Plum liqueur

Plum liqueur is an aromatic and spicy dessert drink. It can be successfully combined with coffee and various sweets. This product goes well with other spirits, citrus juices and milk.

You can use a wide variety of fruits to make homemade plum liqueur. It is best to take elite brands of alcohol as a basis.

The technology of making plum liqueur at home

To prepare any liqueur, you need a base and filler. As a basis, as a rule, either a neutral water-alcohol mixture or a ready-made alcohol with a high percentage of alcohol is chosen.

A filler is any herbal product. It can be fruit, berry, vegetable, floral, or nutty. In this case, we will focus on the fruit, and specifically on the plum.

To prepare a drink, you can use absolutely any kind of plum, except for wild ones. They will make the liquid sour, even if you add an extra portion of refined sugar to it.

The strength of homemade alcohol can vary from 15 to 70 percent. This is influenced by the chosen base for the drink, which can be rum, cognac, tequila, whiskey or any other alcohol.

The choice of strength should depend on the product being used as the filler. Specifically, any alcohol is suitable for plum liqueur, the percentage of which varies from 40 to 45 degrees. The higher the quality of the base, the better the liquor itself will turn out.

Any liqueur, in addition, which contains eggs or milk, must be transparent. If this fails, it means that it can harm human health.

Traditional recipe for plum liqueur

Recipe Ingredients:

• 2 kg plums;
• 0.4 kg of sugar;
• 0.5 liters of vodka.

Wash fruits thoroughly, remove seeds. Grind the fruits until they become a homogeneous mass. Put the resulting gruel on the bottom of a 3-liter jar and pour the refined sugar next.

When the ingredients are mixed, close the container and set it aside for three days in a warm place (preferably under the sun). During this time, the mass will absorb the sugar and let the juice out.

Pour alcohol over fruit gruel and stir thoroughly. Close again, but leave it in a cool place where no light enters.

After 35-40 days, filter the finished drink with gauze, and then through 3-4 cotton layers until it becomes completely transparent.

Plum liqueur with spices

Ingredients and step by step recipe:

• 0.5 kg plums;
• 3-4 sprigs of dried cloves;
• 1 tsp cinnamon;
• 0.25 kg of sugar;
• 0.5 liters of vodka (or any other alcoholic beverage).

Wash the fruit and cut it in half. The pits can be removed or used as an ingredient to give alcohol a slight almond flavor.

Put the fruits at the bottom of the jar, pour refined sugar, cinnamon and cloves on top. Pour it all over with alcohol and mix.

Set aside the drink in a cool place for three months. Once a week, take a container and shake it a little to help the refined sugar dissolve to the end.

Recipe for plum liqueur with vodka and cognac

Ingredients for the step by step recipe:

• 2 kg plums;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 liter of vodka;
• 0.4 l of brandy.

Wash and dry the fruits. Divide the fruit in half and remove the seeds. Grind them and put them on the bottom of the container. Pour the refined sugar on top, add alcohol and mix.

Close the lid and shake well. Store alcohol in a cool place out of light for two months.

To make the sugar dissolve faster, you need to shake the container once a day. When 60 days are up, filter off the alcohol and squeeze out the plums.

Plum liqueur on white rum

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 kg of plums;
• 0.7 kg of sugar;
• 0.85 liters of white rum.

Remove the seeds from the pure fruit and knead it a little. Put them on the bottom of the jar, sprinkle with refined sugar on top and pour white rum. Close the lid and shake.

Store alcohol in a dark place for 4 months. In the first month, the container must be shaken every day. When a third of a year has passed, filter the product and store in a cold place for 14 days.

Plum liqueur with plum leaves and spices

Recipe Ingredients:

• 2 kg plums;
• 0.4 kg of plum leaves;
• 1.5 liters of vodka;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 5-6 branches of dried cloves;
• 2 tsp cinnamon.

Washed fruits get rid of seeds. Put them on the bottom of the jar, cover the top with refined sugar, cinnamon, cloves and leaves. Mix all the ingredients, close the lid and store in a warm place for 10 days.

Add alcohol to the present gruel and put in a cool place for an additional 5 weeks, after which it is necessary to filter the liquid.

Homemade liqueur with plum pits

Ingredients for the step by step recipe:

• 1 liter of water;
• 0.75 l of vodka;
• 0.25 kg dry plum pits;
• 1 kg of sand.

Rinse the seeds and dry with paper towels. Grind them in a blender. Put the resulting gruel on the bottom of a glass jar and pour alcohol over it. Set aside the product in a place that does not get light for 30 days.

After a month, filter it and boil the syrup from refined sugar and water. When it is completely cool, mix it with liquid. Infuse the finished plum drink for six months.

Plum liqueur based on a Japanese recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 kg of green ume;
• 0.5 kg of candy sugar;
• 1.8 liters of rice liquor to the net.

Step by step recipe:

1. Wash and dry the fruit.
2. Put them on the bottom of the container and cover with candy sugar.
3. Add the net and close the lid.
4. Set aside in a dark place for six months, shaking it from time to time, and then filter it.

Plum, raspberry and blackberry liqueur infused with gin

Recipe Ingredients:

• 0.25 kg of blue fruits;
• 0.1 kg of raspberries;
• 0.1 kg of blackberries;
• 0.01 kg of rose hips;
• 0.35 kg of sugar;
• 0.5 l of gin.

Step by step recipe:

1. Wash fruits and berries, dry them with paper napkins and put on the bottom of the jar.
2. Cover with rosehip, refined sugar and pour gin.
3. Let the liquid brew in a place with a low temperature for a year.
4. The first 30 days of storage, the container needs to be shaken from time to time.
5. After 12 months, filter the contents and store in a cool place for another 2 weeks.

Simple yellow plum liqueur recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

• 4 kg yellow plums;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 0.5 liters of vodka.

Wash and dry fruits, remove seeds. Grate the fruits until puree, move to a saucepan, add refined sugar and pour over with alcohol. Leave the product in a dark place for 25 days.

Filter and leave for 2 more weeks.

White plum liqueur recipe

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1.4 kg of white plums;
• 1 kg of sugar;
• 1 liter gin.

Step-by-step recipe steps:

1. Wash and dry white plums thoroughly. Remove bones.
2. Place fruit in the bottom of a glass bowl, add refined sugar and gin and stir.
3. Place the container in the microwave.Warm it up for 8-10 minutes. Use average heating power.
4. Cover the bowl and set aside in a cool place for 4 days. Filter the plum liqueur and store in the refrigerator.

Homemade blue plum liqueur

Recipe Ingredients:

• 1 kg of blue plums;
• 0.4 kg of sugar;
• 1 liter of vodka.

Algorithm of actions:

1. Wash and dry the blue fruit.
2. Remove bones.
3. Put the fruits in a jar and sprinkle with sugar.
4. Leave the container in a sunny place for 3 or 4 days, remembering to shake.
5. Pour alcohol over the fruit.
6. Store the resulting liquid in a cool place out of light for a month.
7. After 30 days, filter the plum drink.

Apple and plum liqueur on moonshine

Ingredients:

• 1 kg of plums;
• 1 kg of apples;
• 0.4 kg of sugar;
• 1.6 liters of double distilled moonshine.

Step-by-step actions:

1. Wash the fruit, remove the seeds.
2. Cut the cores of the apples, divide them into 4 parts, mix with the plums and cover with refined sugar.
3. After a few hours, knead them a little.
4. When the fruits start juice, they need to be poured with moonshine and stirred.
5. The liquid must be infused in a cool place for 30 days, after which it must be filtered.

How to store plum liquor properly

Store homemade plum liqueur in glass bottles. It must be insisted in a cool place where no light penetrates. The temperature must be stable.

Typically, plum liqueurs can be stored in an airtight container for 3-5 years. However, some believe that after 1 year, the liquid loses all its taste and aroma.

Some people use clay or crystal bottles to store a dessert drink to emphasize its antiquity and originality. Quite often, for decoration, they use a special braid for containers made of fabric or willow, printing from a fusible mixture and other creative components.

Conclusion

Plum liqueur can be drunk neat to feel its original flavor. In this case, it should be at room temperature. If the plum drink is too cold, it will lose all its taste and smell.

As a rule, this product is used diluted with juices, milk, water or other alcoholic beverages. Quite often it is used to prepare various cocktails.

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