Cooking liquor at home

Likers are called strong enough alcoholic drinks, which contain sugar, as well as some aromatic component - fruits, nuts, greens, coffee, chocolate or even milk.

It is believed that the inventors of liquors are the ancient alchemists, who in their search for the cherished elixir of life mixed various components. Unfortunately, they did not manage to get a drink that gives immortality, but they managed to create recipes for liqueurs, which are used by modern manufacturers of alcoholic beverages.

Liqueurs are drinks that are used, both in pure form, and in a variety of cocktails. In addition, liqueurs are usually served for dessert for tea or coffee.

Today in shops there is no shortage of alcoholic beverages, liqueurs can be chosen for every taste. But the most delicious and aromatic drinks are obtained if you make liqueur at home.

For the preparation of liquor will require vodka, granulated sugar, as well as additional ingredients, depending on the type of beverage prepared.

Often mistresses prepare berry liquor at home, receiving a delicious drink with an exquisite berry flavor. To make it, you need to take fresh berries (it can be raspberries, strawberries, currants, cranberries), pour them into a jar and pour vodka so that the liquid covers the contents of the jar. The dishes are kept for 4-5 days, then vodka is drained, and the berries are poured with the same amount of water and put on fire. When the liquid boils, it is removed from the fire and allowed to stand for several hours. The broth is filtered and cooked on its basis with sugar syrup. How much sugar should I take? Here you need to focus on your own taste, because some like very sweet drinks, while others prefer a mild-sweet taste. When cooking the syrup, it is necessary to remove the foam. Then in the cooled syrup add the previously drained, vodka-infused vine, and mix well. Further, the resulting liquor is filtered, bottled and clogged with stoppers. For more tightness of the cork you can pour wax.

In addition, liqueur at home is traditionally prepared from citrus - oranges or lemons. The technology of preparation is similar, only vodka should be insisted on the fruit peel (it must be scalded with boiling water beforehand to remove excess bitterness). A syrup is cooked on water with the addition of orange juice or lemon juice.

You can cook and mint liqueur at home, insisting on vodka on mint leaves. In such a liquor you can add spices - a little nutmeg and a fragrant aura.

There are recipes that tell you how to make liqueur at home so that it looks like a creamy "Bayliss". For its preparation, condensed and concentrated milk is mixed (by a standard jar), 4 egg yolks from hen eggs, a pair of vanillin sachets and about a spoon of coffee (you can take any soluble) are added to them. All this is well beaten with a mixer, then half a liter of vodka is poured into the mixture and again everything is mixed well. It remains to give the liquor to brew for several hours and you can try a drink.

Another popular recipe is a coffee liqueur. For its preparation you can take instant coffee, but it will be better if you use natural freshly ground, so the drink will turn out more aromatic. So, how to make a coffee liqueur? The recipe is simple: from 50 grams of coffee powder, syrup is cooked using 250 grams of water and 250 grams of sugar. The prepared syrup must be cooled and filtered, then mixed with a bottle of vodka. The drink can be served to the table immediately after preparation. But it will be much better if the liquor stays at least a week. Then he will acquire an unusual aroma and amaze guests with his own taste.