Blackberry is a perennial shrub that is grown to produce tasty and healthy berries. But not only the fruits of the plant contain vitamins and are used for various homemade preparations. The branches of the bush are used in culinary art, tea can be made from them, and they are also an ingredient in the manufacture of liquors. Read how to choose the components of an alcoholic drink, as well as how to properly prepare it using a recipe.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Berries for blackberry filling can be used fresh, cooked or frozen. It is not necessary to specially cook the fruits before preparing the drink, just use jam. Branches and fresh fruits are chosen without diaper rash, rot and insect exposure.
Important! Alcohol for filling must be strong and high-quality, otherwise the finished dish will be spoiled by an unpleasant odor or a pale taste.
Blackberry Cherry Recipe
1.5 L15 minutes
fresh blackberry branches
3 pcs.
Nutritional value per 100 g:
- In a glass container with a volume of 2 liters, place the fruits of blackberry.
- Then add sugar.
- Thoroughly mix the contents of the jar, so that the berries let the juice.
- Put blackberry branches in the container.
- Pour moonshine.
- Close the lid and set aside in a dark place for a period of 30 days. During this time, shake the contents of the can daily to better dissolve the sugar.
- After the drink is filtered and poured into a bottle for further storage.
Vodka-based infusion turns out to be more pure, because this type of alcohol contains fewer fusel oils.
Storage Features
It is necessary to store an alcoholic beverage in the basement, where the temperature regime must be observed in the range from +15 to + 20 ° С. Bulk stored in darkened glass containers. Subject to all the rules in the preparation of alcohol has a shelf life of up to 3 years. If the bottles with the drink are stored in a kitchen cabinet, then they should be protected from direct sunlight, otherwise the alcohol will cloud and deteriorate.
Did you know? One liter of vodka has a weight of exactly 953 g.
Blackberry filling requires a minimum amount of ingredients for cooking, in addition, the technology for its preparation is simple, so even a novice in culinary art can do it. Depending on taste preferences, the recipe for making blackberry can be supplemented with spices: cardamom, cinnamon or pepper.