The choice of various alcoholic beverages is impressive in its diversity. But you must admit that it is very pleasant to treat friends and acquaintances during meals with your own hand made liqueurs and liqueurs. They can be made from fruits and berries, honey, various herbs and spices. In this article, we propose to understand how cook mint liquor at home.
Description
This is a very unusual drink, with a chilling taste and rich aroma. You can add it to coffee, prepare a variety of cocktails, use it with desserts and fruit, or drink a small glass after a meal for shrinkage and a pleasant aftertaste. There are several ways to make mint liqueur at home, it all depends on whether you have a device for driving a drink, but even if it is not available, you can make a delicious liqueur.
The use of tincture is the presence of a large amount of vitamins and minerals. They can also be prepared from such plants: Echinacea, grass dope, ginseng, Rhodiola rosea, clover, hawthorn, yarrow, celandine, calendula, lavender, raspberry and garlic.
But today we will speak about the distilled version of the preparation. The main component of the drink is peppermint, it is very good to prepare it yourself, as in the pharmacy version there is an excessive amount of stems and spoiled leaves.
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Important! It is better not to use melissa to make liqueur, it does not have such a pronounced taste and aroma, in order to give the drink a characteristic ice charm.
Ingredients
- Peppermint dried - 25 g
- Alcohol 96% - 250 ml.
- Dried lemon and orange peel - about of the fruit.
- Water - 100 ml.
- Sugar syrup - 60 g of sugar and 180 ml of water.
Did you know? Peppermint is a hybrid of water and garden mint, it is widely used in traditional and classical medicine in the fight against such common diseases as allergies, rheumatism, and disorders in the functioning of the respiratory organs.
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Step-by-step recipe with distillation
- In a clean, dry jar, you must pour the mint and zest, then pour in water, and then alcohol. Close the lid, shake well and send the mixture to a dark, warm place for a week.
- After 7 days we reach the jar and filter the mixture through a fine sieve or gauze, folded in several layers. This is necessary so that small particles of mint do not fall into the drink.
Important! It is necessary to pour 50 ml of infusion for the subsequent coloring of our liquor.
- Now you need to mix the filtered mixture with water, at the rate of one to one.
- We send the resulting liquid for distillation.
- The first 15-20 ml of the head fraction is recommended to be collected in a separate container and poured, since it may contain harmful trace elements.
- We are waiting until 200 ml of the main fraction is formed.
- Then we combine the mint distillate with syrup, which must be prepared in advance from sugar and water.
- We proceed to the coloring of liquor, for this you need to add 50 ml of mint infusion, which we prepared in advance, and mix thoroughly.
- That's all, the liquor is ready, but if you let it brew for a week or two, the result will pleasantly surprise you. The drink will become transparent, and its taste and aroma is softer and more pleasant.
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Did you know? Mint contains a large amount of essential oil, as well as flavonoids, tannins and bitterness. It is believed that the use of this plant has a positive effect on digestion, helps in the fight against depression and normalizes sleep.Mint liqueur for this recipe is prepared quite quickly and simply at home, and Tastes are not inferior to store counterparts. The drink is distinguished by its originality, so after tasting people are divided into subsequent fans and admirers and those whom he does not like at all. But it is definitely worth experimenting, especially in hot weather, such liquor will become a real find, will delight you with its chilling coolness and slight intoxication.
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