In addition to wine and chacha (grappa), grapes make excellent tinctures on vodka or other strong alcohol. These tasty and moderately healthy dessert drinks are very easy to prepare, you just need to be patient. I will tell you how to make a grape tincture at home using the two best technologies proven in practice.
For the preparation of grape tinctures according to the first recipe, any grape varieties (white and red) bought in a store or harvested in the country are suitable, this does not matter in principle. For example, excellent drinks are obtained from Isabella, Regent, Druzhba, Stepnyak and others.
Previously, the grapes are sorted out, using only ripe and juicy fruits for tinctures without stains, mold or rot. Each berry must be separated from the bunches and washed well.
As an alcohol base, I advise you to use vodka, cognac (in the first recipe) or alcohol diluted to 45 degrees. In extreme cases, a well-cleaned moonshine will do.
Simple grape tincture
Ingredients:
- grapes – 1 three-liter jar;
- vodka (alcohol, moonshine) – 1,5-2 liters;
- sugar – 75 grams (3 tablespoons).
Recipe
1. Separate the grapes from the bunches, wash, dry and pour into a three-liter jar.
2. Add sugar.
3. Fill the remaining free space in the jar with vodka.
4. Close the lid tightly, shake well several times and put in a dark place at room temperature for 2-3 weeks. Shake the contents of the jar every 3-4 days to better dissolve the sugar.
5. Filter the finished tincture through several layers of gauze and cotton wool, then pour into bottles and close tightly with corks. In a dark, cool place, the shelf life is up to 2 years. Fortress – 25-30 degrees.
Tincture “Drunken grapes”
An exquisite recipe that requires a relatively large number of ingredients, but the result is worth the effort. It is made on the basis of white grape varieties, preferably seedless.
Ingredients:
- white grapes – 1 kg;
- sugar – 400 gram;
- vodka – 1 liter;
- water – 0,5 liters;
- vanilla sugar – 30 grams;
- lemon – 2 stuff;
- cinnamon – 1 stick;
- cloves – 8 pieces.
Recipe
1. Mix water with sugar (vanilla and regular) in a saucepan, bring the mixture to a boil, then boil for 3-5 minutes, removing the foam. Cool the resulting sugar syrup to room temperature.
2. Remove the zest from the lemons (the upper yellow part of the peel) and finely grate it. It is very important not to touch the white bitter flesh, otherwise the finished homemade grape tincture will be bitter.
3. Mix the zest, cloves and cinnamon. Pour the mixture with vodka, tightly close the lid and keep at room temperature for 3-4 hours.
4. Fill the infusion containers with washed and dried grapes. Remove cinnamon from flavored vodka.
5. Pour vodka over the grapes, add sugar syrup and close the lid tightly.
6. Put the jar for 2-3 months in a dark room with a temperature of 18-30°C.
7. Filter the drink through gauze and cotton wool, then pour into bottles for storage and seal with corks. In a dark, cool place, grape tincture can be stored for more than a year. Fortress – 20-25 degrees.
