Gooseberry tincture is not only a delicious drink that is used to improve mood. Such drinks can be drunk in small quantities to enhance immunity and cure viral diseases. It is not difficult to prepare gooseberry liquor at home if you follow all the rules.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
To prepare a gooseberry alcohol drink, you need to choose high-quality berries.
They should be:
- fresh. It is believed that recently harvested fruits contain more juice needed to enhance the taste of the drink;
- no cracks or spots. Any damage to the berries will reduce the taste of the product.
Buy alcohol (moonshine, vodka) from trusted sellers. Very often you can find alcoholic beverages that are made in clandestine establishments. They are extremely dangerous for the human body and contribute to the development of poisoning. Such alcohol often leads to death.
Berry preparation consists of the following steps:
- rinse under running water to clean it from contamination;
- peeling berries from the stalk and tails;
- removal of damaged or small fruits.
Did you know? In the 19th century e. in England, a variety was bred whose berries reached a weight of 80–90 g.
Gooseberry tincture on vodka
In the world there are more than 100 different recipes for gooseberry cordial. Each hostess can complement them to their own taste, based on their own preferences. If you have an individual intolerance to any ingredients, then they can be replaced.
Alcohol, moonshine and vodka are interchangeable components. Sugar, if necessary, is replaced with a sweetener. It is not difficult to prepare the liquor, because all recipes are simple, and the ingredients are easy to find at home or in the nearest store.
Traditional recipe
2 L 10 min.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pour the berries into a bowl.
- Mash them with a rolling pin or hands. It is necessary that the berries let juice.
- Pour the berries into a bottle or large jar.
- Pour vodka.
- Place the mixture in a cool, cool place.
- Insist for 2 weeks.
- Strain the drink through gauze to remove any remaining fruit.
- Add syrup to the mixture. To make it, mix sugar and water, and put on a slow fire. After the mixture boils, boil another 5-10 minutes.
- Leave the drink for 2 weeks so that it is still infused with sugar syrup.
Important! When you insist on a drink, lighting should not fall on the container. This can increase the time of infusion.
Fragrant tincture
1.5 L30 min.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pass the berries through a meat grinder so that they let juice out. The total volume of nectar should be 500 ml. If the required amount of juice has been obtained, and whole berries still remain, then they can not be used.
- Leave on for 2 hours to form more gooseberry juice.
- Squeeze the pulp and remove it from the total mass. Only juice should remain.
- Add sugar to the gooseberry liquid. Boil the mixture over low heat for 15 minutes. You can not bring to a boil, otherwise the consistency will be thick.
- Add vodka to the syrup.
- Insist for 10 days.
Gooseberry tincture for alcohol "Emerald"
1 L 20 min.
green gooseberry fruits
1 kg
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Place the berries in a deep bowl.
- Mash them until gruel.
- Add water (temperature from + 60 ° С to + 80 ° С).
- Close the container with a tight lid and let it brew for 2 days.
- Vodka or moonshine is added to the resulting mixture. Let it brew for another 2 hours.
- Strain through cheesecloth or mesh.
- Put the drink in a cool place (refrigerator or basement) for 2 days.
Important! To mash berries to a pulp consistency, use a blender or meat grinder. Handwork is not so effective, and whole fruits can remain.
Gooseberry tincture “4 × 4”
10 l 40 min.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Whole berries are stacked in a jar.
- Sugar is poured with water and put on a slow fire. Boil until the sugar has dissolved and a thick syrup is obtained.
- The prepared mixture is added to the berries.
- To gooseberries add vodka, moonshine or alcohol.
- Insist the mixture for 3 weeks in a cool room.
- After the specified time, the strain is filtered through gauze.
- Pour into clean containers and cover with lids.
- Store in the basement.
Tincture “For lovely ladies”
1.5 L 20 min.
lemon acid
1 tbsp. l
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pour currant leaves with water.
- Put on low heat and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Strain and add citric acid and sugar.
- Bring to a boil, remove from heat and refrigerate at room temperature (on average, cooling takes 4 hours).
- Add gooseberries (minced in a meat grinder) and vodka to the mixture.
- Insist for 2 months.
- After the specified time, strain the drink through cheesecloth and bottle.
Did you know? For the first time, the world learned about gooseberries in the 11th century. Mention is in the letters of Kievan Rus.
Gooseberry and strawberry tincture
1.5 L40 min.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Sugar and mint branches are placed in a jar. The mixture is poured with 150 ml of boiling water (water temperature should be from + 90 ° C to + 95 ° C).
- First, gooseberries are laid in layers, and then strawberries.
- Pour all the remaining boiling water.
- Infuse the mixture for 24 hours at room temperature.
- After this, the containers are sent to the basement for 10 days.
- When the drink is infused, it is poured into separate small containers (optimal volume is 0.5 l). Pre-tincture is filtered through a sieve or gauze.
Features of tincture storage
The prepared liquor should be stored in a cool place, where a small amount of light enters. Choose places with good ventilation so that the drink does not begin the fermentation process. The containers in which the gooseberry tincture will be stored should be made of glass.
In plastic bottles, the drink is stored for no more than 2 weeks, after which fermentation begins. The advantage of alcohol tinctures is that, subject to all the rules, they have a long shelf life (from 2 to 4 years).
To prepare gooseberry cordial at home, the hostess must follow all the recommendations from the step-by-step recipe. Changes in the features of stepwise cooking can trigger changes in the taste and texture of the future drink. Gooseberry tincture is known worldwide for its medicinal properties, t. It helps to cope with complex viral infections in a matter of days.
