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If you don’t like lemons because they are very acidic, then you definitely haven’t made a tincture out of them yet. A minimum of ingredients, a minimum of time and a delicious homemade drink on your table.
Of course, if you like it to be sweeter, then you need to prepare liquor. Then you are here: Limoncello recipe.
And we will return to the tincture. As an alcohol base, you can use vodka, alcohol and good moonshine without a strong odor.
lemon liqueur recipes
Simple lemon tincture
You can also experiment a little with sugar, but it is still better to stick to the indicated proportions. After all, the recipes indicate the ideal ratio of ingredients in order to get a tasty and harmonious drink at the end.
The drink is recommended to be served chilled to a temperature of 10-12 degrees.
Ingredients
Lemons – 5 pcs.
Vodka – 500 ml
Water – 200 ml
Granulated sugar – 250 g
Method of preparation
Pour boiling water over the lemons, wipe dry, remove the zest and squeeze the juice from one fruit.
We make simple sugar syrup from water and sugar, but with the addition of lemon juice.
While the syrup is cooling, remove the white layer from the remaining lemons, and cut the pulp into small cubes.
In a glass container, mix the syrup, zest, prepared lemon slices and the alcohol component. Let it brew in the refrigerator for about five days.
Then the lemon tincture must be filtered, passed through a filter and bottled.
Before tasting, it is advisable to cool the drink. Shelf-life Unlimited.
Lemon tincture with the original way of infusion
We are used to the fact that in the process of preparing the tincture, we put the prepared raw materials directly into the jar and fill it with alcohol. In this recipe, everything is different, the main ingredient will not come into contact with alcohol at all, but the result will be a delicious drink with fragrant citrus notes.
Ingredients
Lemon – 1 pcs.
Alcohol (70%) – 350 ml
Water
Method of preparation
To begin with, the lemon must be thoroughly washed in warm water and get rid of the preservatives that are used to process fruits for long-term storage.
Pour alcohol into a glass liter jar.
And now the most interesting thing – stepping back from the top of the lemon 1,5-2 cm, we pierce it with a needle and stretch a strong thread. Then, with the help of a wire, we fasten the lemon so that it does not touch the alcohol, and the distance between them does not exceed 1 cm.
Now we cover our container with a lid and leave it in a dark place for two weeks at a temperature of 18–24 degrees.
After two weeks, pour water into the tincture. Don’t worry, it will become cloudy at first but will clear up again after a few days, you can also add some sugar according to your taste preferences.
Before taking a sample, it is recommended to keep the tincture for a day in a cool dark place.
Lemon tincture with pepper
Ingredients
Lemon zest – 100 g
Salt – 10 g
Black peppercorns – 5-6 pcs.
Vodka – 1 l
Method of preparation
Put all solid components into a bottle, pour in vodka, seal the vessel tightly.
Wait 1,5 months, shaking the drink from time to time.
Filter the infusion through several layers of cloth, store in small tightly closed bottles.
Lemon tincture “Traditional”
Ingredients
Lemon – 4 pcs.
Water – 1 L
Sugar – 0,5 kg
Vodka – 1 l
Method of preparation
Carefully remove the top layer of lemon peel, dry.
Put the hard zest in a clean glass dish, pour in vodka, let it brew for three days.
Drain the drink through a cloth, mix with sugar and water, leave to infuse for another couple of days.
Quick Lemon Tincture
Ingredients
Vodka – 0,5 l
Lemon – 2 pcs.
Method of preparation
Rinse and dry, carefully wipe the lemons.
Cut off a thin layer of lemon peel, pour into vodka.
Keep warm for 1-1,5 weeks to infuse in a sealed bottle.
Strain the drink.
Lemon tincture “Concentrated”
The finished product is stored in tightly sealed containers in the dark and cool.
Ingredients
Vodka – 1 l
Sugar – 0,5 kg
Lemon – 3-4 pcs.
Method of preparation
Remove the yellow part of the skin from the fruit, chop, put in a jar.
Release the fruits from the white layer of the skin, cut the pulp into small slices, pour to the zest, mix.
Pour all the vodka into the jar, cover with a piece of gauze, leave warm for 4 days.
Strain the infused contents, squeeze out the liquid from the lemon mass and add it to the infusion.
Put sugar in the drink, mix well so that it dissolves.
Strong tincture “Lemon-nutmeg”
Ingredients
Vodka – 1 l
Dry lemon peel – 50 g
Cloves – 10 pieces
Grated nutmeg – 1 pc.
Method of preparation
All solid components are mixed, laid out in a jar.
The mass is poured with vodka, covered with a lid, sent to a dark nook for 1 month.
Filter the finished infusion, pour into small containers, tightly clogging each.
Lemon Mint Tincture
The drink is drunk chilled, used to soak pastries.
Ingredients
Lemon – 1 pcs.
Dry mint leaves – 20 g
Sugars – 100 g
Vodka – 0,5 l
Method of preparation
Separate the top layer of the peel from a clean lemon, thinly slice, pour into a jar.
They throw mint to the zest.
Squeeze juice from a lemon into a jar.
Cover the mass with sugar and vodka.
Seal the container tightly, shake the contents.
Leave to infuse for 3 days in a warm dark corner.
The infusion is filtered, the fruit mass is squeezed out. Ready.
Ginger-citrus tincture
Ingredients
Lemon – 3 pcs.
Grapefruit – 2 pc.
Vodka – 0,5 l
Ginger root grated – 10 g
Method of preparation
Fruits are thoroughly washed, freed from the skin.
The peel is placed in a jar, sprinkled with ginger, poured in vodka.
Seal the container, shake the contents, let it brew at room conditions for about 1 week.
The drink is passed through any filter and poured into bottles.
Relevance: 15.11.2018
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