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If you have a lot of currants, and not much free time, try making simple, but no less tasty berry tinctures. Of course, you will have to tinker a little during the initial preparation of the berries (they will need to be sorted out, discarding all rotten and moldy, and also freeing them from plant excesses such as ridges and cuttings), but then, nature will do almost everything herself.
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Basic blackcurrant recipe
In fact, this is a classic that is recommended for beginners to start with. Berries for a drink can be taken both fresh and frozen (of course, after defrosting it). At the same time, if you want fresh currants to get natural sweetness, it should be slightly frozen before infusion.
Ingredients
Black currant – 1 kg
Vodka or 45-degree alcohol – 1 l (how to dilute)
Sugar – 100-250 g
Method of preparation
Transfer the washed currants to the jar.
Mix alcohol with sugar and add to the berry.
Shake the tightly closed jar and put in a cool dark place for a couple of weeks.
Drain the tincture, filter through a dense filter and bottle.
Leave the drink in a cool dark place for another 2-4 weeks for final maturation.
Red or white currant tincture
Red, and even more so white varieties of the berries we are interested in are rather inexpressive. But for tincture, in a certain scenario, they are more than suitable.
Ingredients
White or red currant – 300 g
Vodka / moonshine / diluted alcohol – 500 ml
Sugars – 100 g
Orange peel – 10 g
Method of preparation
Put the prepared berry in a jar, add the zest, cover with sugar and pour alcohol.
Close the container tightly, shake it up and send it to a dark, cool place for 2 weeks (during this time, the drink must be shaken well every 3-4 days).
The result is filtered, bottled, then either immediately offered to guests or corked and sent for storage in the cellar.
Polish redcurrant tincture on bison
The name of the drink speaks for itself.
Ingredients
Red currant – 200 g
Zubrovka – 500 ml
Sugars – 100 g
Method of preparation
Put the berry in a jar, cover with sugar, crush with a crush and pour bison.
Then proceed according to the previous recipe.
Blackcurrant tincture in English
As you may have guessed, we will talk about tincture on gin. In this case, it is advisable to use simple solid drinks, like Gordons or Tanqueray. Homemade juniper is also perfect.
Ingredients
Black currant – 1 kg
Gin – 750 ml
Powdered Sugar – 30 g
Lemon peel – 5 g
Method of preparation
Without bothering, we act according to the first recipe.
A simple quick tincture on pureed berries
If there is a can or two of berry spins left from last summer, they can also be a help in preparing a very pleasant drink.
Ingredients
Pureed black currant – 300 g
Pureed raspberries – 100 g
Vodka / moonshine / water-alcohol solution – 600 ml
Method of preparation
Mix the berries, put in a jar and pour alcohol.
Close the container tightly, shake well and leave in a dark, cool room for 3-4 days.
Carefully filter the drink and drag it to the table.
Tincture on currant buds
Consider this simple recipe a kind of bonus.
Ingredients
Unblown currant buds – 1 handful
Vodka – 500 ml
Method of preparation
Pour vodka over freshly picked lightly washed kidneys.
Infuse for 5-7 days (if the drink seems too vigorous, dilute it with vodka).
The result is filtered and bottled.
Store no longer than two weeks. When the color of an emerald drink turns brown, this is a sure sign of its unsuitability (of course, you can drink it, but only for the sake of drunkenness).
Grape tincture with red currant
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 l
Water – 500 ml
Grapes – 1 kg
Red currant berries – 500 g
Sugars – 500 g
Method of preparation
Mash clean, dry and sorted grapes and red currants well, transfer to a large glass container, pour alcohol on top.
Close the container with a lid, insist in a dark place for 14-15 days.
Well decant the tincture, filter.
Prepare sugar syrup and strain hot.
Allow to cool, combine with tincture, shake and pour into bottles for storage.
Cork, keep until use in a cold dark place for 120-130 days.
Currant juice tincture
Ingredients
Alcohol – 1 liter of alcohol
Fresh juice of any currant (can be a mixture) – 3 l
Sugar – 2,5 kg
Method of preparation
Pour currant juice into a large container, add sugar and heat over low heat, stirring, until completely dissolved.
Add alcohol, mix, leave covered for 10 days at room temperature.
Drain the infusion, filter well and pour into dry bottles, close tightly.
Tincture on currant leaves
Ingredients
Fresh green blackcurrant leaves – 45–60 g
Vodka – 1 l
Method of preparation
Place clean leaves in a bottle, pour vodka and insist in a dark place.
After 5–7 days, strain through 4–5 layers of gauze, pour into a bottle and let stand.
Filter again after 1-2 days.
Relevance: 24.06.2018
Tags: Liqueurs, Liqueurs, Tinctures, Recipes for tinctures