How to make a banana liqueur at home?

Liquors - the drinks are peculiar and do not like everyone. But those who love them, sometimes very sad perceive the numbers on the price tags in the stores. Whatever you say, they are depressing. However, this is not an excuse to deny yourself on holidays in the pleasure of savoring your favorite drink: it is quite easy to cook the same banana liqueur at home, but to the taste it is not inferior to shop rivals. And no expensive ingredients will not be needed.

Choose the main ingredient

Before preparing a banana liqueur at home, you need to properly purchase bananas. These fruits are sold year-round and everywhere, so if the product does not suit you at the nearest store, do not be lazy to get to the next. The banana should be ripe - green strips and hard flesh give unnecessary bitterness to your favorite drink. However, it is not necessary to take ripe fruit: black elements even in the form of dots fill a banana liqueur, prepared at home, putrefactive flavor and spoil the flavor. Although you will not feel anything like eating such a fruit.

Something about the alcoholic component

No less important in the manufacture of liquor and the quality of the component that gives it a strength. Take either quality vodka, in which you are sure, or food (medical) alcohol. The latter is bred according to all the rules: alcohol pours into the water, the fortress is brought to 40 degrees (the alcohol meter does not hurt).

Taste variety is achieved by the introduction of other strong drinks. Banana liqueur at home based on rum (preferably white) or brandy is very refined. With whiskey you need to be more careful: some of its varieties have a rather heavy flavor. And gin, perhaps, is not at all suitable for our purposes, although experimenters may take a chance.

Basic recipe

So, we make banana liqueur at home. The most primitive way is as follows. A large, lovingly chosen banana finely chopped, poured half a liter of good vodka and thoroughly warmed up. Better a wooden spoon. From these actions, the banana pulp will turn black. The container with the workpiece is retracted into the dark and cool for a couple of weeks. After the specified period, the liquid is filtered. From the glass with a glass of sugar and half a glass of water, syrup is brewed. It combines with tincture, a spoonful of vanilla extract is added - and another month of aging. Again straining, after which the banana liqueur (at home, it is easy to make) is ready to take in.

Variations on the theme

To obtain a liqueur that is almost identical to the famous Creme de Banana, the proportions need to be changed: the dose of sugar syrup should be twice as much. Bananas are taken in quantities of 2 pcs. On a bottle of alcohol in 750 ml.

The accelerated version is prepared as follows: two bananas are kneaded, which need to be filled with 700 milliliters of vodka; From a third of a kilogram of sugar and an incomplete glass of water, a thick syrup is prepared; All components are mixed and aged for three to four days. Shake it regularly, at least once a day, but it's better often.

To idealize the taste, you can add a spoon of clove buds to the liqueur. Or a small cinnamon stick. Or both, both together, as you prefer.

Banana-orange version

Another way to make a banana liqueur at home with an enrichment of the basic taste. The insistence will take two weeks, but your patience will pay off with a fragrant and tasty drink on the solemn table. In addition, unlike fast liquors, this can be stored for a long time, and not even in the refrigerator. The only thing that is needed for him is not vodka, but alcohol - food, good quality and tested for strength.

Two oranges are scalded, carefully peeled off the peel. After removing the white interlayers between the skins and lobules and squeezing out the juice from the pulp. Four brushed and finely chopped bananas are laid in the same jar. A glass of sugar is poured in here, the contents are thoroughly mixed. Adding zest - re-mixing. The last to be added is alcohol (750 milliliters). The can is tight, but not sealed with a lid and retracted into the darkness to settle. After two weeks, its contents are filtered. A syrup is brewed from a liter of water and six glasses of sugar and poured into a jar in a cooled form. After mixing, a wonderful liquor is poured over beautiful bottles and waits for its hour to be served on the table.

Velvet liqueur

There are situations in which there is no time to wait. If you are in one of them, you can cook a delicious banana liqueur at home just in half an hour.

Three bananas are peeled and finely chopped. Two eggs, pre-chilled, only from the refrigerator, are divided into proteins and yolks. The first are laid in a mixer or blender. There also poured a glass of milk (make sure it is fresh, otherwise your liquor will curdle) and a can of a good condensed milk (quarter of a liter). Bananas are poured into a bowl, and all together makes their way to uniformity. When it suits you, pour a third of a liter of vodka in a thin trickle, without turning off the unit. The result is a fairly thick mixture. The container with it should be covered (it is possible even with a clean napkin) and put on for half an hour in the cool. The last step is to filter. And because of the density of the cocktail, it can require the future consumer enough patience. On the other hand, if you are satisfied with the consistency of the drink, you can refuse the filtering.

By the way, if the condensed milk seems to you cloying, it can be successfully replaced with cream. And if you "play" with seasonings (cinnamon, cloves, vanilla), you can get a unique and unique taste.

Banana liqueur at home: a recipe for moonshine

Preparation is long-playing, but the investments are minimal. Only moonshine should still be taken as high-quality, after double distillation and refined, so that the flavor of the brew does not spoil the impression.

Bananas are recommended to freeze - experts say that the insistence on frozen fruits is faster. After being released from the skin, they are scraped. Suitable and potato tolkushka, although, of course, with a blender business will go faster. Puree is poured into two volumes of vodka and mixed well. The container closes - this time tightly - and put on for a month in the dark and cool. If the bottom of the refrigerator is used as such a place, the can should be wrapped with parchment so that the light on the contents does not fall even when the door is opened.

When a banana liqueur at home is ready, it is already habitually filtered and bottled in storage containers.

Cocktail fancies

Choosing any of the recipes for making banana liquor, it will be good to think about using it for those who do not welcome sweet drinks. There are several options:

1. A pile of homemade liqueur, half a stoke of normal vodka and a spoonful of fresh lemon juice. Minute work shaker - and into the glass. Ideal decoration - cherry.
2. Over a stack of self-made banana and bought creamy liqueurs, a double dose of pineapple juice is passed through the ice with a shaker. The cocktail is decorated with pineapple slices and whipped cream.

If you are going to use liquor in its pure form, it is better to combine it with fruits. Recommendations complement it with chocolate and cakes, in our opinion, are not too correct: the liquor is already sweet. Although if you like sugary, this combination will suit you.