How many holidays and feasts in winter! It is advisable to prepare for them in advance, stock up on good alcohol. Pear tincture is one of the best choices that can be easily made at home.
The drink will delight sunny taste, pleasant aroma and will certainly lift your spirits.
Tincture of pears at home - the general principles of cooking
In general, you can use any pears for tinctures, but there is no point in preparing a drink from unripe, tough fruits or using bad varieties without flavor. The taste of the alcohol base will not change much, and time and products will be spent. It is better to choose fragrant and ripe pears that have ripened naturally in the sun. If there are dents or rot on the fruit, all of this can be cut. Next, the fruit is cut into pieces, filled with alcohol-based basis.
What is poured pears:
• vodka;
• moonshine;
• alcohol.
Of course, there are tinctures and other drinks, but very rarely. In addition to the pear, other berries or fruits can be added, there are lots of recipes with spices and roots, which are also worth trying. All these products are filled with an alcoholic base, corked, left to insist for at least a month. Some recipes add sugar, honey, which improves and refines the final taste of the drink.
Classical pear tincture at home
The easiest recipe for making tincture of pears at home. It is very important in this variant not to use fresh fruit for a drink, but to properly apply them. In this case, the vodka will be transferred to the sunny and summer taste.
Ingredients
• 1 kg of pears;
• 2 liters of vodka;
• 2 tbsp. l Sahara.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the pears, cut into small pieces, spread on a baking sheet and put in the sun. Give fruit a little faded, they should dry on top. If it is not possible to dry the pears in the air, you can put them in the smallest mode in the oven, cook with the door ajar. 2. Pour the pears into the jar.
3. Mix vodka with sugar, pour the pieces of prepared fruit. Be sure to close the jar so that the alcohol does not evaporate. An ordinary nylon cover will do.
4. Remove to a cool dark place for 1.5 months. Periodically, you can shake the jar slightly.
5. Strain pear tincture, squeeze the fruit pieces. It is recommended to filter the drink with a piece of cotton or use several layers of gauze to prevent small particles from falling.
6. Pour into bottles, close with tight lids, put away for storage, cool before use.
Tincture of pears at home with a twist
The highlight in this tincture is the most common raisins. The aroma directly depends on the selected variety. Light and transparent raisins have a completely different taste than a product from dark grapes. You can make several types of such tincture to choose.
Ingredients
• 300 grams of pear;
• 50 grams of raisins;
• 1 liter of vodka.
Method of preparation
1. Raisins need to be washed thoroughly, but in no case soak, extra water in the tincture is not needed. Pour the grapes on a paper towel, dry.
2. Cut pears into slices. Fold in jar, add raisins. These products themselves are sweet, so you can not put sugar.
3. Pour the pears with raisin vodka, close the jar, send in a dark place. Cold is optional, you can simply put in the kitchen table.
4. In a month, get the tincture, shake it thoroughly, leave it for another 4 weeks.
5. Strain the vodka through 4 layers of gauze, squeeze the rest of the fruit. Leave the drink in a closed jar for another day.
6. Drain the tincture from the sediment that has gathered on the bottom. You can just do it carefully or use a thin hose (tube), which is used in winemaking.
7. Pour the finished pear tincture into bottles, cork.
Spicy pear tincture at home
To make such a tincture of pear at home, you will need some spices. If you suddenly do not like certain flavors, then these ingredients can be simply eliminated or reduced in quantity. Ingredients
• 2 bottles of vodka;
• 2 star star anise;
• 1 sticks of cinnamon;
• 350 grams of pears;
• 2 cloves;
• 1 vanilla pod;
• 1 tsp. saffron.
Method of preparation
1. Cut into pieces of pear, put on a baking tray, pre-covered with parchment. Put in the oven, dry at 70 degrees for 2 hours. It is advisable not to close the door, let there be a small gap above.
2. Take out the fruit, pour it into the jar.
3. Add a pear to the pears, broken into several pieces.
4. Put all the other spices on the list. In no case can not use vanilla powder. In this case, it is better to exclude the product. You also can not take ground spices from the bags, as their composition often has nothing to do with a natural product, such options are not suitable for tincture.
5. Pour it all up with two bottles of vodka, cork up, put away in the kitchen cabinet or in the pantry.
6. Insist vodka 1.5-2 months.
7. Strain, throw away all unnecessary.
8. Filter the tincture through a piece of gauze to get rid of dregs and random small particles, bottled, close.
Pear tincture at home with a nut (on moonshine)
Moonshine has a specific flavor, but it is easy to get rid of. One pear can not cope with this; pine nuts will be needed. Sometimes walnuts are used in a similar way.
Ingredients
• 3 pears;
• 50 grams of nuts;
• 1 liter of moonshine;
• 1.5 tablespoons of brown sugar.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the pear, you can pre-dry, pour in the jar.
2. Rinse pine nuts, towel dry, pour to the pear.
3. Pour the sugar.
4. Add moonshine to the jar, close, shake.
5. Hold the tincture for two months in a dark place.
6. Strain through several layers of gauze, pour into bottles, leave in a dark place for another couple of weeks. If necessary, remove from sediment.
Tincture of pears at home with honey
Pears themselves have a honey taste, and this tincture will be above all praise. The aroma and taste will depend directly on the honey used. To get a pronounced flavor, you can take buckwheat. Light and soft smell can be obtained with floral, lime honey. Ingredients
• 500 grams of pears;
• 80 grams of honey;
• 1 liter of vodka.
Method of preparation
1. Mix honey with vodka, close and shake well, until everything is dissolved.
2. Cut into pear slices, spread out on a baking sheet or on a tray, leave in a ventilated place for a day. Top pieces should dry out.
3. Transfer the prepared pears to the jar, pour honey vodka, gently shake. No need to shake strongly, otherwise the pieces will be rumpled, broken, we do not need it.
4. Remove the closed jar for 4-5 weeks in the cellar or simply in the pantry with a temperature not higher than 20 degrees.
5. Get a jar, strain the vodka, squeeze the fruit pieces.
6. Pour honey tincture into the bottle, cork.
Tincture of pears at home “Christmas”
Another recipe for tincture of pears and spices, which is very simple and easy to prepare at home. As a basis, you can use vodka or moonshine.
Ingredients
• 30 grams of ginger;
• 3 cloves;
• 1 vanilla stick;
• 700 grams of pears;
• 1.2 liters of vodka;
• 130 grams of sugar.
Method of preparation
1. Cut the pears into slices, discard the seeds with the stubs.
2. Peel the ginger root and cut into thin slices.
3. At the bottom of the jar to throw a clove, put cinnamon sticks.
4. Pour out some pears so they cover the bottom. Powder sugar, scatter pieces of ginger.
5. Pour a layer of pears again, sprinkle with sugar and slices of ginger. Collect all the layers until the products run out.
6. Fill the contents of the can with alcohol, close the capron lid.
7. Keep warm for 4 weeks. Every 3-4 days shake.
8. Strain the tincture, bottled, put on a tight lid, clean before Christmas. If sediment is collected at the bottom, then gently drain it off.
Tincture of pears at home on alcohol
Option very strong, rich pear tincture. It is prepared with the addition of water, or rather sugar syrup. The technology will be completely different.
Ingredients • 1 kg of pears;
• 0.6 liters of alcohol;
• 100 grams of sugar;
• 150 ml of water.
Method of preparation
1. Wash the pears, cut each in half, carefully pick the stub together with the seeds.
2. To rub pure pulp, but not to use absolutely small grater.
3. Add alcohol to the pears, stir. Put the resulting mass in a large jar, cover with a tight lid, put in a warm place.
4. Every 4 days, the future tincture needs to be shaken vigorously.
5. After 4 weeks, strain through the gauze folded in 4 layers.
6. Cook the syrup from sugar and water. Dissolve on low heat, turn off and cool after boiling.
7. Connect the pear tincture with the syrup, stir, leave for 3 days, then filter, bottle.
Homemade tincture of pears - tips and tricks
• Not all berries can be added to a pear tincture. For example, blackberries, blueberries and honeysuckle can give an ugly blue hue, you need to be very careful with them.
• During infusion, the product gives off the most flavor. Therefore, it is not necessary to add a lot of spices to the vodka can, you can get too rich and bitter drink.
• Tincture of pear can not only be drunk in pure form, but also used in cocktails. It can be added to some dishes and even used for medicinal purposes.
