There are many recipes for cranberry tincture for various types of alcohol, among them moonshine options can be distinguished. All of them differ not only in the composition of the ingredients, but also in the taste and complexity of the preparation. We offer you some of the best homemade tincture recipes.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Cranberries must be ripe, with no signs of spoilage. Before preparing the tincture, it is better to hold it in the freezer for at least a day to relieve bitterness and improve the separation of juice from berries.
Alcohol should be selected cereal, with a strength level of 55%, since in the process of insisting the strength decreases. It is preferable to make it yourself to be sure of the quality. If you add honey to the tincture, choose a product with a neutral taste, for example, floral.
Moonshine Cranberry Tincture Recipe
The following types of drinks can be prepared on homemade alcohol:
- plain;
- complicated;
- on grated berries;
- ladies';
- medical.
Simple recipe
10 21 days
frozen cranberries
250 g
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Pour the frozen berries into a sieve and rinse with cold water.
- In a wide bowl, shred the berries with a pusher to prepare mashed potatoes, transfer to a liter jar.
- Pour in sugar.
- Pour in alcohol, mix, cover.
- Insist 20 days in a dark warm place, shaking every 2-3 days.
- Strain through a sieve, squeeze cake.
- Store in a cool, dark place.
Important! To make tincture transparent, you can use a cotton filter: put a piece of cotton wool in the funnel, pass tincture 1-2 times through this filter.
Complicated recipe
40 36 days
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash the berries, puncture each several times with a needle, pour into a jar.
- Add sugar, mix thoroughly.
- Insist 3 days.
- Pour a little alcohol to cover the berries.
- Insist in a dark warm place before fermentation.
- Separate 1/2 from the remaining moonshine, pour into fermented berries, stir.
- Insist 2 weeks.
- Drain from the precipitate, refrigerate.
- Pour the remaining half of the alcohol to the berries.
- Insist 2 weeks.
- Drain from the precipitate, mix with the previously prepared part of the tincture.
- Leave for several days in the refrigerator.
Grated Cranberry Recipe
10 21 days
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash the berries, grind through a sieve or using a blender, transfer to a jar.
- Wash feijoa, do not peel, cut into slices, add to cranberry puree.
- Pour water into a pan, add sugar, bring to a boil, cool.
- Pour the syrup into a jar, add alcohol, mix thoroughly.
- Insist in a dark warm place for 2 weeks, shaking daily.
- Strain.
- Store in a cool, dark place.
Did you know? There is a legend that a young man named Feijoa continued to wait until his old beloved girl, who was captured by the sea king. Then they got the opportunity to communicate: the man turned into an unusual tree, and the beauty became a sea breeze caressing his foliage.
Lady's tincture with honey
20 21 days
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Wash the berries under running water, crush, transfer to a jar. You can add the vanilla pod.
- Pour in alcohol.
- Insist 10 days in a dark warm place.
- Strain through a sieve, squeeze cake.
- Add honey, stir thoroughly.
- Insist 2 months in the refrigerator.
- Pass twice through a cotton filter.
- Storage condition - cool dark place.
Did you know? Some believe that if the cranberries ripen, then when they hit the table, it will jump.
Therapeutic honey
20 21 days
frozen cranberries
250 g
oak bark or wood chips
1 tsp
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- Rinse the berries under running water, put in a jar. You can add a few juniper berries.
- Put honey, grind.
- Pour oak bark or wood chips, lemon zest.
- Pour in alcohol, mix.
- Insist for at least 20 days in a dark, warm place.
- Strain through a sieve, squeeze cake.
- Pass twice through a cotton filter.
- Store cranberries in a cool, dark place.
Features of use
How to use cranberry tincture:
- Sweeter species go well with fruit or fruit juices, you can make a cocktail with whipped cream. Less sweet types can be consumed with meat or salad.
- Take contraindications into account.
Important! For medicinal purposes, drink 20-30 ml of the drink before meals.
Thus, cranberry tincture on moonshine is easily prepared at home. It will take time and quality ingredients to make it, then it will become really healthy. You can choose from the proposed options that recipe that you prefer.
