Strawberry liqueur at home - the best recipes

Each of us knows that the strawberry season is very short, and the price category of this product changes every time. But still, there is a way to prolong the pleasure of such a delicacy for longer, namely by preparing a very original drink at home - strawberry liqueur.

The drink prepared according to this recipe has a very rich aroma of fresh strawberries, a rather pleasant soft taste, and a beautiful red color.

All we need for preparation is:

• cognac or vodka, alcohol if desired - 1 liter;
• fresh strawberries – 1 kilogram;
• sugar – 1 kilogram;
• lemon juice -30 grams;
• clean water - 0.5 liters.

Cooking method step by step:

The first step is to very carefully sort out the strawberries themselves, remove the missing fruits and separate the tails and stems from the fruit itself. After which they need to be washed under running water, then each berry is divided in half into two even parts.

In the next stage, we transfer our strawberries into a clean separate container (jar, bottle), pour cognac, vodka or alcohol, adding lemon juice. Close the whole thing very tightly with a lid.

It is important to take into account the fact that the alcohol covers the berries by at least two centimeters.

After this time, it is necessary to strain our liqueur through a sieve and carefully filter several times through a triple layer of ordinary gauze.

Now we will need our unaccounted for ingredients, namely a kilogram of sugar and water. Mix them in a saucepan and put on the stove. You need to wait until the water boils, and then let it stand for about five minutes, removing the resulting foam with a slotted spoon. You must wait until the resulting syrup cools.

Mix water with strawberry infusion and pour the almost finished drink into empty bottles. We just have to wait a little longer.

For seven or eight days we leave our strawberry liqueur in a dark place where room temperature is maintained.

Recipe for strawberry liqueur XuXu (Xu Xu)

Strawberry liqueur Xu Xu from German trademark"Georg Hemmeter" has a very bright crimson color, which is achieved thanks to the dye, so you should not count on the identity at home. Also, homemade liqueur will have a richer taste and aroma.

For our recipe you will need the following ingredients:

• vodka (can be replaced with any other alcohol) – 1 liter;
• strawberries – 1 kilogram;
• sugar – 1 kilogram;
• clean, boiled water – 0.5 liters.

Cooking method:

We carefully sort the berries, rinse and clean off all excess. Then we cut it into four equal parts and put it in a regular three-liter jar.

Pour the selected alcohol to the very top and close our future drink with a lid. Then we leave it on the windowsill for about two weeks.

Periodically, you can open the container, thereby releasing the accumulated gas. After fourteen days, drain the tincture, carefully filtering through cheesecloth.

Bring the mixed water and sugar to a boil and cool to twenty degrees. Mix the liquids and after thorough stirring, distribute into bottles. After seven days of infusion in a dark room, everything is ready.

Quick recipe for making strawberry liqueur

The recipe for making liqueur given below is called fast because the cooking time takes about thirty minutes. And you can use it immediately after preparation.

We will need:

• strawberries – 300 grams;
• vodka – 200 milliliters;
• sugar – 2 tablespoons.

Cooking method:

We wash the strawberries, after removing the tails. In a spacious container, blend it with a blender until smooth. Add granulated sugar and mix with our vodka, thoroughly mixing the resulting mass.

Strawberry puree will significantly reduce the strength of vodka and become viscous.

If the liqueur is too strong for your taste, you can dilute it with boiled water.

Pour the strawberry liqueur into a decanter and cool thoroughly. Serve with chocolate.

Bananovo - strawberry liqueur

In terms of its taste, this alcoholic drink is very similar to banana-strawberry juice. Has excellent color and aroma.

Ingredients:

• strawberries - 350 grams;
• banana – 2 pieces;
• vodka – 0.5 liters;
• sugar – 200 grams;
• water – 200 milliliters.

Cooking method:

We clean the strawberries from all excess, after rinsing them. We cut the berries and bananas into circles, and then carefully place them layer by layer in a jar. We fill it all with our alcohol and leave it in the sun for seven days. Then pour the tincture into a separate bowl, add sugar to the fruit and wait until it melts. Then we drain our syrup and mix it with the main tincture.

We age the liqueur for another 14 days and we can begin tasting.

Strawberry liqueur with schnapps and brandy

A rather unusual combination of completely different spirits allows you to create a truly unsurpassed product.

We will need:

• strawberries - 1.5 kilograms;
• brandy – 0.5 liters;
• schnapps – 0.5 liters;
• sugar – 200 grams;
• purified water – 200 milliliters.

Cooking method:

Pour pre-washed and crushed strawberries with alcohol. And already in closed jar leave for ten days. When this period comes to an end, you need to prepare the syrup. To do this, mix water with sugar and bring the syrup to a boil. After which it should be cooled and added to the tincture. Pour the finished liqueur into bottles.

Strawberry liqueur with lemon and mint

If you still don’t know how to make strawberry liqueur, but have long dreamed of trying it, this recipe is perfect for you.

It requires the following ingredients:

• fresh strawberries – 500 grams,
• mint - one bunch;
• vodka – 150 grams;
• condensed milk – 100 grams.

Cooking method:

Wash fresh strawberries and cut into even pieces. At the same time, chop the mint. Mix all this with condensed milk. Blend until smooth in a blender. Now you can add vodka. Mixing thoroughly, pour the resulting substance into a clean jar and leave in the room for thirty minutes. Then strain and bottle. The liquor is ready.

Good, elite liqueurs are expensive and we don’t always have the opportunity to afford to fork out for a bottle of such a tasty and desirable alcoholic drink.

An experienced bartender and cook of the famous Moscow restaurant, Alexander Nikitin, told how to quickly and easily prepare Ksyu-Ksyu, Baileys and Becherovka liqueurs at home. It turns out that doing this is not at all as difficult as it seems at first glance.

Baileys liqueur at home. Recipe.
Ingredients:
1. Condensed milk (preferably with cocoa) – 2 cans
2. Coca-Cola – 3 l
3. 96% alcohol – 0.7 l
4. Vanilla – 5 bags
5. Five-liter container (plastic can be used)

1. Wash the eggplant thoroughly. This is where you will mix the liqueur. To get the mixture right, you need to follow a certain sequence: pour all the condensed milk into a canister or eggplant, then three liters of Coca-Cola, alcohol and the last ingredient - vanilla.
2. The container with liqueur needs to be shaken thoroughly until the liquid acquires the same color and consistency. Now you can leave the liqueur alone for eight hours, at room temperature, so that it can infuse and acquire the desired taste. After this, shake the canister of liquid thoroughly again. Repeat the process three times. In just a day homemade liqueur Baileys will be ready to eat. Can be stored for six months at room temperature. If you are embarrassed by the unpresentability of the eggplant, you can pour the liqueur into a glass container or decanter.

Liqueur Ksyu-Ksyu at home. Recipe.
Ingredients:
1. Strawberries – 3 kg
2. Lime – 1 pc.
3. Vodka – 1.5 l
4. Grapefruit juice – 0.5 l

1. Wash the strawberries, remove the leaves and stalks. Take a blender, add the berries and make strawberry puree.
2. Mix grapefruit juice with vodka in any container with a lid. Stir, add strawberry puree and freshly squeezed lime juice. Screw on the lid, mix well and leave for a day at room temperature. Store homemade Ksyu-Ksyu liqueur for no longer than two weeks in the refrigerator.

Becherovka liqueur at home. Recipe.
Ingredients:
1. Alcohol – 2 l
2. Cinnamon stick – 15 g
3. Cloves – 50 pcs.
4. Cardamom – 4 g
5. Anise – 4 g
6. Black peppercorns – 20 pcs.
7. Lemon – 3 pcs.

1. Dilute alcohol with water in a ratio of 1/1, add a cinnamon stick, cloves, black peppercorns, anise and cardamom. Pour boiling water over the lemons, remove the zest and add it to the bottle with the alcohol infusion and spices. Let the mixture sit at room temperature for seven days.
2. After a week, prepare sugar syrup. Pour half a liter of water into a saucepan, add half a kilogram of sugar, put on fire and stir with a wooden spoon until the liquid boils. Remove the syrup from the heat, let cool completely and add to the tincture. Add water so that the volume of liquor is exactly five liters. Stir the liquid and leave for another three days.
3. Check the liqueur for aroma; if it is still weak, then let the homemade Becherovka brew for a few more days. If you are satisfied with the aroma of the liqueur, then take a fine sieve or cheesecloth and strain the drink. Store at room temperature until you drink it all, because homemade Becherovka does not spoil.

Strawberry liqueur compares favorably with many other fruit liqueurs. Its bright taste and aroma are what attract gourmets to it. The composition includes vodka and strawberry juice, and the naturalness of the components used can be judged by the strawberry seeds that come across. It remains to be seen what and how best to drink the Xu Xu liqueur with.

Champagne and pineapple juice

There are various ways to consume XuXu liqueur, but only some of them can be considered correct, that is, those in which the liqueur exhibits its best properties.

So, you can drink Xu Xu liqueur correctly like this:

• Add liqueur product to white champagne in a ratio of 2 to 1 and stir with a cocktail spoon. If desired, decorate the dish with strawberries and throw a few pieces of ice inside.
• Make a puree of banana and mint, gradually add XuXu liqueur to the resulting mass. If the puree initially turns out thick, you can pour banana juice and cream into it.
• combine champagne and pineapple juice in a ratio of 1 to 1. Then add a little liqueur, depending on your own taste. You can add a few ice cubes if desired.

If you find the taste of the drink too sweet, you can dilute it with pineapple, banana or strawberry juice. Frappe ice may be added. Try drinking liqueur with tonics6 such as Sprite.

XuXu is also used in the preparation of cocktails. A popular recipe is where liqueur, tequila and rum are mixed to create an original drink.

Well, strawberry season is here. It’s a pity that it only lasts three weeks, but I really want to prolong the taste of summer. So let's do that, but this time we won't make jam or freeze the berries. Let's prepare the aromatic sweet strawberry liqueur Xu Xu at home. This liqueur is easy to prepare, and its strength does not exceed 15%.
We will need fresh or frozen berries, sugar and vodka. It will take no more than 2 weeks to prepare, although our active time will need a maximum of 30 minutes. Oh yes, the traditional German liqueur Xu Xu has a slight tartness from lime juice, but you can also use lemon juice at home. From 0.5 kg of berries and 0.5 liters of vodka we will get twice as much liqueur, so determine the amount of ingredients yourself; you may want to prepare more or less liqueur.

By the way, the liqueur turns out to be very sweet and aromatic, so it is often used not only as a drink, but also poured over ice cream, added to baked goods or filling. It gives not only taste, but also a great aroma. And of course, if you are preparing desserts for children, then do not add it, even though it is relatively weak.



Ingredients:

• Fresh strawberries - 0.5 kg
• Vodka - 0.5 l
• Sugar - 250 g
• Lemon - 1/2 pcs.
• Water - 200 ml

Step-by-step preparation of homemade strawberry liqueur with photo:

Wash the strawberries well and let the water drain. We peel the berries from the stalks and put them in a liter jar.

Fill with vodka, add the juice of half a lemon, close with a lid and place on a sunny, warm windowsill for 7-10 days.

It is important that the strawberries are completely covered with vodka.

The Ksyu Ksyu liqueur does not leave any lover of fruit and berry alcoholic drinks indifferent. The German manufacturing company guarantees the quality of its product, which, according to them, consists only of natural ingredients.

Brief information

Place of production: Munich, Germany.

Release date: 1997

Main components: strawberries.

What and how to drink it with: add to cocktails, mixing with soda, champagne and juices.

Strength: 15%.

Production Features

The German liqueur XuXu is produced by Georg Hemmeter GmbH according to a special recipe based on strawberry puree with the addition of a small amount of lime juice. It has a distinctive bright red color and a sour strawberry flavor. Despite the high concentration of berries in the drink, it is artificially colored by adding the food element E129.

INTERESTING TO KNOW: In each bottle of liqueur, 66% is the fruit part, and due to this, no sugar is added to the drink recipe, because it already turns out quite tasty.

Since this drink is not often found in stores, you can try making it yourself at home. To do this, use this simple recipe:

• Mix strawberries and vodka in a 2:1 ratio in a blender until smooth;
• add half a lime to the blender and blend again. The consistency should be as shown in the photo.

Homemade Xu-Xu is ready! It can be served as a dessert alcoholic drink, as well as seasoning fruits and complementing ice cream.

By the way, few people know that the German name “XuXu” is equivalent to the English “kiss kiss”. Perhaps it was precisely due to the successful name that the liqueur gained unprecedented popularity in less than 10 years and today about 5 million bottles of this delicious strawberry alcohol are sold annually in Europe.

INTERESTING TO KNOW: At the international alcohol competition “World-Spirits Award” in Austria, XuXu liqueur received the “Double Gold” gold award and 96 points out of 100.

How to drink liqueur correctly: cocktail recipes

If you prefer the classic method of drinking the drink undiluted, then it is recommended to pre-cool it to a temperature of 10°C. But the most common method is to drink strawberry Xu-Xu as part of cocktails, in particular with the addition of champagne. When mixing with sparkling wine, it is advisable to adhere to the following proportion: 2 parts champagne to 1 part liqueur.

Banana smoothie recipe. For it you will need to prepare banana and mint puree, add banana juice, cream and XuXu liqueur (to taste). The mass is thoroughly whipped again in a blender and poured into glasses. The drink is ready, you can drink it!

“Pineapple Xu-Xu” is prepared from equal parts of champagne and pineapple juice, which are diluted with liqueur and ice. The more liquor, the sweeter the cocktail.

The composition of the Xu-Xu Margarita drink includes the following components: Xu-Xu liqueur, tequila, lemon juice. To decorate, the edges of the cocktail glass are moistened with water and carefully dipped in sugar. You can also add strawberries.

“XuXu Mojito” is prepared at home according to the principle of the classic Mojito cocktail. To do this, shake the liqueur and tequila in a shaker, then pour it into a glass with ice and mint leaves and add soda.

It turns out a very tasty and easy-to-prepare drink if you mix sweet carbonated water and XuXu in equal parts. The glass is traditionally decorated with ripe strawberries. Using this principle, you can try making a mix of strawberry liqueur and tonic.