Aronia, as the black ashberry is also called - it's a rather unpretentious plant, which does not require special care and at the same time yields a good harvest. And its fruits are very tasty and useful. It is for these reasons that aronia is one of the most loved plants of many summer residents.
Today we will tell about the fragrant and healthy drink from its fruits. Tincture of chokeberry may be prepared for alcohol or vodka, and only the available ingredients will be used.
Recipes
Chokeberry, included in each recipe for tinctures, can be fresh or dried, only in the latter case it is necessary to put half the berries. For starters, the fruits of the blackberry are sorted, the small ones are removed, as they will be too bitter, and spoiled.
You can take vodka or alcohol for the base of the liqueur. There is no fundamental difference, only if you take alcohol, it must be diluted to about 40 degrees.
On vodka - the classic version of
This tincture of black chokeberry on vodka is the easiest to prepare;in it there is nothing superfluous, but at the same time it turns out very tasty. Let's start cooking.
Prepare ingredients:
- 1 kg of berries;
- 1 liter of vodka;
- sugar to taste( ~ 300-400 g).
Tip! Sugar in this recipe is not an obligatory component, but if you like sweet liquor, then here it will be just the way.
The cooking process.
- Rowan rinse, discarded in a colander, to make the glass liquid, and put into a three-liter jar.
- Pour the vodka - it should cover berries for 2-3 cm.
- Add sugar, mix everything.
- The container is tightly closed and transferred to a shaded area.
- Infuse at room temperature for two months;once in 4 days, shake the contents of the can.
- After the end of the infusion time, the drink should be filtered and poured into bottles that are convenient for you.
- Tightly seal containers and store at room temperature in a dark place.
Recommendation! The berries that remained after filtering the drink can be reused - fill them with the same amount of alcohol and insist, as for the first time. The resulting drink will have a softer, but equally pleasant taste.
Spicy on vodka
If you add a few buds of dried cloves to the tincture of blackberry, then it will acquire new aromatic notes. Be sure to prepare this drink.
Prepare ingredients:
- 1.5 kg of berries;
- 1 liter of vodka;
- 500 g of sugar;
- 3-4 buds of a carnation.
The cooking process.
- Rowan seeds should be washed, transferred to a three-liter can and crushed with a mortar.
- Add sugar, add carnation buds, mix.
- Cover the neck of the jar with gauze, transfer it to a shaded area.
- Leave at room temperature for two days.
- After adding vodka, cover with a kapron cap and again let it brew;this time the pour is left for two months.
- Finished beverage to filter and store in glass bottles;shelf life - about 3 years.
Honey on vodka
Honey tincture made of black cherry on the vodka has a soft pleasant taste and is also very useful.
Prepare ingredients:
- 500 g of rowan fruit;
- 500 ml of vodka;
- 30 ml of liquid honey.
The cooking process.
- Wash the black cherry and transfer it to the jar.
- Pour the vodka, add honey.
Tip! If you do not have liquid honey, then you can use also candied - just pre-melt it in a water bath.
- Mix the contents of the jar and close tightly.
- Transfer to a shaded and warm place and insist for 2-3 months, shaking weekly.
- Profile through gauze and bottled.
Dried berries for alcohol
The tincture of chokeberry on alcohol will be no less tasty than on vodka, but remember that the storage period is limited to three months. After this period, the drink will acquire a characteristic taste and smell of alcohol.
Prepare ingredients:
- 500 g dried berries;
- 1 liter of alcohol;
- 400 g of sugar.
The cooking process.
- Dry the dried fruit and rinse it through a meat grinder.
- Put the berries in a jar - the mass should occupy 2/3 of the volume.
- Sprinkle sugar, pour in alcohol, mix.
- Transfer to a shaded area and insist at room temperature for 4 months.
- To profile.
Taking any of the above-described tinctures of black chokeberry by 50 ml daily, you can improve your body and strengthen the immune system, as all the beneficial substances from the berries pass into the beverage itself. Using it, you can:
- improve your appetite;
- normalize digestion;
- to lower cholesterol;
- normalize blood pressure;
- strengthen the walls of the vessels and improve their elasticity.
Important! Remember that the use of these drinks is contraindicated for hypotension and increased acidity of the stomach.
Use the cheesecloth from moderately strong and be healthy!