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Berry tinctures made with cognac are popular because these two products are combined and complement each other. They are prepared quickly and easily. Wild berries are easy to buy all year round, fresh or frozen. Traditionally, at home, “klyukovka,” as it is popularly called, is prepared with moonshine and alcohol. There are many recipes to help you get a fragrant tincture. But true connoisseurs like cranberry in cognac.
To ensure that it does not disappoint, high-quality ingredients are used for its preparation - aged cognac and ripe berries, picked immediately after the first frost.
Classic cranberry liqueur with cognac
The classic recipe will take a little time, but the end result is worth it. Patience will be rewarded with a delicate aroma, bright color and pleasant taste of the drink, absorbing the beneficial properties of berries, spices and cognac. The liqueur will help you quickly warm up on cold evenings.
To prepare the tincture you will need to stock up on the following products:
- 0.6 kg of fresh, frozen cranberries;
- 2 tbsp. cognac;
- 1 tbsp. vodka;
- 1 tbsp. water;
- 0.5 kg granulated sugar;
- 3 tbsp. l. honey;
- 3-4 buds of cloves;
- 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, you can use 1 stick.
Stages of preparing aromatic cranberries in cognac with spices:
- Sort out the fresh berries, rinse under running water, and dry. Defrost, remove excess moisture.
Advice! You should not add a lot of sugar to the drink at once. After standing, take a sample, and if it is sour, you can add sugar syrup. - Cover the cranberries with sugar and press lightly with a masher to release the juice.
- To prepare cognac tincture, use glassware or an enamel pan.
- Cover the top of the container with berries with gauze and leave for 2 days at room temperature.
- When the berries and sugar release their juice, boil, adding water, and wait until it boils.
- After the berry mixture has cooled, cover it again with gauze and leave for three days.
- Strain and squeeze the cranberries through a cloth.
- Pour vodka over the cake remaining after straining.
- Mix the resulting juice with cognac. When mixing water and alcohol, it is better to pour in the alcohol last.
- In separate containers with tightly closed lids, leave the juice and cake to infuse for 14 days.
- After the required amount of time has passed, carefully drain the contents of the cans, trying to ensure that no sediment gets into the strained drink.
- Add honey, spices, mix.
- Pour the cranberry tincture into a jar, close tightly with a nylon lid, leave for 30 days in a cool place, in the refrigerator.
- Pour the prepared cranberries in cognac into bottles.
Homemade tincture according to this classic recipe cannot be compared with store-bought tincture. It has a piquant aroma and retains the beneficial properties of wild berries.
To get a flavorful liqueur, it is important to choose the right alcohol. When choosing cognac, they settle on the option with an average price. But it’s better to take grape vodka, chacha.
A similar tincture is stored for up to 16 months in the cellar. The drink is served as a dessert drink, consumed in small portions, diluted with berry juices.
Sweet tincture
Cranberry tincture helps with colds and treats arthrosis if mixed with beets and radishes. To remove the bitterness inherent in radishes and the sourness of cranberries, it is worth adding honey, which increases the beneficial properties of the drink.
To prepare a healing tincture you will need the following products:
- 0.5 kg cranberries;
- 0.5 kg black radish;
- 0.5 kg beets;
- 2 tbsp. cognac
Cooking steps:
- Peel the radishes and beets, pass through a meat grinder or chop with a blender.
- Place the ingredients in one spacious container and leave to steep for 14 days.
- After the liqueur has stood, strain through gauze, previously folded in several layers.
- Add 1 tbsp. honey or sugar, mix, bottle, store in the refrigerator.
Cranberry tincture with cognac for medicinal purposes is taken 1 tbsp. l. on an empty stomach, 15-20 minutes before breakfast. Take a course of treatment several times a year. Each person has his own preferences for the amount of sugar, so initially the amount is added strictly according to the recipe, and after taking the sample, you can increase its content.
Sweet cranberries, infused with cognac with the addition of radish and beets, help relieve inflammation and pain in the joints, restore interarticular tissue and alleviate the general condition of a person during illness.
Often, when preparing a tincture, sugar settles to the bottom of the jar. You can simply pour it into another container, if there is enough sweetness, stir so that the sugar dissolves.
How to prepare cranberry cognac tincture is described in the video:
Quick recipe for cranberries with cognac
This recipe will help out those who urgently need cranberry tincture, but don’t have time to wait. In other conditions, maturation will require an average of 1.5 months, but it is possible to obtain a tasty and healthy tincture within a few hours after the start of preparation. But this recipe has a drawback - some of the beneficial properties of the berry are lost during steaming, but the taste remains unchanged.
Products:
- 1 tbsp. cranberries;
- 2 tbsp. cognac;
- 1 tbsp. sugar (can be replaced with honey);
- 1 tbsp. water.
Step by step preparation for this recipe:
- Sort the berries, rinse under running water, pour boiling water over them, pour into a jar and add the required amount of sugar.
- Mash the cranberries with a wooden rolling pin.
- Pour cognac into the container, mix the contents thoroughly, close the lid tightly and leave in a warm place for 2 hours.
- Strain the tincture.
- Add warm water, stir.
- Cool the drink, pour into a bottle, and close tightly.
The tincture can be stored in the refrigerator for about a year. To make the tincture more aromatic, use mint branches, 1 tbsp as additional ingredients. l. galangal (cinquefoil root).
Benefit
Cranberries are rich in a whole complex of vitamins: C, PP and K1, group B. It contains microelements necessary for the proper functioning of all body systems: triterpene and benzoic acids, magnesium and others. Thanks to the alcohol included in the tincture, the beneficial components of the berries quickly penetrate the blood through the walls of the digestive tract, so they are absorbed faster. Cognac is a preservative that preserves the beneficial properties of cranberries and increases their shelf life.
Cranberry tincture with cognac has a positive effect on the body:
- reduces high temperature;
- increases the body's resistance to respiratory diseases;
- relieves joint pain;
- negatively affects pathogens;
- removes excess liquid.
If you regularly take cognac tincture, you can quickly get rid of cold symptoms, cure intestinal and stomach diseases, strengthen the immune system and increase appetite. Before drinking the drink, you should consult a doctor; there may be contraindications.
Conclusion
Cranberries in cognac have a pronounced taste, and you can smooth it out with flavoring additives, mint, and cinnamon. The choice of additional ingredients is huge, you can experiment for a long time and end up with a healthy drink with different tastes. Before you start preparing the drink, it is recommended to first try the classic recipe, and then cook with the addition of herbs and spices.
