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Plum liqueur is an excellent digestif, which is served both in its pure form and in addition to ice cream, coffee and desserts. The sugar content, as in other fruit and fruit liqueurs, ranges from 25 to 60%.
The most suitable varieties for making liquor at home are table plum varieties – renklod, mirabelle or Hungarian.
They also make from plums: wine, liqueurs, tinctures
Classic plum liqueur
In the classic recipe, vodka can be replaced with moonshine or alcohol diluted to 40%. For the preparation of liquor, it is best to take ripe and fragrant fruits.
Ingredients
Plums – 1 kg
Granulated sugar – 350 g
Water – 250 ml + 1 liter for blanching
Vodka – 1 l
Cold water with ice
Method of preparation
The plum must be thoroughly washed and pierced with a toothpick to the very bone in 3-4 places.
Pour 1 liter of water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Then put 2-3 plums on a skimmer and dip in boiling water for 15-20 seconds, then transfer to a bowl of ice water. Blanch the rest of the plums in this manner.
Cook classic sugar syrup.
After the syrup has cooled, mix it with prepared alcohol and filter through a home-made or purchased filter.
We shift the blanched plums into a glass container and fill it with filtered vodka with sugar. We insist in a cool place for 90 days.
After 3 months, we filter the finished plum liqueur again and pour it into glass bottles. Store the finished product in a cool place.
Spicy plum liqueur
Ingredients
Plums – 450 g
Granulated sugar – 240 g
Vodka – 500 ml
Carnation – 3 pcs.
Cinnamon – half a stick (you can use ground, one pinch will be enough)
Method of preparation
Wash the plums thoroughly and remove the pits.
Transfer the prepared plums into a glass container, add granulated sugar, cloves, cinnamon and pour vodka. We insist in a dark place for 90 days, once every 2-3 days it is necessary to shake the jar.
After 3 months, we filter the plum liquor through a homemade or purchased filter. Pour into glass bottles and keep for another 14 days. Store the finished product in the refrigerator or cellar.
Plum liqueur “double alcohol”
Ingredients
Plums – 900 g
Granulated sugar – 500 g
Cognac – 150 ml
Vodka – 500 ml
Method of preparation
Plums must be thoroughly washed, pitted and cut into small pieces (can be passed through a meat grinder).
We shift the prepared plum into a glass jar, add granulated sugar and pour vodka with cognac. Let the liquor brew in a dark place for 60 days and periodically shake the jar until the sugar is completely dissolved.
After two months, we filter the plum liquor through a home-made or purchased filter and pour it into glass bottles. We let the finished product brew for another 30-60 days and you can start tasting. Store in a dark cool place.
Plum liqueur on white rum
Ingredients
Plums (red or blue) – 900 g
White rum – 750 ml
Granulated sugar – 500 g
Method of preparation
Plums must be thoroughly washed, pitted and cut into medium pieces.
We shift the prepared plum into a glass jar, add granulated sugar and fill it with white rum. Let the liquor brew in a dark place for 4 months, the first 30 days you need to shake the contents of the container every day.
After infusion, plum liquor must be filtered through a homemade or purchased filter and poured into glass bottles.
Store the finished product in a dark, cool place, but you can start tasting after two weeks.
Spicy plum liqueur with plum leaves
Ingredients
Plums – 1 kg
Granulated sugar – 500 g
Plum leaves – 200 g
Vodka – 750 ml
Carnation – 3 pcs.
Nutmeg – 1-2 pcs.
Vanillin – 1 pinch
Method of preparation
Wash the plums thoroughly and remove the pits.
Transfer prepared plums to a glass container, add granulated sugar, cloves, nutmeg, vanillin and plum leaves. Leave for 10 days in a warm place.
After 10 days, add vodka to the preparation for liquor and leave it in a dark place for 1,5 months.
After this time, we filter the plum liqueur through a home-made or purchased filter and pour it into glass bottles.
Store the finished product in the refrigerator or cellar.
Original plum pit liqueur
Ingredients
Dry plum stones – 250 g
Granulated sugar – 1 kg
Water – 1 L
Vodka – 750 ml
Method of preparation
The bones must be washed well, dried with paper towels and chopped in a blender.
We shift the prepared bones into a glass container and fill them with vodka. We leave for 1 month in a dark place.
We filter the infused vodka through a homemade or purchased filter.
Cook classic sugar syrup.
After the syrup has completely cooled, mix it with the filtered tincture. Pour the finished liquor into glass bottles and let it brew for another six months.
Liquor is stored in a cool place.
Japanese plum liqueur
The traditional Japanese liqueur Umeshu is made from ume green plums (very similar to our unripe apricots) and candy sugar, also called candy sugar, as it is used to make hard candies.
The Japanese rice liquor shochu is used as the alcohol base, but ordinary vodka can be used.
We will try to make a Japanese plum liqueur in the fusion style, adapting it to our products, leaving only plums from the classic recipe.
Ingredients
Green plums – 1 kg
Granulated sugar – 500 g
Vodka – 1,8 l
Method of preparation
Green plums must be washed, dried well and the tails removed with a toothpick.
In a large glass container, lay the prepared plums and sugar in layers. Add vodka and let it brew in a dark place for 6 months, sometimes you need to gently shake the container.
As soon as 6 months have passed, we filter the finished plum liquor using a home-made or purchased filter. We pour into glass bottles.
Store the finished product in a cool place.
English plum liqueur with berries and gin
We took Hedgerow liquor as the basis for preparation, which means a living fence around the house or along the road, where fruit and berry bushes are often planted. You can use any seasonal berries in this recipe.
Ingredients
Plums – 250 g
Raspberries – 100 g
Blackberries – 100 g
Rosehip – 10 g
Granulated sugar – 350 g
Gin – 500 ml
Method of preparation
Wash plums, raspberries and blackberries thoroughly and pat dry with paper towels.
We put prepared fruits, berries, rose hips, granulated sugar in a glass container and pour gin. We let it brew in a dark, cool place for 12 months.
In the first month, it is necessary to shake the container periodically.
A year later, we filter the plum liqueur through a fine strainer and filter through a home-made or purchased filter. We pour the finished product into glass bottles and insist another 14 days.
Liquor is stored in a dark cool place.
PS Plums and berries can be used to decorate desserts.
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Relevance: 12.10.2017
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