Tangerine liqueur at home: recipes for vodka, from alcohol

Mandarin liqueur attracts with a pronounced citrus taste and aroma. The drink can be prepared at home using a variety of recipes. For the base, vodka, alcohol, moonshine are suitable. Spices and other additives will diversify the taste.

Cooking features

The drink can be prepared only from tangerines, replace some with oranges. More juiciness and sweetness in the hybrid of both citrus - clementine.

There are other features of the preparation of liqueur:

1. Use purified water, preferably bottled.
2. Choose ripe citruses without damage or rot. The recipes use zest, its quality is important.
3. Alcohol strength for the base from 40%. They use vodka, alcohol, moonshine.
4. In addition to citruses, sugar provides the sweetness to the drink. Suitable beetroot, cane. You can replace it with honey - keep the volume the same. If you use fructose, reduce the dosage by 2-2.5 times.
5. Infuse the liquor in a sealed glass container.
6. The present drink must be filtered. To do this, use gauze folded in several layers. It is more efficient, but slower, to filter raw materials through a funnel filled with cotton wool. The advantage of the method is that even the smallest particles are retained. Another option is a paper coffee filter.

Homemade tangerine liqueur recipes

Homemade tangerine liqueur can be prepared according to a variety of recipes. The main differences are alcohol base, proportions of ingredients, additives.

Classic recipe for tangerine liqueur with vodka

The strength of the drink according to this recipe is 25% on average. You can store it for two years. Required for cooking:

• 15-16 tangerines;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 0.3 l of water;
• 0.2 kg of granulated sugar.

Cooking algorithm:

1. Remove the zest.
2. Remove all white fibers from the pulp.
3. Place the zest in a glass container, pour vodka, remove for seven days in a dark place.
4. Squeeze the juice out of the pulp, add water and put on fire.
5. Add sugar, after boiling, reduce heat.
6. Simmer the syrup for five minutes, removing the foam.
7. After cooling, remove the liquid for a week in the refrigerator.
8. Filter the infused zest, add syrup.
9. Remove the workpiece for 10-14 days in a dark place.
10. Filter the infused liquid, bottle.

A cinnamon stick will diversify the taste, it should be added when pouring with alcohol

Tangerine liquor recipe for alcohol

The alcohol must be refined. You need a food or medical product, you cannot use technical products in any case. Ingredients for tangerine liqueur:

• 2 dozen tangerines;
• 1 liter of alcohol;
• 1 kg of granulated sugar.

From these ingredients, you will get 2 liters of the drink. Add cloves or cinnamon if desired. Flavors are laid simultaneously with the zest, during filtration they are removed.

Step by step cooking:

1. Rinse citrus fruits and dry.
2. Cut off the zest, put in a suitable dish, pour in an alcohol base, cork.
3. Insist in a dark and dry place for a week.
4. When the time comes, make the syrup. Put a saucepan with granulated sugar on minimum heat, pour in water in portions until a thick mass is obtained.
5. Cook until the color turns amber, add the rest of the water.
6. After complete dissolution, remove the syrup from the heat, allow to cool.
7. Filter the citrus-alcohol base, combine with cold syrup.
8. Pour liquor into bottles, cork.
9. Before use, keep in a dark and dry place for at least a month.

A cold drink is served to the table - for this, the glasses can be held in the freezer

Moonshine Mandarin Liqueur Recipe

For tangerine liqueur, you need a high-quality, odorless moonshine. If there is a characteristic aroma, the addition of lemon juice or acid will help drown it.

To prepare tangerine liqueur, you need:

• 1 kg of tangerines;
• 0.5 l of purified moonshine;
• 1 cup granulated sugar;
• 2 cups tangerine juice

Choose ripe citruses. In this recipe, you can use ready-made juice or squeeze it yourself. Take tangerines separately for this. You can replace them with oranges.

Step by step cooking:

1. Rinse and dry the citruses.
2. Remove the zest.
3. Remove the white skin from the tangerines.
4. Fold the zest in a suitable container, fill with moonshine, put in a dark and cool place for five days. Keep peeled tangerines in the refrigerator, wrapped in a bag.
5. At the end of the infusion of the citrus-alcoholic base, chop the tangerines with a blender.
6. Fold the pulp into an enamel saucepan, add juice and granulated sugar. After dissolving it, reduce the fire to a minimum, simmer for several minutes.
7. Combine the syrup with a citrus-alcoholic base, mix, leave for three days.
8. Filter, bottle.

The taste of the drink can be varied by adding orange or lime.

Spicy tangerine liqueur

The drink according to this recipe turns out to be not only spicy, but also quite strong. It is better to take an alcohol base of about 50-70%. You can use moonshine, food alcohol, or rubbing alcohol. The good quality of the base is important, the absence of smell.

Ingredients:

• 10 tangerines;
• 1.5 alcohol bases;
• 0.3 l of water;
• 0.4 kg of granulated sugar;
• 2 cinnamon sticks;
• 2 g vanillin;
• 4 pieces of star anise;
• 1-2 carnation buds;
• a pinch of nutmeg.

Step by step cooking:

1. Wash citrus fruits in hot water and pat dry.
2. Grind the zest on a grater without touching the white part, place the workpiece in a glass container.
3. Add spices and alcohol, close tightly, remove for a week in a dark place.
4. Peel the tangerines of white fibers, squeeze out the juice, add water.
5. Add sugar, bring to a boil, reduce heat.
6. Simmer for five minutes, skimming off the foam. When its formation stops, the syrup is ready. Remove from heat, allow to cool, place in the refrigerator for a week.
7. Filter the zest with spices infused with alcohol, pour in the syrup, mix, remove in a dark place for 1-1.5 weeks.
8. Filter, bottle.

The addition of cloves and nutmeg is optional, if desired, you can remove or replace other spices, but the taste will change

Greek tangerine liqueur

The drink according to this recipe got its name from the alcoholic base - the popular Greek tsipouro drink. It is prepared from grape cake. At home, tsipouro can be replaced with vodka or moonshine.

Ingredients:

• 15 medium tangerines;
• 1 liter of alcohol base;
• 0.75 kg of granulated sugar;
• 15 carnation buds;
• cinnamon stick.

Step by step recipe:

1. Rinse citruses, dry, chop in 5-6 places. Use a fork or toothpick.
2. Place the tangerines in a suitable glass container, add spices and alcohol.
3. Close the dishes tightly, shake gently, remove for a month in a dark place. Keep at room temperature, shake twice a week.
4. Tasting in a month. For greater saturation, wait another 1.5 weeks.
5. Strain the tincture through a sieve, leaving the pulp to drain. Then squeeze it out by hand.
6. Finally, filter the liquid through cheesecloth or in another way.
7. Add sugar, leave for a week. Stir the first days to dissolve the sugar.
8. Pour into bottles.

The amount of cloves can be reduced, and the strength of the finished drink can be increased by adding alcohol

Express recipe for tangerine liqueur

According to this recipe, the tangerine liqueur will be ready in a week. Strength of the drink 20%. It will be higher if the alcohol base is taken from 45%.

Required for cooking:

• 1 kg of tangerines;
• 0.5 l of an alcoholic base - vodka, alcohol, moonshine;
• 0.3 l of water;
• 0.25 kg of granulated sugar.

Algorithm of actions:

1. Rinse citrus fruits with hot water and pat dry.
2. Cut the peeled tangerines into slices.
3. Place the workpiece in a glass container, pour in alcohol, close, put in a dark place for 1-2 days.
4. Put water on fire, add sugar.
5. After boiling, reduce heat to low, simmer for five minutes. Remove the foam.
6. Put the cooled syrup in the refrigerator for 1-2 days.
7. Filter the present tangerine base, squeeze out the pulp.
8. Add syrup, remove the mixture for 3-4 days in a dark place.
9. Re-filter the drink, pour into bottles.

The final infusion time can be increased, this will have a good effect on the taste

Tangerine liqueur with orange and vanilla

The liqueur for this recipe is good for adding to desserts. If you use it in its pure form, then it is better to reduce the amount of granulated sugar.

You will need:

• 0.5 kg of tangerines;
• a large orange - only the zest is needed;
• 0.35 l of vodka;
• 0.15 kg of granulated sugar;
• vanilla pod.

Step by step recipe:

1. Wash the citrus fruits with hot water using a special product to remove the wax.
2. Remove the zest thinly without touching the white part. Fold it in a suitable container, add vanilla and alcohol, seal it tightly and put it in a dark place for five days. The temperature should be room temperature. Shake the container daily.
3. Squeeze the juice from the tangerine pulp, filter until transparent.
4. Add granulated sugar to the juice, cook until it dissolves, then simmer for another two minutes, stirring.
5. Drain the syrup into a clean dish, refrigerate for five days.
6. Filter the citrus-alcohol base, add syrup, mix, bottle.

You can store the drink for up to a year, serve after strong cooling

Conclusion

Mandarin liqueur can be made with vodka, alcohol, or moonshine. There is a classic recipe, a version with spices, an express drink. You can not only drink tangerine liqueur, but also add flavor to baked goods, fruit salads, and meat dishes.

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