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Bilberry is a forest berry that grows almost near the ground on low bushes. It can be easily recognized by its blue-black color, sweet and pleasant taste. It provides a person with tremendous nutritional and healing benefits. Blueberries are traditionally harvested in a variety of ways: dried, boiled jam and compotes, frozen. But besides this, blueberry tincture, liqueur, liqueur and other berry drinks are widely used.
Health benefits of blueberry drinks
In the recipes for medicinal and herbal alcoholic tinctures, there is a centuries-old experience of people using berries, flowers, herbs and other plants. It has long been known that such extracts are the most useful and effective form of herbal medicines. The alcohol contained in the tinctures extracts useful chemical compounds from the plant to the maximum extent.
Blueberry tinctures on vodkacooked at home, transfer to a person all the beneficial properties of fresh wild berries. A bonus to this is the therapeutic effect on the human body of small doses of alcohol:
- increased insulin sensitivity;
- protective effect on the heart, blood vessels;
- disinfecting effect;
- anti-inflammatory properties;
- decreased sensitivity to pain;
- calming effect.
But the main advantage of blueberry alcohol infusions is, of course, the berry itself and its valuable unique properties, dissolved and infused with ethyl alcohol. Black berry has many beneficial properties, both nutritional and medicinal. Here is some of them:
- has a positive effect on the retina of the eyes;
- dried fruits reduce the manifestations of diarrhea;
- affects the density of the blood;
- increases the protective properties of the vascular wall;
- improves glucose utilization by tissues, including liver cells.
Features of the preparation of alcoholic beverages on blueberries
Most plants accumulate valuable nutritional and medicinal properties from many diseases. Ethyl alcohol helps to extract and store most of them in tinctures for a long time. When preparing and using strong drinks with blueberries, certain rules should be followed:
- fruits should be used from ecologically favorable areas;
- harvest in the period July-August, when there is a ripening peak;
- you can dry in the sun or in the oven (oven), in the latter case, keep a low temperature (<+50 degrees) until they dry up, then go to +70 degrees;
- dry berries can be stored for about 2 years, in dry freeze - a year, in normal - 6 months;
- use only pharmaceutical grade alcohol or certified vodka;
- strictly follow the dosages indicated in the prescription;
- the course of therapy should be carried out for no more than two months, alternated with other means, after a while it can be repeated;
- do not consume drinks in excessive doses, otherwise the side properties of the plant may appear.
Following these rules, it is possible to prepare strong tinctures, pleasant to the taste, which, moreover, have valuable healing properties.
Homemade blueberry tincture recipes
Before use, blueberries are sorted out, spoiled, leaves, twigs and other debris are removed. Then the fruits are washed in a colander, allowed to drain, dried. For a faster and more complete result, the berries are pierced with a needle or slightly kneaded.
You can use frozen or dry berries. In the first case, the fruits are allowed to thaw and drain, in the second, the amount is used half as much as in the recipe. The herbal component of the tincture is ready. It is poured into a container and proceeds to the next stage of the technological process.
It is very simple to prepare alcoholic tinctures. Grind raw materials, pour:
- vodka or high-quality moonshine;
- medical alcohol, diluted with water as 1: 1;
- another alcohol-containing liquid that can be ingested.
The resulting mixture is kept in a dark room for two weeks, remembering to shake it from time to time, about once every 3-4 days. After passing this stage, the finished tincture is filtered.
Blueberry tincture with vodka
The blueberry vodka liqueur recipe includes just two ingredients. It:
- vodka (1 l);
- blueberries (1.2 kg).
Further, the cooking process follows the general technological scheme. At the end, the infusion is filtered through a gauze-cotton filter.
Blueberry tincture with alcohol
A very simple way of cooking, there is nothing superfluous in it. This is a classic blueberry liqueur recipe. There are a minimum of ingredients here:
- alcohol 40-50 percent - half a liter;
- blueberry fruits - 0.350 kg.
Homemade blueberry tincture is dark in color with a pleasant aroma of wild berries and a sour taste. You can make a sweet version of the tincture. In this case, you need to take:
- alcohol 40% - 1 l;
- water - 250 ml;
- berries - 1.5 kg;
- granulated sugar - 0.25 kg.
Mix everything in a jar. Insist for up to a month, shaking occasionally. The taste of the tincture is a bit like a liqueur.
Blueberry tincture on moonshine
Often, berry and other types of herbal infusions are prepared with homemade moonshine, which should be of high quality, well cooked. Many craftsmen prepare alcohol-containing drinks, which are several times superior in quality to the certified product. This is a big plus of such tinctures. People know that their product is of high quality, there are no components harmful to health, which cannot be said with certainty about an industrial product. So, for blueberry liqueur on moonshine you will need:
- homemade vodka - 500 ml;
- berries - ½ cup;
- 2 carnations;
- 3 teaspoons of sugar.
Pour everything and pour into a glass container with a lid, shake, remove for a week. Then pass the tincture first through a multilayer gauze filter, and then through cotton wool inserted into the "spout" of the watering can.
Blueberry vodka liqueur with citrus aroma
Here, the cooking technology is the same as in the previous cases. The composition of the tincture components is slightly more varied:
- blueberry fruits - 1.5 kg;
- sugar - 1 \ 4 kg;
- vodka - 1 l;
- water - 250 ml;
- lemon and orange peel - 15 g each
It turns out a blueberry tincture on alcohol with a subtle citrus aroma.
Blueberry Mint and Cherry Tincture Recipe
Prepare all berries accordingly. Remove the seeds from the cherries, remove the stalks, rinse the mint. Put the following components of the tincture in an airtight container:
- black berries - 1 kg;
- cherry fruits - 0.5 kg;
- alcohol - 1 l;
- granulated sugar - 0.25 kg;
- water - 0.25 l;
- mint - a couple of twigs.
Layer the berries, on top - mint, sugar, water, pour alcohol-containing liquid.Keep a month in a suitable place, then pick up another, beautiful and convenient container for the tincture.
Blueberry and strawberry tincture recipe
This drink has a moderate strength and incredible aroma. Each berry brings its own unique note to it. It is better to prepare a liter jar as a container. Then add the following components of the solution to it:
- fruits (all together) - 0.5 l;
- alcohol solution - 0.6 l;
- boiled (chilled) water - 0.3 l.
Lay out the berries in layers alternately with sugar. You should get a volume that takes about half the capacity. Leave overnight to infuse the sweet mass and let the juice flow. Top up the alcoholic component, mix everything, leave for a month in the refrigerator or other cold place.
Homemade blueberry liqueur recipe
Pouring is a sweet fruit and berry drink that contains alcohol. The traditional classic recipe includes:
- up to 20% alcohol;
- no more than 40% sugar;
- from 0.2% to 0.8% acid.
Liqueurs, as a rule, are obtained from alcoholic infusions and juices, fresh berries and fruits, sweet syrup, citric acid, alcohol, water (softened). The composition may include alcoholic infusions of dried fruits, aromatic plants, white caramel syrup. Blueberries and other types of food coloring are used for coloring.
So, to make blueberry liqueur, you need the following:
- berries - fresh (0.5 kg) or dried (0.25 kg);
- sugar - 0.250 kg;
- vodka (moonshine 45%) - 0.75 l.
Fold the berries into a container, add alcohol. Insist for at least two weeks. Then drain the liquid component, and pour the berries with sugar syrup. After a week, strain the syrup, squeeze the berries. Combine the two solutions obtained: alcohol and sugar. You can pass it through the filter again, pack it up. Withstand at least six months.
Homemade blueberry liqueur
Liqueur is a type of liqueur, a sweet aromatic drink. The difference is that liqueurs contain less sugar. At home, blueberry liqueur is often even better than the factory drink. You can cook according to a simplified scheme. The following ingredients must be prepared:
- fruits - a liter jar (660 g);
- sugar - 450 g;
- water - 0.5 l;
- vodka - 1.5 liters.
Pour the fruits into a bottle, pour only boiled sugar syrup, top up with vodka. Cork tightly, leave for at least a month. The longer the aging of the drink, the better the taste. After a month, the alcohol will still be felt, and after four - one pleasant sweetness will remain.
Here's another recipe based on blueberry juice. Mix:
- spicy sugar syrup - 1 l;
- blueberry nectar - 1 l;
- rum - 1 l.
Spices (cloves, cinnamon) are added to the syrup, kept on fire for another five minutes, allowed to stand and cool. Home production of liqueurs has its own subtleties and characteristics.
Moonshine on blueberries
Cooking is very simple. You need to take:
- berries, cut in half - 3 cups;
- moonshine double distillation - 0.750 liters.
Combine in one sealed container, leave for at least three weeks to keep, shake. If you want to get a pronounced taste of blueberries, the drink should be infused for 45 days or more.
Terms and conditions of storage
Ethyl alcohol is an excellent preservative. Liqueurs, liqueurs and other types of alcoholic beverages infused with blueberries can be stored for about three years. During this time, they will not lose either their amazing taste or useful and healing properties.
All drinks mentioned above should be stored only in glass containers. This is the only material that is commonly used for the manufacture of containers, which does not enter into a chemical reaction with alcohol.
Conclusion
Blueberry tincture is not only healthy, but also delicious. It serves as a great appetite and mood booster.
