The cranberry is recognized as one of the most useful berries long ago and by right. From it prepare jam and compotes, fray with sugar, it contains a large amount of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. However also the recipe of cranberry tincture which was always honored people for the pleasant flavor is known for a long time.
It is required to you
- - cranberry glass;
- - glass of sugar;
- - glass of water;
- - glass of vodka;
- - masher or meat grinder;
- - glass large bottle or bank.
Instruction
1. Prepare berries for insisting. Lay out a cranberry in a colander and carefully wash a baking plate with flowing water. Remove all crumpled and begun to rot berries. Once again rinse and shift in ware in which you will pound them. Carefully by means of a wooden or metal masher pound a cranberry. You watch that any berry didn't remain whole. If you have no masher, use the meat grinder.
2. Prepare syrup. For this purpose boil water, and then pour out in it all sugar. Mix syrup until all crystals of sugar are dissolved.
3. Mix all ingredients. In in advance prepared sterilized glass large bottle or a 3-liter jar pour out syrup, add vodka and a pounded cranberry. Accurately mix all components that uniform weight turned out. Close a large bottle or to bank a cover and put to the dark place to infuse. What longer drink will infuse, that it will be more tasty.
4. In a month get the container with tincture, open and filter. It is possible to make it in two steps. At first filter tincture through a sieve or a colander to remove larger particles of berries. Then put a gauze in several layers and filter drink several times. Pour the received tincture in the prepared bottle. After that drink can be served to a table.
5. There are also instant recipes of cranberry tincture. For this purpose the cranberry needs to be filled in with boiled water for several minutes, then to drain water, and to pound berries. Add vodka to berries and leave to infuse twelve hours. Then filter infusion through a gauze, put on fire, add a little sugar, mix and bring to the boil, but you don't boil. Cool and pour tincture in a bottle.