Cognac with prunes from moonshine and vodka

• Drink: Cognac
• How to Serve: Chilled
• Ingredients: prunes, vodka, sugar
• Cooking time: more than a month
• Strength: over 45°

Homemade “cognac” from vodka with prunes, galangal and almonds

An interesting recipe from one of the domestic forums. As a result, you will get an original tincture – maybe not particularly similar to cognac, but certainly tasty, incredibly fragrant, soft, drinkable.

The recipe includes oak chips – the same as in the previous recipe. You can be original and replace them with an equal number of shells from unsalted pistachios, fried in a pan until black. With pistachio shells, they make an independent tincture, which in itself is a bit like cognac – read about it here.

Such a “cognac” is made from vodka in the same way as according to the previous recipe – easily and rather quickly. Almonds need to be slightly crushed with a knife, add prunes, chopped galangal and chips, pour vodka, cork tightly and set aside for 2 weeks in a dark, warm place.

After that, the tincture is carefully filtered – through several layers of gauze, then – a cotton or paper filter. It is not required to sweeten it, but if desired, you can add a little sugar – half a teaspoon is enough. Next, we move the drink to a cool place and let it stand for another 3-4 weeks. Everything you can try!

Recipe 2

For the manufacture will need:

• alcohol base (quality vodka or moonshine);
• prune;
• sugar;
• cotton wool;
• a glass jar or other container where cognac will be infused;
• funnel (you can cut the neck of a plastic bottle);

Particular attention should be paid to the choice of high-quality prunes. This is not for you to cook compote, this is a serious matter!

Important! Prunes for brandy must first of all be fresh.

Tips for choosing prunes:

• uniform appearance and no damage to the skin;
• fruits must be dry;
• prunes of good quality should be elastic and fleshy to the touch;
• fruits should not stick to fingers;
• it should taste slightly sour, but not bitter;
• dried fruit should not be too wrinkled.

The cooking process

Record:

1. First you need to take a container that is suitable in size.
2. Pour a liter of vodka or moonshine into the container.
3. We lower 30-50 grams of prunes into the container.
4. Add 2-3 tablespoons of sugar.
5. The jar with the product is placed in a dark room, closed from the sun.

After 40 days of infusion, a liter of fine cognac is obtained.

Attention! It will not work to hide the container from the wife in the cellar. The air temperature in the room must be at least 14 0С. Will have to look for another place.

How to filter the resulting tincture

Important! Before use, homemade cognac must be filtered.

Strain through an impromptu filter. A layer of gauze and cotton wool was placed in the cut neck of a plastic bottle and cognac was poured through them into another container.

This must be done in order to get rid of excess impurities and natural sediment from prunes.

What will be the result

Inside there will be a pleasant, sweetish liquid of light brown color with a spicy aroma of prunes. Dried fruit muffled the alcohol notes in cognac, making them almost invisible.

Note! Cognac produced at home is cheaper than its store counterparts.

Cost of production of homemade cognac:

• good vodka can be purchased in a store for 400 rubles, about the same amount goes to making high-quality moonshine;
• for a kilogram of sugar you will have to pay 40 rubles (and we only need a few spoons);
• a kilogram of dried prunes costs 200 – 400 rubles. (a kilogram is enough for a whole box of cognac, if not more);
• I think you can get plastic bottles, cans, cotton wool and gauze in any home.

It turns out that cognac made at home is an order of magnitude cheaper than its store counterpart.

What can be substituted in the recipe

Note! There are several variants of cognac made from prunes. For example, for a woody taste, you can add an oak segment.

Various spices such as cloves, vanilla and even chocolate are added to improve the taste and aroma before infusion.