Homemade strawberry tincture with the addition of lime - homemade preserves and tinctures

Strawberry tincture has always raised many doubts in me. Somehow strawberries didn't really remind me of an alcoholic beverage. A few years ago a decision was made: do it yourself, try it and judge!

Strawberries beautiful, ripe, cleaned, destalked, all prepared according to the recipe. Two months have passed, I pour the brew, first tasting and.... disappointment. Taste? Strawberry compote with alcohol...  It's hard, maybe it will work out? The tincture ended up in bottles and was forgotten.

After another three months, tasting and delight. How good! Tasty! Delicious!

Since then, the strawberry season is not only jams, cocktails and strawberries in cream or yogurt, it is primarily STRAWBERRY liqueur!

Ingredients

• 1 kg of strawberries
• 200 - 250 g of sugar
• 700 ml of 70% alcohol liqueur
• 1 lime  - after 2 months

EXECUTION

1. Rinse the strawberries, remove the stems, and put them in a jar or demijohn, preferably with a large opening. Sprinkle with sugar and leave for about 2 hours to release the juice. Then add alcohol, mix slightly, close tightly and leave for about 2 months.
2. After 2 months, pour off the alcohol. Scrub the lime, grate the zest from half of the fruit (without white albedo), squeeze the juice from the whole fruit, add to the tincture.
3. Leave for 2 weeks. After this time, decant and filter thoroughly.
4. Leave for a minimum of 3 months in a cool and dark place so that the tincture can mature.

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