds can still be glorified inside the berries.

Tip: in order for the drink to acquire an exquisite aroma, the berries are dried in the sun or in the oven.

Adjusting the amount of sugar

Cherry is a fruit with a sour taste, so sugar is present in every recipe for cherry liqueur. Its amount depends on the type of raw material and the preferences of the winemaker.

There are slightly sweet and more sour varieties of cherries. The higher the fructose content in the raw material, the less sugar will be needed to make the liqueur.

Sugar is poured into the berries in small portions. After that, a sample is taken. If you don’t like the taste, add more. In general, the amount of sugar should not exceed 30% of the total mass of the liqueur.

Simple recipes for cherry tinctures

All varieties of cherries are suitable for making liqueurs. It can be infused with alcohol, moonshine, vodka and even wine.

Classic recipe

To prepare a classic liqueur, which is also called “honey ray”, according to an old recipe, you will need a wooden or plastic barrel. 12 kg of pitted cherries are poured into the container.

20-25 cm should remain to the top of the barrel. Berries are poured with honey. The container is closed and lowered into the basement. The fermentation process is controlled. After 90 days, the resulting liqueur is filtered and bottled. The shelf life of the drink is about 5 litersem.

On vodka with bones

Dried cherries with pits (2 kg) are poured into a three-liter jar. The fruits are poured to the brim with vodka and insisted for 3 months in a dark place (basement, refrigerator, pantry). After 90 days, the drink is filtered, sugar or syrup is added to taste.

Seedless

Cherries from such a cherry can then be used for confectionery.

Without vodka and seeds

With the help of a pin, the seeds are removed from the fruit. Berries are covered with sugar (at the rate of 2 kg per 2 kg). The mixture is poured into a five-liter bottle. A glove or a balloon is pulled over the neck, in which several small holes are made.

The liqueur is left to ferment for 90 days. At the end of this period, the product is filtered and poured into suitable containers.

On alcohol

Often, instead of vodka, winemakers take pure alcohol. In this case, a rather strong drink is obtained. List of components:

• cherry berries -1 kg;
• pure alcohol (medical is suitable) – 1,5 l;
• sugar or other sweeteners – 0,3 kg.

Peeled berries are placed in a glass jar, poured with food (medical) alcohol and left to infuse in the pantry for 2 weeks. Then the drink is poured into smaller containers. Strained berries are covered with sugar and insisted again for 14 days. The resulting syrup is separated from the berries and mixed with alcohol tincture.

Tip: if the cherry turned out to be too strong, it can be diluted with distilled water.

On cognac

Cherry infused with cognac has an exquisite taste. For its preparation take:

• fresh or frozen cherries – 700 g;
• cognac or any fruit brandy – 1,2 l;
• sugar – 150 g;
• spices (cinnamon, cloves) to your taste.

The berries are sorted, washed, bones are removed, dried and laid out in a container of a suitable volume. Filled with cognac. The container with the liquid is removed in the pantry for 1 month.

After 30 days, the tincture is filtered, 200-300 g of cognac is poured into it. The liquid is thoroughly mixed. The container with the contents is removed in the refrigerator.

On vodka with cloves and cinnamon

Cherry tincture will acquire a refined taste if spices are added to it. This will require the following ingredients:

• cherry fruits – 0,6 kg;
• sugar – 0,35 kg;
• cloves – 2 pcs.;
• vodka – 1 bottle;
• cinnamon – a pinch.

Berries are placed in a three-liter jar, sprinkled with sugar. The mass is mixed, left for a day – two in a warm room (necessary for fermentation). Cinnamon and cloves are introduced into the mixture and poured with vodka.

The container is sent to the basement or refrigerator for infusion, the process of which lasts 10 days.

At the end of this period, the product is filtered, bottled.

Option 2

They take sweet cherries with a stone, make a puncture in each berry. The berries are placed in a prepared container, covered with sugar, poured with vodka and left for 14-20 days. It is impossible to insist the mixture for a long time, so as not to be poisoned by hydrocyanic acid. Components required for this option:

• berries – 700 g;
• sugar – 10 Art. l .;
• carnation – 8-10 buds;
• cinnamon – a pinch;
• vodka – 1,5 l.

With honey

The recipe for making such a liqueur involves the use of natural honey instead of sugar syrup. The result is a crispy and delicious cherry.

List of ingredients:

• fresh or frozen cherry fruits – 225 g;
• any honey – 225 g;
• vodka (you can take brandy or cognac) – 480 ml;

Method of preparation:

Rinse the berries, separate from debris and cuttings. The fruits are cut in the upper part to the bone. Raw materials are placed in a jar along with honey. The mixture is poured with alcohol. After that, the container is closed with a tight lid.

The container with the liqueur is sent to reach the desired state for three months in a dark place. The finished drink is filtered through several layers of coarse calico, gauze and bottled.

From juice

The basis for the preparation of such a cherry is freshly squeezed or canned natural cherry juice.

This recipe is simple. To prepare it, it is enough to dissolve sugar and vodka in the finished drink. Usually all components are taken in equal proportions.

On dried cherries

Cherry can be obtained not only from fresh, but also from dried fruits. For tincture you need:

• dried cherries with pits – 0,7 kg;
• sugar – 300 g;
• vodka – 1,2 l.

The components are mixed in a glass container. The jar is closed with a plastic (polyethylene) lid, put in the pantry for infusion for 1 month. After the prescribed period, the drink is filtered, poured into small containers.

from cherry leaves

The stalks contain tannin, and the cherry leaves contain citric acid and coumarin. In folk medicine, these substances are used as a diaphoretic. A decoction of young shoots of the cherry tree helps to reduce the pain of rheumatism (it is drunk and poured into the bath).

The leaves are often used in cooking to make drinks. They are added to a decoction of chokeberry and black currant. Thanks to this component, the bitter tincture becomes tastier and softer.

To prepare a medicinal liqueur from berries and cherry leaves, you will need:

• 1 liter of distilled water;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 a packet of vanilla sugar;
• 1 kg cherries (stoned);
• 100 g cherry leaves;
• 0,5 l of alcohol.

Cooking process:

Pour sugar, a bag of vanilla into the water and put on the stove. While the mixture is heating, pour the berries and leaves into the pan. Stir the liquid, bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 30 minutes, uncovered.

Strain the broth and cool. Add alcohol and stir. Pour into bottles and close tightly. Store in basement for 6 months.

Option 2

An aromatic drink with cherry leaves is prepared when there are not enough berries. The taste is stabilized with citric acid.

Necessary components:

• water – 1 l;
• Russian vodka – 1 l;
• cherry leaves – 60 g;
• sugar – 0 kg;
• citric acid – 1,5 tsp.

The raw materials are washed, poured with water and put to cook on a low fire. After 20 minutes, the broth is removed from the stove, then the liquid is filtered. Pour sugar, citric acid and boil everything again for 5 minutes. Strong alcohol and fresh leaves are added to the chilled syrup.

The composition is sent to insist in the basement for 20-30 days. If you use such a cherry as a medicine, then it retains its properties for 2 years.

Frozen cherries

Summer blanks can also be used to make homemade alcohol. This option requires the following products:

• sugar – 250 g;
• berries – 0 kg;
• vodka – 1 l;
• water – 1 glass.

Drain excess water from defrosted berries. Cherries are crushed by hand or rubbed through a sieve. Raw materials are covered with sugar. Water is poured into the mixture.

The container is placed on the stove and the mass is brought to a boil. Vodka is added to the cooled composition.

From the stalks

Rinse, dry raw materials. Pour the stalks into a glass container with a wide neck, pour granulated sugar into it. Shake the mass thoroughly. The neck is closed with a clean cloth and left to infuse in a warm room for up to 30 days.

A month later, vodka is added to the product, everything is mixed and sent again for 3 days. At the end of this period, the liqueur is filtered through gauze.

For half a kilogram of stalks you will need:

• sugar – 0,2 kg;
• vodka – 2 l.

With nutmeg

If you add spices to the previous recipe, infused with vodka, you get a spicy liqueur. A little crushed nutmeg and pink pepper are added to the mixture just before infusion.

If the proportions are designed for a three-liter container, then the amount of spices can be brought up to a teaspoon.

Option 2

According to experienced winemakers, quality edible alcohol is the most suitable base for cherries.

List of ingredients:

• fresh or frozen cherries – 1 kg;
• granulated sugar – 1 kg;
• nutmeg (to taste);
• cold boiled water – 0 l;
• alcohol – 1 l.

Method of preparation:

The cherries are washed, separated from the cuttings and seeds, crushed and placed in a three-liter jar. About half of the available cherry seeds are crushed, added to the berries along with nutmeg and poured with alcohol. The container is closed and put in the refrigerator for three weeks.

After the expiration of the mentioned period, the contents of the jar remain to be filtered through thick gauze and mixed with chilled sugar syrup.

Bottle the resulting liquid and return to a dark place for two to three months for final ripening.

Without vodka

It is very easy to prepare such a liqueur:

1. Cherries are sorted, washed, and the bones are removed. To give the liqueur special flavor notes, it is enough to add literally one handful of seeds to the mixture.
2. The fruits are transferred to a three-liter jar, sprinkled with sugar. It is important not to fill the jar to the top so that the drink can roam freely.
3. Pour water into a jar.
4. Crush cherries. It is convenient to do this with a rolling pin.
5. Install a water seal on the jar. To do this, use a rubber glove, making a puncture in one of the fingers.
6. A jar of future liquor is kept at room temperature until the fermentation process stops. This is easy to understand by the glove. If it has fallen off, then the liqueur is ready. Usually the process takes 1,5-2 months, depending on the temperature in the room.
7. Strain the liqueur through gauze folded in several layers.
8. The liqueur is left to stand for 2 days, after which it is filtered again.
9. The finished liquor is poured into beautiful bottles and cleaned in the cold. It is better to drink it in 2-3 months. The liqueur will be especially tasty if washed down with mineral water.

With vanilla alcohol

The only difference between the recipes for making alcohol-based cherries is that strong alcohol infused with vanilla is taken as the basis for the liquor. You can cook it yourself or buy it.

With grape wine

For pouring you will need:

• cherry berries – 0,7 kg;
• grape wine (red semi-sweet or dry) – 1,6 l;
• sugar – 0,3 kg.

How to cook:

The berries are sorted, washed, and pitted. You can dry them in the oven. Then the raw material is placed in a container and sprinkled with sugar. After the berries give juice, the mass is poured with wine. The liqueur is insisted for 1 month. After that, everything is filtered and bottled in beautiful bottles. Drink liqueur with fruit or chocolate. Alcoholic cherries can also be used in cooking.

Polish version by Beata Tyszkiewicz

This liqueur allows you to relieve stress, add charm and comfort to an evening with friends, and helps to restore strength.

The winemaker will need:

• 1,5 kg of cherries;
• about 1 kg of sugar;
• 500 ml of alcohol;
• 500 ml of pure vodka.

Preparation:

Cherries are prepared in the usual way (washed, sorted, pitted). Raw materials are poured into a jar with a handful of bones. Sugar is also added there. The composition is covered with several layers of gauze, which is fixed with an elastic band or twine. The mixture is left for 2-3 days to let the juice.

Then you need to pour the contents into the pan, boil and cool. Strain the brew. Mix with alcohol and bottle.

After 2 weeks, strain the liquor through cheesecloth and mix vodka with the resulting cherry alcohol. Bottle again.

Set for three months.

Elite with brandy

To prepare this liqueur, the hostess will need:

• 1 kg of cherries;
• 0,5 kg of sugar;
• 0,75 liters of brandy;
• 0,25 l of sweet rum.

How to prepare the liqueur:

Rinse the cherries, sort them out, remove the pits (you can remove the pits from only half of the cherry). Put the berries in a bottle and cover with sugar. When the cherry starts to juice, and the sugar dissolves, add brandy and rum.

Mix well. Close and put in the pantry for 30 days. After a month, strain, bottle and put in a dark place again – for 6 months, so that the liqueur gains flavor and aroma.

On cherry and currant

Based on a classic recipe. As an additional ingredient is blackcurrant. Before cooking, the berries are ground through a sieve, sugar and alcohol are added. They insist about a month.

On cognac with cloves

To give a noble taste to cherry, additional ingredients are introduced into the usual cognac liqueur recipe – herbs and spices.

A few clove buds will add a special smell and taste to the cherry drink. Add spices to a container with alcohol just before sending it to infuse.

Ukrainian

The Witcher has been prepared in Ukraine for a long time. This drink is distinguished by its strength and aroma, for which it is important to observe the necessary proportions during the preparation process. Peeled fruits should occupy only a quarter of the container, and the remaining volume is poured with alcohol.

A month later, when the tincture is ripe, it is filtered and sugar is added. Its quantity is 200 g per liter of finished product. Strong tincture is again left to reach the desired condition in the basement.

The drink will be ready to drink in six months.

old world

Berries are taken whole – no pits are required for this recipe. The fruits are crushed in an enamel pan, poured into a five-liter bottle, left to let the juice out and ferment for 3 days. After that, sugar and spices (cinnamon, cloves, vanilla, etc.) are added and left to infuse for 1 week.

When the liquid becomes transparent, it is filtered and poured into small glass jars. The fermented cherry liqueur is corked.

Malorossiyskaya

Principle of preparation:

1. The sorted raw materials without stalks are laid in one layer on a baking sheet with sides, up the place where the stalks were attached.
2. The oven is heated to 70-80°C.
3. The baking sheet is placed in the oven for 5-10 minutes (the berries should wrinkle a little, but not dry).
4. The raw materials are placed in a glass jar, constantly shaking so that more berries enter.
5. Vodka is poured into a jar filled with cherries to the top and left to ripen in the refrigerator for 10 days.
6. Ready liqueur from cherries is drained. The remaining fruits are again poured with vodka. Insist 14 days.
7. The secondary product is decanted and the remaining cherry is poured with vodka again. The drink “ripens” for 7 weeks, then it is filtered.
8. All three parts are mixed together, add the right amount of sugar (to taste).

French

For this European-style cherry liqueur, you will need to prepare:

• peeled berries – 1 kg;
• granulated sugar – 850 gr.;
• moonshine or vodka – 200 ml;

We clean the raw materials from the bones, put them in a jar, simultaneously pouring sugar.

After about two to three days, cherries need to be poured with vodka or moonshine.

We tighten the throat of the balloon with gauze and put it in a dark, warm place for 2 months. Then we filter, bottle and close with corks.

Rustic

You will need these ingredients:

• fruits of cherries or sweet cherries – 8 kg;
• 48 grams of dry or 240 grams of pressed yeast;
• clean water – 10 l;
• sugar – 2 kg.

Then we proceed as follows:

1. Cherries are carefully crushed by hand. We do not remove the bones, put them in a saucepan and add sugar. Fill with water. Add yeast and place the mass under a water seal.
2. Every day we knock down a hat from the pulp, mix the wort intensively. This will saturate the mixture with oxygen. The average duration of this stage is 7-10 days.
3. After the end of fermentation, the wort is distilled in a distillation cube. The first stage is carried out by steam without crushing, to dryness, while the distillate is dripping. The resulting product is diluted with water to a strength of 18-20 degrees and again placed in a cube.
4. In the second distillation, we separate the tails and heads.

The base of the cherry is ready. With this moonshine we pour a jar of cherries stuffed to the brim and insist in the basement for 4 weeks. We decant and pour sugar into the finished product to taste. We insist again for about 3 weeks.

The drink should be served chilled. Store it in a refrigerator or basement. The shelf life of such cherry vodka is 2,5-3 years.

On moonshine

Other alcohol bases are also suitable for this recipe (from food alcohol to numerous varieties of brandy). However, according to experienced winemakers, it is homemade grain moonshine that gives it a special identity.

List of ingredients:

• sorted cherry – 500-600 g;
• sugar – 1 kg;
• water – 1 l;
• homemade moonshine on grain (40-45 degrees) – 2 l;
• citric acid – 0,5 tsp.

Step-by-step cooking steps:

1. Wash the cherries, remove the pits and throw them into a pot of water.
2. Boil and hold for a quarter of an hour over low heat.
3. Cool the contents of the pan, filter the liquid and add sugar.
4. Put the mixture back on the fire and stir until the granulated sugar is completely dissolved, while not forgetting to remove the foam (the amount of sugar can be increased to 2 kg).
5. The resulting syrup is cooled again, mixed with moonshine and citric acid.
6. The finished drink is bottled and aged in a cool dark place from three months to one year.

Shortwave

The container is filled with alcohol to the brim. The pot is corked with a lid, covered with dough and put in the oven for the night, heated to 80 degrees. The next day, cherry liqueur is ready.

On chokeberry and cherry

This fragrant tincture is prepared according to a classic recipe. A prerequisite is that, together with cherry berries, the fruits of chokeberry are taken in equal proportions, otherwise the cooking process remains the same.

Strong alcohol is used as the basis – alcohol, vodka, moonshine.

From cherry jam

Cherry jam is poured in a ratio of 1 to 1 with alcohol. Leave to infuse for a week, then filter and bottle.

Sweet with bones and sugar

This liqueur is more reminiscent of cherry liqueur and is very easy to prepare. Unpeeled cherries are covered with sugar and the mixture is poured with vodka.

All ingredients are taken in equal proportions. Cherry liqueur is infused for only a month.

On cherry with oranges

Oranges are used to make this cherry liqueur, although other citrus fruits can also be used. Ingredients:

• cherry – 1 kg;
• oranges or orange juice 250 g;
• vodka – 1,5 l;
• sugar – 0, 3 l.

Cherry berries are dried in the sun or dried in the oven. Juice is squeezed out of oranges. The ingredients are mixed in a glass container. The mixture is poured with vodka, so that it covers the fruit by 1-2 cm.

The amount of alcohol base can be brought up to 700 ml. The tincture is left to ripen for several weeks. The finished product must be filtered through cheesecloth.

How to store the product

After tincture, homemade homemade alcohol is stored in the basement or in a special wine cabinet. It is important that the temperature in the room (refrigerator compartment) does not drop below 0 degrees. The shelf life of cherry liqueur depends on the preparation method.

Features of use

Cherry drink chilled. Served with dessert. If you have too strong alcohol, then you can dilute it with table mineral water – you get a light, sizzling, low-alcohol soda with a low alcohol content.

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Conclusion

Summing up, I can say that there are a lot of recipes for making homemade cherry liqueur. And of course, each housewife will choose the most convenient one, based on the available raw materials.

In order for cherry to acquire medicinal properties, cherry leaves and medicinal herbs are added to the composition. Spices are responsible for the exquisite aroma and taste of the liqueur.

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