Blackberry liqueur

Aronia liqueur is a great addition to dinner with close friends. Depending on the recipe, you can get a ready-to-eat product after 2 weeks, and the very next day. Additional ingredients, such as honey, lemon, cloves, mint, give a special piquancy to the drink. There are a lot of recipes for chokeberry liqueur, and in order to understand which one is more to your liking, you need to try a few.

Rules for making homemade blackberry liquor

The fruits of chokeberry (chokeberry) contain many substances useful for the human body, however, they are rarely consumed raw, because they have a tart specific taste. They are used as an ingredient in the preparation of low-alcohol drinks, in particular liqueurs.

Chokeberry berries should be collected in enameled, glass or plastic containers, since metal utensils will adversely affect their taste. In central Our Country, it is better to harvest in October with the onset of a cold snap, the berries in this case will be softer, juicier and sweeter.

If the fruits of the chokeberry are supposed to be frozen, they must be washed and dried in the fresh air, but not under the sun. If this is not done, all the condensate will turn into ice. The berries are put in containers or trays and only after complete freezing they are poured into bags, tied or hermetically sealed.

If moonshine is present in the recipe for chokeberry liquor, it must be double distilled so that the amount of fusel oils is minimized. It is desirable to dilute alcohol or moonshine with distilled water – this will not affect the taste and smell of the final product.

A simple recipe for blackberry liqueur

It happens that guests come unexpectedly, and in the house for such a case, as luck would have it, nothing is in store. The following method of making chokeberry liqueur at home can change an awkward situation. It is prepared quickly and requires a minimum of products:

• blackberry – 1 kg;
• vodka – 500 ml;
• granulated sugar – 400

The cooking process comes down to a few simple steps:

1. Washed and sorted chokeberry berries are poured over with boiling water or dipped in a colander in boiling water for 30 seconds.
2. Next, they are placed in clean gauze, folded in 2 layers, and the juice is squeezed out.
3. In a glass container, it is combined with sugar and mixed until smooth. Then vodka is added to the syrup at the rate of 1:1.
4. After that, the drink is ready for tasting, however, if you keep it in dark bottles in the cold for 2 weeks, the taste will be brighter and richer.

Alcoholic chokeberry liqueur

The classic version of the recipe for chokeberry liqueur at home is on alcohol. There are few ingredients, as in the previous case:

• chokeberry – 3 kg;
• pure alcohol, diluted to 40% – 1 l;
• granulated sugar – 500

Cooking process step by step:

1. Chokeberry berries are ground with sand using a wooden mallet.
2. The resulting mass is transferred to a glass jar and poured with alcohol.
3. Put on a medical glove.
4. In this form, the container is placed in a warm and dark place for fermentation. In the process, the glove should gradually inflate, and then subside. This is a signal that the liquor is ready.
5. The liquid is filtered through gauze and poured into dark bottles.

Recipe for chokeberry liqueur with cloves and orange

An interesting and rather simple recipe, according to which the taste of homemade liquor is spicy and multifaceted, with orange and cloves. The only negative is that the result will have to wait long enough, the drink must be infused.

If possible, you need to collect chokeberry after the first frost, then more sugar accumulates in the fruits, and the tart taste weakens. Otherwise, chokeberry berries should be placed in the freezer for 2-3 days.

To prepare spicy chokeberry liqueur, you will need the following ingredients:

• chokeberry berries – 1 kg;
• sugar – 500 g;
• pure food alcohol 96% – 500 ml;
• moonshine or vodka 40% – 500 ml;
• Orange – 1;
• lemon – 1 pcs .;
• cloves – 4-5 pcs.;
• vanilla – half a pod or 8 g vanilla sugar.

The cooking algorithm is as follows:

1. Blackberry fruits need to be thawed.
2. Place in a glass container and mash a little with a wooden spoon or crush.
3. Then you need to add spices, citrus zest, pour in alcohol and vodka, and mix thoroughly.
4. Close the container tightly with a lid and place in a cool dark place where the contents will infuse for 1 month.
5. After the specified period, strain the infusion, and pour the berries with sugar and hold until it dissolves, periodically shaking the contents of the jar.
6. The resulting syrup is drained and mixed with tincture. You can also make a syrup by dissolving sugar in 250 ml of water and keeping it on low heat until it thickens.
7. The resulting liquid must be filtered and bottled in dark glass.
8. In this form, the liquor should be infused for 3-6 months, after which it will be ready for use.

Blackberry liqueur at home with vanilla and honey

Many housewives prepare chokeberry liqueur at home using honey. The drink turns out to be thick, moderately sweet, with notes of slight bitterness and sourness. This recipe is considered one of the best options for making liquor at home. From the products you will need:

• fruits of chokeberry – 2-3 kg;
• honey – 4 st. spoons;
• alcohol 60-75% – 0.7 l;
• granulated sugar – 1 kg;
• water – 500 ml;
• lemon – 1 pcs .;
• vanilla – 1 pod or 16 g of vanilla sugar
• cloves – 4-6 pcs.

Prepare honey-vanilla liqueur with chokeberry as follows:

1. Thawed berries are placed in a glass container, sugar, alcohol, vanillin and cloves are added, and mixed well.
2. Tightly clog the jar and put in a dark cool room for 20 days. During this period, the contents are regularly shaken.
3. Then the resulting liquid is drained or filtered.
4. The fruits are poured with water and infused for 3 hours.
5. The resulting juice is added to the infusion and kept for another 15 days.
6. After that, honey is added to the jar, lemon juice is squeezed out, stirred well and poured into bottles, where the liquor will be infused for another six months.
7. To give transparency, the contents of the bottles are poured several times, getting rid of the resulting honey sediment.
8. Liqueur must be filtered before drinking.

Blackberry liqueur at home: a recipe with lemon

A pleasant viscous homemade liquor can be prepared using the following ingredients:

• chokeberry – 3 kg;
• vodka (moonshine) – 500 ml;
• granulated sugar – 1 tbsp.;
• water – 1;
• lemon – 3 pcs.

Step-by-step cooking instructions:

1. Sugar is mixed with water, brought to a boil over low heat, stirring constantly.
2. Lemon juice is added to the chilled syrup, mixed and poured into a jar of berries.
3. Then the fruits of the chokeberry are poured with vodka and cleaned in a dark place for 20 days.
4. After the specified period, the contents of the jar are thrown onto a sieve and filtered, kneading the berries.
5. Passed through a sieve, homemade liquor is bottled – it is ready to drink.

Homemade chokeberry liqueur on vodka with mint

Mint tincture of chokeberry is an exquisite drink that ladies will appreciate first of all. To prepare a drink at home, you will need:

• black chokeberry berries – 5 kg;
• granulated sugar – 1 kg;
• fresh mint – 5 branches in the absence – 5 g of dry crushed leaves);
• vodka or moonshine – depending on the desired strength;
• cloves – 5 pcs.

Mint liqueur with chokeberry is easy to make:

1. Chokeberry is kneaded or crushed with a blender.
2. Add sugar, mint, cloves and let it brew for 2 days.
3. Then moonshine or vodka is added, the container is tightly closed and placed for 3 months to infuse in a dark place.
4. After a specified period, filter and bottle.
5. Homemade low-alcohol drink from chokeberry is ready to drink.

Rules for the storage and use of chokeberry liquor

Store chokeberry liqueur prepared at home at room temperature in a dark room (pantry, closet). In moderate doses (up to 50 g per day), homemade chokeberry tinctures have a healing effect on the body:

• reduce the level of cholesterol in the blood;
• increase immunity;
• improve appetite and gastrointestinal function;
• reduce blood pressure;
• help strengthen the walls of blood vessels and increase their elasticity.

With excessive use of homemade blackberry tincture, intoxication of the body, headache, alcohol intoxication, and tachycardia are possible. For the elderly, an overdose of chokeberry liquor threatens with a heart attack and stroke.

It is strictly forbidden to use homemade chokeberry liquor for hypotension, gastric ulcer, gastritis, diseases of the urogenital area, cystitis, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins.

Conclusion

Aronia liqueur is an exquisite and pleasant drink that will appeal to even the most sophisticated gourmets. It is not difficult to cook it at home, the main thing is the desire and the availability of the necessary products. In addition to the pleasure of tasting, drinking liquor within reasonable limits can have a positive therapeutic effect.