Pouring from chokeberry - cooking recipes

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First, a little about the berry itself. Aronia is the second name of the chokeberry. In our area, it grows everywhere. It is very unpretentious to temperature conditions, does not require special care and often lives not only in a vegetable garden or garden, but simply in a city or forest. The rich color and taste of this berry made it popular in cooking, and not only. Many respect her for the beneficial properties that she has on the human body.

It is believed that chokeberry liqueur has the same effect as a fresh berry. Only here it is important not to overdo it, but to perceive this drink as a prophylactic against many diseases, and not as alcohol. By the way, chokeberry liqueur has a high degree, so you need to use it in small quantities. Someone adds it in a tablespoon to tea, others like to dilute approximately the same amount of drink in compote or juice. And you can drink twenty to thirty grams for appetite before meals. In such doses, chokeberry liqueur will only benefit.

In its classic form, this drink is prepared on the basis of berries, vodka and sugar. Using only these ingredients, you can prepare a delicious and he althy liqueur. For one kilogram of berries you need to take a pound of sugar. Vodka will need a liter. In a glass jar, you need to grind the berry with sugar. After covering the dishes with gauze, leave it in a dark place for two days. Then you need to add vodka to this mixture.

Tightly close the jar with a lid, leave it in the same place for another two months. After this time, the chokeberry liqueur is ready for use. It remains only to strain it and bottle it.

You can add spices, such as cloves, to the recipe for chokeberry liqueur, which will allow you to “play” with taste a little. 3-4 buds should be put in a mixture of sugar and berries immediately when mixing them. The cloves add a savory flavor to the drink.

A very popular recipe for ashberry liqueur, which contains honey instead of sugar. In this case, it turns out less sweet, but at the same time it is just as tasty and intoxicating. For 2.5 cups of berries, you need to take three tablespoons of honey. In addition, you will need a liter of vodka and a pinch of oak bark. Mix honey with berries. If it is sugared, melt it in a water bath. Add washed oak bark and pour vodka. Having closed the lid, we send the future liqueur to infuse for four to five months in a dark place. Thenstrain the drink, bottle it and enjoy the rich taste.

Adding cherry leaves to the recipe for chokeberry liqueur, we get an even more interesting drink. To prepare it, you need to take three kilograms of berries and, shifting them with cherry leaves, pour boiling water. In this form, the mountain ash should be infused for a day, after which it must be filtered. In the resulting syrup, add a kilogram of sugar, 2 tablespoons of citric acid and cook in a saucepan over low heat for about 15 minutes. After cooling to a cool state, the liquid must be diluted with vodka and bottled. The amount of alcohol depends on how strong you want the liqueur.