The healing properties of a unique pomegranate tincture with vodka or moonshine
Pomegranate tincture is a chic alternative to alcoholic beverages, which are often indispensable on the festive table. Moreover, this drink has unique healing properties. Pomegranate itself contains an invaluable collection of vitamins and minerals, in addition to the 15 essential amino acids. All these components strengthen the human cardiovascular system, and are also an excellent tool in the fight against atherosclerosis. Here are some recipes for such tinctures and recommendations for their preparation.
When working with alcohol, it is best to use glass or ceramic dishes rather than plastic ones.
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On vodka
- Getting grains from berries. In order not to paint your kitchen pink dots, you can use a simple cleaning method. To begin with, it is worth collecting water in a bowl. Cut the fruit in half. Dip the cut of the halves into water and, pressing on the center, slowly turn it inside out.
- Squeeze out the juice. Put a sieve filled with grains in a glass dish. Knead them carefully, but thoroughly.
- Peel the lemon, removing only the zest. You should try to cut as thin as possible without the white rind. It will make the drink bitter.
- The three-liter jar must be disinfected. Boiling water and steam are the eternal means of housewives.
- Place the zest on the bottom. Pour all the juice and cake of the eastern fruit. To add a sophisticated flavor to the pomegranate tincture, many add cinnamon. One 3L stick is sufficient.
- The resulting essence must be supplemented with 800 ml of vodka and sealed.
- The infusion period lasts from 14 to 21 days. You need to shake the contents daily, then the liqueur will turn out to be rich in color and taste.
- At the end of the period, the infusion is filtered. The filter is often gauze or a bandage folded several times.
- Boil the syrup. Pour up to 200 ml of water into a saucepan. Pour sugar (300-350 g) there. Cook the contents, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves. After the syrup has cooled, it must be poured into a bottle of tincture.
- Leave it on for a month or more. Shaking the jar periodically.
- Pour into containers using a small spoon or regular tube. As a result, the sediment will remain at the bottom.
The second way to extract grains. You need to cut the fruit horizontally and break it by hand. Then put the half in the palm with the cut down. Now you need to hit the hemisphere several times with a rolling pin or a wooden object. Ten seconds and all the grains can be poured into a plate.
Moonshine
Slavs and moonshine are two complementary concepts. However, due to low-quality yeast or sugar, "fire water" turns out a little worse than usual. Sometimes it can give off an unpleasant odor. Therefore, tincture on pomegranate and moonshine will ideally correct the situation. In addition, such a drink will become a great topic of conversation at the festive table. There will be no end to the admiration and delight of the guests.
Here's what you need to make this Turkish vodka:
- Peel 3 pomegranates and place in a glass container.
- Pour boiling water over the skins so that they are covered with liquid. Let it brew for up to 2 hours.
- Then add from 400 ml to 1 liter of moonshine (depending on the preferences of the home sommelier), and also dissolve dextrose / glucose (100 g) in the infusion.
- Close the container hermetically and let it brew for up to 2 weeks. To do this, you need to choose a dark, and most importantly, cool place in the house.
- Then pour the concentrated pomegranate juice into it.
This ancient recipe for moonshine pomegranate known in the countries of the east for several centuries. At the same time, a drink called "Ruby Heart" is very popular. You can prepare it like this:
- Peel the fruit. Separate the grains. Pour boiling water over them and squeeze out the juice.
- Add 0.1 kg of dextrose and water to the resulting mixture. As a result, you should get 200 ml of the drink.
- Pour the contents into a saucepan and place over low heat. The mixture should not boil, so let it warm up for no more than 5 minutes.
- Before removing the brew from the heat, you can add shabby lemon zest there.
- After cooling it a little, pour in 400 ml of moonshine and leave to infuse for 30 days. In conclusion, everything needs to be filtered.
After the infusion process, the sediment must always be removed. You can either strain the infusion or pour it with a straw.
The strength of such tinctures on pomegranate will be less than that of ordinary vodka. However, this drink perfectly restores the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, which may be needed after poisoning. But aristocrats often used it before meals to induce appetite.
Crusts
An infusion of pomegranate peels is considered a miracle cure in the fight against many diseases. If used correctly, it can help you win:
- dysbiosis;
- various ulcers;
- typhoid fever and worms;
- colitis and salmonellosis.
To prepare the infusion, the first step is to dry enough of the peel of the fruit. A kind of waste-free production: the fruit for a tincture, and the skin for a healing mixture. The main thing in this process is to separate it from the white layer. The procedure for preparing a potion is as follows:
- pour a few pieces of pomegranate peel on the bottom of the glass;
- pour boiling water over and cover with a saucer or lid;
- let it brew for half an hour.
As a medicine, it should be taken 4 times a day, every other day. In the morning you should drink the drink on an empty stomach, leaving the sediment to infuse. The concentrated infusion is taken immediately before bedtime. The other two doses should be distributed evenly throughout the day.
One-time (in case of intestinal disorder) they are treated according to the following system: they drink half a glass at once. If after 10 minutes there is no improvement, then the next portion should be finished in 3 hours. Relief will be felt after 2 hours from the last dose.
As you can see, it is very easy to prepare a pomegranate tincture, which will serve as a great addition to the celebration. Moreover, you can make a wonderful moonshine from this oriental fruit or a medicinal infusion from the crusts.