How to make a frozen berry liqueur at home

Pouring at home can be done all year round, using fresh or harvested berries and fruits. In winter, frozen foods that preserve all the best characteristics of fresh fruits: color, smell, taste are excellent raw materials for making aromatic alcohol. There are many ways to make homemade liqueur from frozen berries. By adding various ingredients to well-known recipes, you can come up with your own unique version of delicious alcohol.

In addition, after defrosting, many berries get rid of excessive bitterness and astringency, giving the berry liqueur an exquisite taste.

Strawberry drink

Frozen berries need to be thawed naturally, without additional heating. Crush the berries with a crush or chop in a blender. For 500 g of a fragrant product, a liter of strong (50 °) alcohol is required. Infusion should be carried out without access to light and cold. Room temperature is considered optimal. The infusion time depends on the quality and strength of the alcohol, but not less than 2 weeks.

You can improve the taste by adding 2-3 clove buds, a pinch of allspice, a couple of cardamom pods, and a cinnamon stick to the infusion.

With patience, the moonshiner gets a strong aromatic liqueur of the original taste.

The recipe is suitable for many types of berries with a soft fruit body without large seeds. If you do not add alcohol, due to your own fermentation, you can get a low-alcohol drink that the female sex likes. Instead of sourdough, unwashed raisins are used, the surface of which is covered with "wild" yeast.

According to the speed of preparation, the liqueurs are subdivided:

Early ripening (raspberries, strawberries, blackberries, strawberries), the readiness of which occurs within a month.
Mid-season (currants, viburnum, cherry, lingonberry, plum), the cooking period is extended by 1.5-2 months.
Late ripening (apples, quince, mountain ash, pear, apricots, gooseberries). You can taste them after 3-6 months.

Quick recipe

The rules for preparing alcoholic products from fresh and frozen berries are exactly the same. The main ingredients used in the recipes are vodka, alcohol or moonshine, sugar and raw berries. You can improve the taste and aroma of the drink by adding various aromatic additives: plant leaves, flowers, spices.

How to make a liqueur at home from frozen fruits in 1 day:

take almost any frozen berries (400 g), rinse and dry them;
pour the prepared fruits into a ceramic bowl, pour 200 g of granulated sugar and half a liter of vodka or good quality moonshine on top;
the liquid should reach the neck of the vessel by 1-2 cm;
cover the container with a lid and glue its edges with dough so that the steam does not escape;
place the container in an oven heated to 80 ° C;
simmer the composition for 5-6 hours, making sure that alcohol vapors do not come out;
cool the contents without opening the lid;
pour the finished liqueur into bottles, which are recommended to be stored in the cellar.

In the same way, a quick tincture is prepared on fresh fruit and berry raw materials.

Frozen barberry liqueur

For 500 g of frozen berries you will need:

vodka or moonshine - 1 liter;
fresh zest from 2 orange fruits;
medium cinnamon stick;
clove spices - 5-6 pieces;
half a kilogram of sugar;
200 ml of purified water.

Cooking procedure:

pour the fruits of barberry, without defrosting, into a glass jar under a plastic lid;
add alcoholic drink;
shake the jar regularly for better infusion;
after a month, you need to add spices according to the recipe and continue to shake the container every 2-3 days;
after another 1 month, you should prepare the sugar syrup and pour it into the jar;
after a couple of days, it is recommended to strain the liquid and bottle it for preservation.