Strawberry liqueur recipe
Fruity, pleasantly sweet and soft tastes the strawberry liqueur. It is very aromatic and smells of fresh strawberries. With this recipe you can make the delicious strawberry liqueur yourself. It is a pleasure both in summer and in winter. You can enjoy it yourself on an evening out, serve it at a party or give it away nicely packaged.
Servings 500 ml
Ingredients
- 250 g strawberries cleaned
- 250 ml vodka
- 130 g sugar
- juice of 1/4 lemon freshly squeezed
Instructions
- Cut strawberries into cubes, put them in a jam or preserving jar, sprinkle them with lemon juice and pour vodka over them. Close the jar, put it in a bright place at room temperature, for example on a window sill, and let it steep for 7 days.
- Pour the strawberry mixture with alcohol through a straining cloth and collect the strawberry vodka in a bottle. Close the bottle and let it rest at room temperature. Put the strawberries from the straining cloth back into the jar, add sugar and stir. Close the jar and let it sit at room temperature in a bright place for 3 days, shaking the jar occasionally to dissolve the sugar and form strawberry syrup.
- Now strain the strawberry syrup into the strawberry vodka in the bottle, stir it, close the bottle and let the strawberry liqueur steep at room temperature in a bright place for another 3 days.
Notes
- Use good quality vodka, because the taste of the liqueur depends strongly on it.
- Instead of vodka, you can use rum or grain brandy, among others.
- The amount of sugar can be adjusted according to taste.
- Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the strawberry liqueur at the top of the post.