Various tinctures were considered one of the most ancient and useful drinks in Russia. These days they can easily be cooked at home. We will tell you today how to prepare a tasty and natural blueberry tincture.
The recipe for bilberry tincture
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 1.2 kg;
- water - 200 ml;
- vodka - 1 l;
- sugar - 200 g.
Preparation
Berries of blueberries are sorted, washed and dried. Then we pour them into a clean bottle, pour in water and fall asleep with sugar. After that, add the vodka, tightly close the lid and put the drink for several weeks in the sun. After a lapse of time, tincture is filtered, bottled, cooled and served on the table.
Tincture on blueberry
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 1 kg;
- water - 1 l;
- ginger root - 2 g;
- yeast - 2 g;
- sugar - 3 items;
- cider - 1 l;
- rosemary - 3 leaves.
Preparation
When preparing the bilberry tincture, we put the berries in a deep bowl, fill them with boiling water, put them in a cool place for 4 days, and after this period we filter the berry broth. As a result, you should get the juice to which we add sugar and yeast. Then put the drink in a warm place, so he ferments, for 3 days. At the end of this period, everything is thoroughly stirred and cleaned for another 3 days, so that the mixture is infused and the sediment is settled. After this we filter the obtained tincture into a container and set it to stand for at least 4 months. Next, the finished wine is bottled, closed and cleaned in the refrigerator for storage.
Strawberry-blueberry tincture
Ingredients:
- blueberries - 500 g;
- strawberries - 500 g;
- sugar - 200 g;
- vodka - 600 ml;
- boiled water - 300 ml.
Preparation
Berries are washed, processed and dried. Then put them in a jar and pour it over with sugar. We cork on top with a lid and put it overnight in a dark place so that blueberries and strawberries are allowed to juice. The next day, add the vodka and mix everything thoroughly.
Close the plastic lid and remove the container in a cool place for about 1 month. After this, tincture is filtered several times: the first time through a fine strainer, and the second - through several layers of gauze, so that the drink becomes crystal clear. We pour out berry tincture on bottles, we cool and we submit on a table. You can add raspberry or currant if desired.
Look for more recipes for home-made alcoholic beverages, then we advise you to pay attention to the recipes for the filling of cranberries and tinctures from cowberries .