Cherry liqueur at home

A pleasant dessert alcoholic drink with cherry flavor! Cherry liqueur is a natural alcoholic beverage with a wonderful taste and a beautiful ruby color, which is quite simple and quick to prepare at home, and which will take its rightful place on any festive table.
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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 2 % 1 g
Fats 0 % 0 g
Carbohydrates 98 % 40 g
162 kcal
GI: 55 / 0 / 45

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 12 d 2 h
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    Prepare the ingredients according to the list. Liqueur differs from other alcoholic beverages in that it is sweeter and is prepared on the basis of berries or fruits with added sugar. There are many different recipes for making cherry liqueur, consider one of the easiest and fastest ways. Cherries can be used fresh or frozen. Vodka for such drinks should be used exclusively of high quality.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    My cherry, remove the stems. If desired, you can remove the seeds from the cherry, it is believed that they contain prussic acid, dangerous to human health. But in principle, there is so little of it that, in fact, the drink will turn out to be completely harmless. However, thanks to the bones, the drink will acquire a pleasant almond flavor. We prick each cherry berry with a toothpick.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Pour cold water into a saucepan or cup, put it on fire, add sugar, mix so that it dissolves. Add cherries to the sugar syrup. Boil the cherries in syrup for about 10 minutes from the moment of boiling over medium heat. Turn off the fire, let the cherry cool down.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour the cherries together with the syrup into a glass jar. Pour vodka into a jar with cherries.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Close the jar with a rubber lid and put it in a dark place for two weeks. A closet in the kitchen is suitable as a dark place.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    After the specified time, filter the resulting drink through gauze folded in several layers. Pour the liquor into the prepared clean bottles. Let it cool well in the refrigerator and serve it to the table. Surprise your guests with a fragrant and pleasant-tasting homemade cherry liqueur!

Liqueur is one of the most popular alcoholic beverages in the world. Liqueur for its delicate, refined taste is considered a drink of aristocrats. In addition, this sweet drink, infused with berries or fruits, has healing properties. It is able to increase immunity, removes cholesterol from the body, it is used for the prevention and treatment of colds. But, of course, liquor, like other alcoholic beverages, has its contraindications.

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Granulated sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sugar - 398   kcal/100g
  • Sour cherry - 52   kcal/100g
  • Sweet cherry - 64   kcal/100g
  • Dried cherries - 292   kcal/100g
  • Canned cherry - 61   kcal/100g
  • Vodka - 235   kcal/100g
  • Water - 0   kcal/100g

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