Chokeberry serves an excellent basis For homemade liqueur. The drink turns out tasty, thick with a beautiful ruby hue and light pleasant smell. We'll look at two of the best liqueur recipes. The first is classic, the second is with vodka, the addition of which increases the strength.
Only fresh liqueurs are suitable for making liqueurs. ripe fruits chokeberry. It is better to pick them after the first frost, then the resulting drink will not be bitter. Next you need to remove the leaves, twigs and scallops, and carefully sort the berries themselves, removing rotten and very small ones.
Classic liqueur recipe
Ingredients:
- chokeberry berries – 3 kg;
- sugar – 1 kg.
Preparation:
1. Crush unwashed rowan berries with your hands, a wooden masher, or beat with a blender until homogeneous mass. Fruits are not washed; they live on their surface wild yeast, promoting fermentation.
2. Place the resulting berry mass in glass jar, add sugar, then mix well.
3. Cover the jar with gauze and transfer to a dark place with a temperature of 18-25°C. Throughout the entire fermentation period, stir the future liqueur with a wooden stick once a day so that vinegar zones do not form on the surface.
4. After 3-4 days, when obvious signs of fermentation appear (foam, hissing, sour smell), install a water seal or a rubber glove with a hole in your finger on the jar.
The liqueur is fermenting 5. After 30-45 days, the liqueur will ferment (the water seal will stop producing bubbles or the glove will deflate), which means that it’s time to filter the drink through 2-3 layers of gauze and a cotton filter.
6. Pour the liqueur into bottles, cap tightly and leave for 70-90 days in a cool, dark (10-16°C) place before drinking. Shelf life – 1-2 years. Strength – 10-13%.
After filtering Chokeberry liqueur with vodka
A stronger version of the drink, the taste is similar to chokeberry tinctures, but is prepared using liqueur technology with the addition of vodka (moonshine, alcohol) at the last stage.
Ingredients:
- chokeberry – 2 kg;
- sugar – 0.5 kg;
- vodka – 1 liter.
1. Pour unwashed rowan and sugar into a glass jar in several layers. The bottom layer is berries, the last top layer is sugar. Bandage the neck of the jar with gauze.
2. Place the container in a warm (16-22°C) sunny place, for example, on a windowsill. After 5-6 days, when the berries have fermented, place a water seal or a medical glove with a hole in the finger on the jar. It is advisable to shake the jar once a day.
Chokeberry (also called chokeberry) contains many useful vitamins and minerals, while the plant itself is unpretentious and does not require special care. The tincture of these berries is very good for health, improves immunity and improves well-being. There are many various recipes for cooking of this drink at home.
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The best chokeberry tincture recipes
To make the drink, you can use both dried and fresh chokeberries. Before cooking, the fruits are sorted, small, rotten and spoiled ones are removed. Basically, the tincture is made with alcohol, having previously diluted it to 40 degrees, or with vodka. It is recommended to take the liqueur one teaspoon per day. Only then will she bring maximum benefit for the human body.
Chokeberry significantly lowers blood pressure, which is why it should be consumed in small quantities.
Classic recipe with vodka
This tincture option is the simplest and most affordable.
Ingredients:
- berries - 1 kg;
- vodka - 1 l;
- sugar - to taste (300-400 g).
Cooking process:
- 1. The berries must be thoroughly washed, drained in a colander to drain, and put everything into a jar.
- 2. Pour vodka into the container so that it covers the rowan by 2-3 cm.
- 3. Add sugar and mix everything.
- 4. The jar must be tightly closed and placed in a dark place.
- 5. Infuse for 2 months at room temperature, every 4 days the jar must be shaken.
- 6. After the time has passed, filter the drink and pour into another container. Store in a dark place.
Honey tincture with vodka
This drink is softer and more pleasant to the taste.
Ingredients:
- rowan - 500 g;
- vodka - 500 ml;
- liquid honey - 30 ml.
Preparation method:
- 1. Rinse the berries and pour them into a jar.
- 2. Pour in vodka and then add honey.
- 3. Mix the contents and close tightly.
- 4. Infuse for 2-3 months, in a dark and warm place. The jar needs to be shaken every week.
- 5. Strain the finished drink through cheesecloth and pour into bottles.
Dried berry liqueur
The alcohol-based tincture is healthy and very tasty. However, it should be remembered that the shelf life of such a drink will be no more than 3 months. After time has passed, it appears characteristic smell and the taste of alcohol.
Ingredients:
- dried berries - 500 g;
- alcohol - 1 l;
- sugar - 400 g.
Preparation:
- 1. Wash the dried rowan and pass through a meat grinder.
- 2. Place the fruits in a jar (they should occupy 2/3 of the volume).
- 3. Add sugar and alcohol, mix everything thoroughly.
- 4. Infuse for 4 months in a dark place.
- 5. Filter the finished drink and bottle it.
"Summer garden"
A simple recipe with a unique aroma of raspberries, cherries and currants.
Ingredients:
- rowan - 500 g;
- a bunch of cherry, raspberry, currant leaves;
- citric acid - 1 tsp;
- vodka - 500 ml.
Step by step recipe:
- 1. Mix the chokeberry fruits and all the leaves in a container, add water, bring to a boil, boil for 30 minutes, then cool.
- 2. Add sugar, citric acid and vodka to the mixture.
- 3. Leave for 2 months, strain and bottle for storage.
Moonshine recipe
Preparing the tincture in this way is quite simple, and it is also less strong.
Ingredients:
- rowan fruits - 1 kg;
- sugar - 300 g;
- moonshine - 1 l.
Each housewife has a special chokeberry tincture. Someone follows classical methods cooking, and someone tries to bring something of their own to the recipes. The noble dark cherry shades of drinks made from this berry play beautifully in the rays sunlight, they can decorate any table. But the main thing about chokeberry tinctures is that they preserve beneficial features fresh berries.
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Today, many stores offer chokeberry vodka tinctures. They are prepared from natural raw materials and contain both rowan juice and alcohol. High-quality tinctures are quite expensive, but their taste, and especially the tart aftertaste, is appreciated by many.
Chokeberry tincture
By purchasing chokeberry tinctures as medicine, you need to remember that you need to drink the drink 30-40 g per day, preferably at night.
Buying chokeberry liqueur is somewhat more difficult; this product is high in sugar and minimal alcohol occurs less frequently. The liqueur not only tastes better, it can be served at the dessert table as a light aperitif or added to tea.
Rowan tinctures and liqueurs with the addition of various herbs and cognac tinctures have an excellent taste, so everyone can choose something depending on their individual preferences.
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Having brushed off the dust from a glass bottle, the owner proudly places it on the table and offers to try the prepared food. with my own hands drink. His pride is easy to understand: no matter how rich the assortment of today's supermarkets is, we give preference to products from our own plot that are grown with our own hands. And the tincture of chokeberry with vodka, an aromatic blue-black drink made from berries taken from its bush, will seem much tastier. And healthier.
Chokeberry grows in almost every garden. An unpretentious shrub, reaching a height of 2-2.5 m, is not afraid of frost, does not need careful care, but already in the 3rd year of its life it can please with a magnificent harvest. Chokeberry blooms in May-June, clusters with ripe large dark blue berries ripen in late August - early September. But you can harvest even after the first frost. But, unlike its no less popular relative - red rowan, which is often grown for decorative purposes, it is tasty even before it is hit by frost. Sweet, slightly tart-tasting berries are perhaps the latest in our gardens, which is why they are loved by many.
Aronia berries
Behind long term As they mature, they absorb so much sunlight and useful substances, which are capable of providing the human body with vitamins all winter. The benefits of chokeberry are that it lowers blood pressure, increases immunity, fights viruses well, and is recommended to be used as an antioxidant by workers hazardous production. Both chokeberry and red rowan can be stored frozen to prepare tinctures as needed. The berries are dried to make infusions and decoctions. Dry fruits are also ground in a coffee grinder to a powdery state and take 1 tsp. for colds or thyroid diseases.
To get not only a beautifully playing and rich flavor, but also healthy drink, during its manufacture several conditions must be observed:
- The berries must be of equal ripeness, whole, without signs of rot or dry spots.
- The raw materials should not contain foreign impurities such as leaves, twigs, pieces of bark, and stalks.
- It is better not to heat treat the berries so that they retain as many vitamins as possible.
It is better not to use tinctures and liqueurs for people suffering from stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, increased blood clotting and hypotension. For them, the tincture will not be useful, but harmful.
The properties of the berry are beneficial for people with cholelithiasis, atherosclerosis, rheumatism, arthritis, and kidney disease. The astringent effect of rowan helps to cope with intestinal disorders and diarrhea caused by infectious or viral diseases. Chokeberry helps with iodine deficiency; it is recommended for hypothyroidism, goiter, and other pathologies that arise due to a lack of iodine in the body.
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There are many ways to prepare chokeberry tinctures.
Quick tincture. The simplest of the recipes is from the “quickie” category:
- Fill a three-liter jar up to the shoulders with ripe fresh or frozen berries.
- Pour into berries quality vodka or, if possible, homemade moonshine, filling the jar to the neck.
- Close it tightly nylon cover.
- We put our tincture in a dark place for 14 days.
- After 2 weeks, pour the infused beautiful liquid into glass bottles and seal them tightly.
The berries can be reused by pouring vodka or moonshine again: the quality of the second tincture will not be worse.
Delicious chokeberry tincture
Tincture with mint and cloves: unusual spicy shade add mint and cloves to the drink. To prepare rowan tincture with vodka according to this recipe:
- 10 kg of berries need to be mashed or chopped in a blender;
- pour 2 kg of sugar into the chokeberry;
- add 10 buds of cloves and 10 sprigs of fresh mint or 10 g of dried leaves;
- put the mixture in a glass container and leave to infuse for 2 days;
- then add vodka or moonshine, seal the container and place in a cool, dark place for 3 months;
- after 3 months, the tincture can be strained and bottled: it is ready for use.
When preparing a drink according to this recipe, you need to take into account that the glass container should be from 10 to 25 liters. The tincture is prepared at a ratio of 1:1 chokeberry and alcohol; the amount of sugar depends on how sweet you want the drink to be.
This chokeberry tincture, a recipe that has been popular for several decades, takes a long time to prepare, but the result will surprise you and your guests.
A tincture of chokeberry with honey will be tasty and healthy:
- Pour 1 liter of berries into 1 liter of vodka;
- add 5 tbsp. l. honey and 5 g of oak bark, crushed into powder;
- Having mixed the ingredients, close the container tightly and keep in a dark place for at least 4 months, then strain and bottle.
You can make a tincture from dried chokeberry. After grinding the berries into powder, pour them into a container, filling it 2/3 full, fill the rest with vodka or moonshine, leave for 3-4 months.
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Chokeberry makes very tasty liqueurs.
They differ from tinctures high content Sahara. Preparing liqueurs is a bit more troublesome, so be patient.
Aronia berry liqueur
Classic liqueur:
- Fill a metal or glass container with berries at the rate of: 1 kg of chokeberry and 0.5 kg of sugar per 1 liter of vodka.
- After mixing the products, place the mixture in the oven and leave for 1 hour at a temperature not exceeding 70°C.
- Reducing the temperature to 60°C, hold for 1.5 hours;
- After this time, lower the temperature again by 10°C and leave for another 1.5 hours. Then turn off the oven.
- Do not remove the liquid from the cabinet; it must cool completely in it.
- Then we place the container with our liqueur in a dark place for 4-5 days.
- Only after this can it be filtered and bottled. Let the liqueur brew for a week, and then safely serve.
"Beauty" liqueur. To prepare the liqueur without heat treatment, you need to add 2 kg of berries, 1 kg of sugar, and add 1.5 liters of vodka.
Close the container tightly and leave in a cool, dark place to infuse for 2 months. Then strain the liquid and pour into bottles. The liqueur is ready. It should be stored in a cool place or in the refrigerator.
There are many more recipes for making drinks from this berry that are healthy and tasty. So take the opportunity to surprise your family and guests with an unusual drink.
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A sweet, concentrated, thick, stretchy drink made from a variety of fruits and berries. There are many simple recipes making chokeberry liqueurs at home, proven by experience. Finished product characterized pleasant taste, intended for use in pure form during festive events.
What is the difference between liqueur and tincture?
Liqueurs and tinctures are similar only at first glance; in fact, these drinks are very different from each otherBoth drinks are alcoholic and are often prepared from the same ingredients. At the same time, they look and taste completely different. The difference lies in the recipe and production technology. Liqueurs, liqueurs, and tinctures are often confused with each other. If you compare them, you can actually see a lot in common, but this is completely different drinks, characterized by certain characteristics, not always intended for the same purposes.
Main distinctive features liqueurs:
- stretchy, thick consistency;
- prepared by fermentation or berry syrup diluted with an alcohol-containing component;
- sweet, sometimes cloying taste;
- main raw materials - fruits or berries, main feature– a large amount of sugar;
- strength 18-20%;
- consumed in its pure form, added to tea, coffee, confectionery;
- intended for celebrations and feasts;
- contained in large quantities amino acids and glutamine are beneficial for the body, but can cause more harm to a weakened person, so the drink is not considered medicinal;
- should be stored in a cool place - a cellar or refrigerator.
In terms of organoleptic characteristics and preparation technology, the tincture differs significantly from the liqueur. The drink is produced by long-term infusion of the main raw materials on strong alcohol. The finished product is rarely characterized by sweetness, since it contains noticeably less sugar or is not included in the recipe at all. Berries and fruits can be the main component, but the drink is also made from herbs, roots, spices, leaves, and grains. The consistency is liquid, the strength is 30-45%.
Sometimes tinctures are specially prepared for treatment according to methods traditional medicine, strengthening the immune system, giving vigor, relieving fatigue. The taste is specific, characterized by bitterness and astringency. It can be used in its pure form, like liqueur, but due to its high strength, it is recommended to dilute the tincture with water. Be sure to store in a dark place, but can be left at room temperature.
On a note! The composition and names of tinctures and liqueurs are the same, the difference lies in the proportions of the main components and production technology. For example, a liqueur “100 leaves” and a tincture with the same name are made from chokeberry.
Features of chokeberry
The benefits and harms of products are determined by the biochemical composition of the main raw materials. Berries contain vitamins (A, B 1, B 2, B 6, B 9, C, E, PP), mineral salts iron, potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus. The color of chokeberry indicates high concentration anthocyanins. Rowan has tonic, choleretic, bactericidal, antifungal and diuretic effects. Active substances fruits help eliminate toxic substances, normalize blood sugar, and lower blood pressure.
Despite the high content of beneficial nutrients, the drink is rarely used for medicinal purposes, unlike tinctures. A large concentration of organic acids and sugar can cause a deterioration in health in patients with chronic forms of diseases, when the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system are disrupted. It is prohibited to use rowan liqueurs for people suffering from diabetes mellitus. Important to consider possible harm alcohol. The resulting liquid can have a strength of up to 20%. Additional benefits and contraindications depend on the ingredients included in the recipe.
On a note! The product based on chokeberry differs in organoleptic indicators from a red rowan drink. The ready-to-drink liquid turns out darker, rich color, characterized tart taste, specific aroma.
Manufacturing technology
Homemade liqueur is prepared from berries, sugar and an alcohol-containing component. Depending on the recipe, the process of fermentation or infusion in alcohol is used, which requires shaking the containers and decanting the solvent for a while. The chokeberry drink is infused for 3-4 months and belongs to the group of late-ripening liqueurs. To prepare rowan liqueur, you need to take fresh berries. It is acceptable if some are dented, but you cannot use rotten ones that have fallen to the ground or are affected by diseases.
Chokeberry liqueur can be made with moonshine, vodka, alcohol, and cognac. The solvent should not be stronger than 60%, so medical alcohol It is recommended to pre-dilute with soft, purified water. When using the fermentation method, it is not necessary to introduce alcohol into the mixture. This method preparing liqueur is similar to wine. The difference is that the raw materials are pre-washed, wine yeast are not added, the pulp is not removed from the container. It is allowed to use as flavoring ingredients natural honey, leaves, other berries and fruits. Black chokeberry goes well with cloves, cardamom, allspice, vanilla, star anise.
On a note! Chokeberry has a tart taste due to high content tannins, tannins. To reduce astringency, it is recommended to add water or collect brushes after the first frost.
It is advisable to choose containers made of glass. Preliminary processing consists of washing, sterilizing, drying. A water seal, gauze or cotton cloth may be needed. Metal utensils cannot be used, since the metal can react with organic acids and the products will be of poor quality.
How to make chokeberry liqueur step by step without vodka and alcohol:
- Pick the berries from the scallops, sort, and rinse under running cold water.
- Squeeze the rowan a little without disturbing the integrity of the seeds. When the juice appears, add water and stir a little more.
- The raw materials should fill the glass container to ⅔ volume. Pour sugar to the top, mix, cover with gauze.
- Place in a warm place away from light for 5 days, shake periodically.
- When fermentation begins, install a water seal and keep it at a constant temperature of 20-27°C until bubbles stop forming. The completion of the process is indicated by the natural lightening of the contents of the jar.
- The liquid must be filtered, poured into sterilized bottles, and transferred to the basement for storage.
Recipes for making rowan liqueurs are often passed down from generation to generation. Compliance with proportions is mandatory, storage ready drink in a cool room too. After removing the liquid, the raw material can be reused. For cooking homemade alcohol It is allowed to take frozen fresh, raw berry preparations for the winter. At the same time, the fruits will be less tart and not bitter, which will have a corresponding effect on the finished product.
The simplest recipe
Ingredients:
- chokeberry berries – 1 kg;
- sugar – 0.3 kg;
- vodka – 1 l.
Prepare the fruits, you can crush them a little, sprinkle them with sugar. Pour vodka over chokeberry until completely covered fruit mass. It is recommended to infuse at room temperature in a dark room, shaking the container periodically. After about 3 months. Strain the finished liqueur through cheesecloth or a strainer, pour into bottles, and store in a cellar or basement.
100 leaves
Ingredients:
- raspberry, cherry, black currant leaves - 33 pcs.;
- black rowan - 1 tbsp.;
- water – 0.8 l;
- vodka – 0.5 l;
- granulated sugar - 1 tbsp.;
- citric acid – 1 tsp.
Place the prepared berries and leaf plates in a large saucepan, add water, cover with a lid, and place on a heated stove. Bring to a boil, cook on low heat for 30 minutes. Cool, strain using a sieve. Mix the resulting liquid with sugar and citric acid, keep on low heat until the crystals are completely dissolved. Cool the broth a little, mix with vodka, let stand until cool. Store in sealed bottles in a cool place.
On a note! Another similar recipe for chokeberry liqueur involves adding pear leaves, and you should take 25 pieces of each type. The taste of the product will be softer and more delicate.
With cherry leaf
Ingredients:
- black rowan – 0.5 kg;
- cherry leaves – 150-200 pcs.;
- lemon – 1 pc.;
- sugar – 0.5 kg;
- cognac – 0.5 l;
- water – 0.5 l.
Mix the washed berries with cherry leaves and add cold purified water. Stirring constantly, cook on low heat for 15-20 minutes, cool. Strain the liquid through a cotton cloth or gauze folded in 2-3 layers, carefully squeezing out the mass. Mix the broth with sugar and bring to a boil. Add squeezed lemon juice, cool, dilute with cognac. Pour into bottles and leave to ripen for 1 month.
Chokeberry, or chokeberry, is a shrub up to 2.5 meters high. It grows everywhere, in almost many climate zones, in the wild and in home gardens. It bears fruit every year and tolerates hot, dry summers and cold winters well. The fruits of chokeberry are round, black, and small in size; they are used both as food and as medicinal raw materials.
Chemical composition
Aronia has a rich chemical composition, thanks to which the fruits have such value for humans. Aronia contains vitamins C, B vitamins, beta-carotene, and PP vitamins. And also: flavonoids, catechins, anthocyanins, organic acids, glucose, fructose, sucrose, nicotinic acid, pectins, tannins.
There are micro- and macroelements: fluorine, boron, copper, iron, manganese, molybdenum, a lot of iodine.
The flowers and leaves of chokeberry, which are also used for medicinal purposes, contain rutin, flavonoids, hyperoside, chlorogenic and neochlorogenic acids.
Thanks to these substances, chokeberry berries have medicinal properties– calms the nerves, reduces blood pressure, saturates the body with vitamins and minerals, and has a beneficial effect.
Chokeberry contains little ascorbic acid, so it can be used with fruits rich in vitamin C - rose hips, black currants.
Medicinal preparations from chokeberry
The use of chokeberry tinctures will help heal the thyroid gland, reduce cholesterol levels, strengthen immune system, reduce blood pressure, improve appetite, normalize digestive processes, strengthen the walls of blood vessels.
The recipes proposed in this article will help you properly prepare chokeberry tinctures and use them correctly.
Recipe 1.
Chokeberry tincture with alcohol. Take 1 kg of berries, 1 liter of alcohol or purified vodka, 500 grams of sugar. Rinse the rowan, shake off the water, and place in a glass jar. Pour in vodka, add sugar, stir until the sugar is completely dissolved.
Close the jar tightly and place in a dark, cool place for 2.5 months. Once every five days, the contents of the jar will need to be mixed.
After 2.5 months, strain the drink, squeeze out the berries, and bottle the tincture.
In the same way, a tincture of chokeberry without sugar is prepared; in this recipe, three weeks will be enough to prepare a tincture with alcohol or vodka.
Recipe 2.
Chokeberry tincture with vodka or alcohol. take three liter jar Fill it 2/3 full with chokeberry berries. Fill with vodka or alcohol to the brim, cover the jar and place in a dark place for 3 weeks. Then strain, bottle, and consume as you wish. If you made a tincture with alcohol, it will be too strong and can be diluted with water. Vodka tincture does not require water.
To prepare the tincture, the berries can be used fresh or dried, but in this case the tincture will have to stand for 1.5 months.
Recipe 3.
Chokeberry tincture with vodka or alcohol with added spices. Take 750 grams of chokeberry berries, grind them in any way so that more juice comes out. Place the mixture in a jar, add 3-4 cloves, a pinch of ground nutmeg, a pinch of ginger, 250 grams of sugar. Tie the neck of the jar with gauze and place it in a dark place for 2 days. Then pour 0.5 liters of vodka into the jar, and return the jar to its place.
The chokeberry tincture should stand for 2 months, at a temperature no higher than 25 degrees. Then strain it through cheesecloth and bottle it.
Recipe 4.
Chokeberry tincture with honey in vodka or alcohol. Take 1 kg of chokeberry berries, add 50-60 grams of honey, 1 liter of high-quality alcohol, mix everything until the honey is completely dissolved.
We close the jar with the tincture with a nylon lid and place it in a dark place for 3 months. Once a week the contents of the jar will need to be shaken. Then we filter the drink and pour it into clean bottles and decanters.
Recipe 5.
Chokeberry tincture with lemon juice on vodka and water. Take 0.5 kg of chokeberry berries, rinse and put in a jar. Separately dissolve 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sugar in the juice of three lemons and 0.5 cups of water. Pour it out sugar syrup to the berries and add 0.5 liters of vodka. Place the jar in a cool, dark place for 3 weeks. When the tincture is ready, it will need to be cleared of berries and bottled.
You can use black currant leaves as a flavoring agent for the tincture. cherry leaves or a sprig of mint.
Recipe 6.
Chokeberry tincture with orange zest. Take 1 liter of vodka or alcohol, 200 grams of chokeberry berries, zest from 1 orange. Place the ingredients in a jar, close the lid and place in a dark place.
The drink turns out more tasty if it sits for more than 3 weeks, but you can use it as a dessert alcohol after 2 weeks. To do this, you just need to strain the drink and bottle it. To taste, orange zest can be replaced with lemon zest.
Contraindications
Tinctures, preserves, jams and chokeberry juice should not be consumed by people suffering from hypotension, gastritis with high acidity, peptic ulcers Gastrointestinal tract, constipation, hemorrhoids, thrombophlebitis. Tinctures made with alcohol or vodka are not recommended for those who are being treated for alcoholism.
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