Recipes of drinks from cranberries

This article lists a large number of drinks that can be prepared with the help of a northern berry.

Cranberries prepare various cocktails (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), as well as liquors, liqueurs and tinctures (for alcohol, vodka and cognac). Lovers of home-made wines can please themselves with cranberry wine.

How to cook cranberries?

Cranberries are good just in fresh form, because with heat treatment the berry loses almost all its valuable qualities. Of course, there is a fair question, but how to cook the cranberries correctly? The recommendations below will help you understand this problem.

There are several ways to prepare a healthy drink and preserve all the vitamins with which the berry is rich. Experts recommend not to cook cranberries, but to insist on drinks, first chopping berries.

• Method number 1: cranberries are kneaded in mashed potatoes; water with sugar is brought to a boil, turns off and this syrup is filled with berry mass; the drink is left to be infused for an hour.
• Method number 2: cranberries with sugar are rubbed in a blender and poured with boiling water; The drink should be brewed for half an hour, then you can drink it.
• Method number 3: the berries are not kneaded, but the whole is put in water and put on fire; they need to boil for ten minutes, and then add sugar; also in the drink you can add lemon or orange peel; after which the liquid is poured through a colander into another container; The remaining berries are poured, added to the morsel and mixed.

Cranberry Morse

Morse of cranberries can be prepared from fresh or frozen berries. Here are a few recipes for this useful drink from fresh berries.

• Morse's recipe № 1 - with sugar

One hundred and fifty grams of cranberry, half a glass of sugar, and six hundred milliliters of water are taken. Berries are moved, washed and placed in an enamel saucepan. After that, cranberries are warmed up with a crush. Then the berry mass is transferred to gauze and from it the juice is pressed into glass or enameled dishes. The dishes with juice for a while are left aside.

The cake from berries is put back in a saucepan, filled with water and put on fire. Cranberry broth is brought to a boil and filtered through a frequent stainless steel sieve. Then sugar is added to the liquid and everything is thoroughly mixed. After that, the mors froze, the cranberry juice squeezed into it is poured into it and everything is thoroughly mixed. Now the drink is ready for use.

• Morse's recipe № 2 - without sugar

Everything is done in the same way, only sugar is not added. The result is a drink with an acidic taste, which can be used for medicinal purposes.

• Morse's recipe № 3 - with honey

This method of preparing mors does not require boiling, which means that the cranberry will perfectly retain its valuable qualities. In addition, honey, added instead of sugar, will add a drink of beneficial properties.

For two liters of Morse you need to take half a liter of cranberry can (fresh or frozen), four large tablespoons of honey, two liters of drinking water of cool temperature.

Cranberries are moved, washed and scalded with boiling water. Then the berries are ground in a blender or pushed with a pestle or a wooden rolling pin. The berry mixture is put in a saucepan and water is added to it. After that, the liquid is filtered through a colander, which has a mesh structure. Then honey is added to the pan and everything is thoroughly mixed. The drink is ready and it can be put in the refrigerator for storage.

• Morse's recipe № 4 - healing with honey

A handful of berries are poured into a blender. There is poured a cup of melted or purified water. In the container is put a spoonful of honey, and the blender turns on for eight to ten seconds. Everything, the drink is ready.

Compote of cranberry

Compote of cranberries is healthy and tasty drink. Especially if it is cooked with honey.

The traditional recipe for cranberry compote is as follows. Cranberries are taken in the amount of two hundred grams, one liter of water and half a glass of sugar. Before preparing the drink, the berries need to be cleaned and washed, and then transferred to a cooking pot. Berries are flooded with water, sugar is added to them and everything is put on medium fire for cooking. Brewed compote for half an hour.

To preserve the beneficial properties of berries, namely vitamin C, it is necessary to throw cranberries into boiling water. Preparation of this type of compote is as follows. Water with diluted sugar in it is brought to a boil. After that, cranberries are thrown into the solution, and the liquid is again brought to a boil. Then the pan should be removed from heat and let the berries brew at room temperature, in order that the juice from the cranberry completely passed into the liquid. After that, the compote can be poured into glass jars. In compotes closed capron cap, compote can be stored in the refrigerator for two days.

You can prepare compote using honey instead of sugar as a sweetener. With this method of cooking, water is brought to a boil, then cranberries are thrown into it, again heated to boiling water and immediately removed from the fire. When the compote has cooled to an acceptable warm temperature (no higher than seventy degrees), the necessary amount of honey is added to it, everything is thoroughly mixed and left for a while, so that the compote is infused. This drink is stored in the refrigerator for two days.

Cranberry on alcohol

Useful properties of cranberries are used in the preparation of alcoholic tinctures. Cranberries on alcohol retains all of their valuable qualities, which can be used for medicinal purposes. And of course, as a home-made alcoholic beverage, cranberries are an excellent alternative to store purchases of this category.

• The recipe for cranberries on alcohol № 1

To prepare the drink you need half a kilogram of sugar, kilograms of cranberries and one kilogram of alcohol.

The berries are washed and passed through a meat grinder. Then the mass is laid out in a jar and filled with alcohol. Then everything is thoroughly mixed with a spoon and covered with a lid. The bank is left to insist in a dark place for fourteen to sixteen days. After that the received drink is filtered through a sieve, and then by means of a cotton-gauze filter.

The next step is the addition of sugar, which is mixed with the liquid. The bank is closed and left for infusion within a week. At the very end of the preparation process, the beverage is bottled and placed in a cool place (refrigerator or cellar).

Cranberries on alcohol can be stored under these conditions for up to seven months. After that, the taste of the drink begins to deteriorate.

• Recipe No. 2

To prepare the drink in this way, you need half a kilogram of cranberries, five hundred ml of alcohol and one hundred ml of water.

The berries are poured into the jar and pounded with a wooden spoon. You can do the same in another way - to pierce all the berries with a needle. This, of course, longer. But later it will not be necessary to filter the drink.

After that, the berries are added with alcohol and everything is thoroughly mixed. The bank is closed with a lid and left for fourteen days in a dark place in the heat.

Then the drink should be filtered using gauze, folded into several layers, and cotton wool. The liquid is poured into bottles and stored in a cool room in the dark for twelve months.

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Tincture of cranberry

Tincture of cranberries is a home made alcoholic beverage, which is made from cranberries based on vodka, alcohol or cognac.

In some recipes, sugar is present as an ingredient, and in some, it is absent. Therefore, the tincture can turn out to be sweet or sour to taste.

The house tincture of cranberries in the refrigerator is stored for about one year.

Cranberry on cognac

Such an alcoholic drink, like cranberries on cognac, has already begun to be produced on an industrial scale. At home, you can prepare a similar drink, and, in a hurry.

The recipe for cranberries on cognac, which does not require a long period of maturation. To make it, you need to take two hundred and fifty grams of cranberries, half a liter of cognac, one hundred and fifty grams of sugar, and one hundred and fifty grams of water.

First of all, the berries need to be scalded with boiling water and put them into the jar. After that sugar is added to them. The whole mass must be kneaded with a wooden rolling pin, and then add cognac, mix thoroughly and close the jar with a lid. Cognac-cranberry mixture is left for two or three hours in a warm place.

After that the tincture is filtered through several layers of gauze. Then it is added warm boiled water, cooled to a temperature of thirty-five to forty degrees, and everything is again mixed. Cranberry drink is cooled to room temperature, then poured into bottles and tightly closed with stoppers. The shelf life of the drink in the refrigerator is from twelve to fourteen months.

Vodka on a cranberry

Such a drink as vodka on cranberries has a traditional way of making, which we will give below.

The recipe for vodka on cranberries. It is necessary to take two hundred and fifty grams of berries, half a liter of vodka, one tablespoon of sugar (and without it) and fifty grams of water (you can also do without it).

Cranberries are moved, washed and poured into a jar, the volume of one liter. After that, berries are pounded with a wooden rolling pin as long as necessary to get a uniform mass. Then vodka is added and everything mixes well.

The bank is covered with a lid and left for two weeks in a dark place in the heat. Then the drink needs to be filtered using four layers of gauze and a cotton filter placed between them. In this case, you will get a classic tincture of cranberries on vodka, which has a sour taste.

If there is a desire to add sweets to the sour notes of the drink, you can prepare the syrup by welding it from sugar with water. After that, this syrup is cooled and added to the tincture with a tincture. All is thoroughly mixed, and the drink is left in the warmth for one day. After that, the cranberry on the vodka is ready for use.

The tincture is stored in a cool place - a refrigerator or a cellar. A month after cooking, its taste improves and becomes even better, after a longer shelf life.

Cranberry juice

Cranberry juice is a useful healing drink that has a lot of advantages. Cranberry juice helps to cope with all the ailments that were described in the article. Therefore, this drink should be included in the daily diet of those people who dream of getting rid of diseases.

To prepare the juice you need to take fresh berries, which are fully ripe. They knead in a wooden mortar with the help of a wooden pestle. Or you can grind the berries in a blender. The resulting mass is tediously squeezed out using gauze, which before it was stacked in several layers. Juice can also be obtained from frozen berries, which are processed in this way.

The simplest way that you can use to make juice is to use a juicer.

Drinking for medicinal purposes is necessary precisely fresh juice, which was prepared immediately before taking. Therefore, you need to take berries as much as will be enough for one-time use, not more, but not less.

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Cranberry Cocktail

There are many recipes for cocktails made from cranberries. This useful berry is used as an ingredient of non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages. Cranberry cocktail is a delicious and unusual drink, which you can please guests at family celebrations. And also enjoy their wonderful taste on the evening get-togethers in the circle of family members.

• Cocktail recipe № 1 - milk

It is necessary to take one hundred and fifty grams of any ice cream, one hundred grams of milk, two tablespoons of cranberry syrup.

All ingredients are mixed with each other, and then whipped in a blender. After that, the cocktail is poured into a comfortable glass and decorated with pieces of fruit or berries.

• Cocktail recipe № 2 - cranberry-fruit

Take two cups of water, one cup of cranberry (fresh or frozen), one banana and one kiwi. Berries are washed, and fruits are peeled and cut into pieces. Then they are placed in a blender and mixed until a homogeneous mixture is obtained. The cocktail is ready for use.

• Cocktail recipe № 3 - smoothies from cranberries

You need to stock up carbonated mineral water, 175 grams of cranberry (fresh or frozen), 50 grams of milk and one tablespoon of honey.

Berries are moved and washed, and then beat in a blender to a homogeneous consistency. After that, honey is added to the blender with milk and the whole mixture is again beaten for half a minute. After that the smoothies are poured into a tall glass and carbonated mineral water is added to it.

When using frozen berries instead of fresh cranberries, they do not need to be thawed, but ground in a blender in the same way as they were extracted from the freezer.

For fans of unusual alcoholic beverages, we will list several of the following recipes for cocktails.

• Cocktail recipe № 4 - cranberries with vodka

To prepare the drink you need to take three tablespoons of cranberry syrup, two tablespoons of vodka, a glass of soda water. You can also use lemon and ice, which are added to the cocktail to taste.

All the ingredients are mixed and the cocktail can be consumed. If desired, the drink can be decorated with pieces of fruit.

• Cocktail recipe № 5 - cranberries with gin

It takes three hundred grams of fresh cranberries, one glass of sugar, one glass of water, one glass of soda, one glass of gin, two tablespoons of lime juice.

Cranberries are mixed with sugar and water, and then placed on the fire, brought to a boil and in this state boils five to seven minutes. After that, the "brew" is removed from the plate, cooled slightly and wiped through a sieve. In the received weight all other components are added and the cocktail is ready to serve on a table.

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Cocktail of goji and cranberries

Goji berries are used as a means to lose weight. This Tibetan "guest" is rich in vitamin and mineral composition. In goji berries there is a large amount of minerals and amino acids, polysaccharides and vitamins (especially, vitamin C and B vitamins). It is this composition of berries that allows to strengthen immunity, to establish metabolic processes in the body, to "take out" extra pounds and to improve oneself.

The combination of beneficial properties of cranberries and goji berries enhances their strengthening effect. And it also helps a person to normalize the metabolism in the body, which affects, above all, the reduction of excess weight.

Cocktail from goji berries and cranberries is a useful and tasty addition to the diet. If you drink a drink every day for at least two weeks, you can achieve the following results:

• lower blood pressure,
• normalize blood sugar,
• reduce the amount of cholesterol in the body,
• "Clean" the body of free radicals, toxins and toxins,
• improve the performance of the liver,
• strengthen the walls of the vessels, as well as muscle tissue.

All of the above helps to establish the process of digestion and the regulation of metabolism in the body, as well as improve self-esteem and improve vitality and performance.

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Kissel from cranberry

Such a traditional drink, like cranberry jelly, will decorate the autumn and winter table in any family. The kissel is prepared simply.

On a glass of drink you need to take fifty grams of cranberries, three tablespoons of sugar, one glass of water, two teaspoons of starch.

Cranberries move and are showered with boiling water, pre-laying berries on a strainer. Water flows down, and then the berries are kneaded with a spoon. Appeared juice is poured into another container and left for a while in a cool dark place. After that, the mashed berries are transferred to gauze and from them it is necessary to squeeze the juice into a saucepan.

Then the berry pomace is poured into one glass of hot water and put on the stove. Everything is brought to the boiling point, then turns off and filtered through gauze, and then returns back to the pan.

The sugar is added to the liquid and everything must be boiled again. Then part of the broth (one fourth cup) is taken, cooled, filtered and this starch is dissolved in this liquid. In some cases, you can use cold water instead of a decoction.

Kissel is brought to a boil, and then the starch mixture is poured into it, which must be stirred constantly. After that, everything should quickly boil again, and then the jelly should immediately be poured into another container, stirring constantly. Drink a little cool, and then poured into it raw juice, which was obtained from the berries at the very beginning of the preparation of the drink.

Cream of cranberries

Cream of cranberries is a tincture of fresh berries on vodka or alcohol. There are several recipes for this home-made drink, here are some of them.

• Cigarette Recipe # 1

One glass of sugar is taken, one glass of fresh cranberry juice and one liter of vodka. Cranberry juice should be filtered, and then pour a glass of sugar. All you need to mix thoroughly, warm it up a little so that the sugar can dissolve. After that I pour in liquid vodka, and the drink is left for a day. After the specified period, the filling is poured into a container that is convenient for storage and is used for its intended purpose.

• The recipe for the filling № 2

It is necessary to prepare three tablespoons of cranberries, one glass of sugar, one glass of boiled water and one liter of alcohol.

Cranberry is crushed in a blender and put in a three-liter can. Sugar is poured into it, water and alcohol are poured in. The bank is closed with a polyethylene lid and placed in a place inaccessible to children, in the dark. There she must stand for a month, after which the drink must be filtered through a cotton-gauze filter and leave to rip for a few more days. Then we take a nourishment from a secluded corner and treat guests with a drink.

• Cigarette Recipe # 3

You need to make one glass of fresh cranberries, half a glass of sugar, and one liter of vodka. Berries are moved and washed, then mixed with sugar. Then the mixture is passed through a meat grinder or crushed in a blender. Berry mass is placed in a saucepan and vodka is poured into it. All you need to mix well and leave for five days, stirring every day the tincture. After the expiration of the specified period, the filling is filtered using a layer of gauze folded into several layers and left for another day. Everything, the drink is ready and it can be bottled.

Wine from cranberries

Cranberries are not the most recommended berries for the production of house wine. Since the content of sugars in it is very low, and acids, on the contrary, a lot. Therefore, for the preparation of cranberry wines, water is needed to reduce the sour taste of the finished product. Wine from cranberries can be sweet and strong.

• Recipe No. 1 - homemade sweet wine

It is necessary to take cranberry juice - eight liters, sugar - five kilograms and water two and a half liters.

The cranberry moves, and the ripened berries are selected from it. The berries are washed, soaked in cold water and left for one hour. After that, the berries are rinsed, and the liquid merges.

Cranberry mnetsya, lets the juice and left at room temperature for fifteen days for fermentation. After that, cranberry mass is added with sugar and water. Everything is thoroughly mixed and left for thirty days. At the end of this period, the breg is filtered through layers of gauze folded into several layers and poured over glass containers. Drink should be left for another thirty to forty days, so that the wine is infused.

• Recipe No. 2 - homemade fortified wine

It takes a kilogram of cranberries, one liter of alcohol, one liter of water and seventeen tablespoons of sugar. Cranberries are washed and dried. After that, the berries are passed through a meat grinder or crushed in a blender. Cranberry mass is transferred to a three-liter jar, alcohol is poured into it and everything is left for a week. After this period, water is poured into the liquid and the drink is left again for a week. Then the sugar dissolves in two liters of water and combines with the drink. Then the tincture is stirred and heated to a temperature of approximately sixty or seventy degrees. Further the drink is cooled, filtered, bottled in glass containers and left for infusion for one more day. After that, the wine can be consumed as a drink to the festive table.

Cranberry tea

Tea with cranberries is a healthy and tasty drink, which is good for pampering yourself in autumn slush and winter cold.

• The recipe for tea № 1 - with orange juice and spices

It takes two hundred grams of cranberries, two hundred grams of sugar, half a liter of water, one orange juice, some cinnamon, eight buds of cloves and strong tea.

Berries are moved and washed. Then one handful of berries should be put aside, and the rest are wiped through a sieve or crushed in a blender. Then the berry mixture is laid out in gauze and juice is squeezed out of it. Cranberry cake is laid out in a saucepan, filled with water and brought to a boil. The resulting broth is filtered and it is added to the previously prepared juice from cranberries, as well as orange juice, spices, sugar and a piled handful of berries. All the ingredients are mixed and left to infuse for an hour. After that the cranberry mixture is mixed with strong tea and is fed to the table.

• The recipe for tea № 2 - fast cooking

It is necessary to take one tablespoon of cranberries, one tablespoon of tea and sugar to taste. Tea is prepared from the prepared amount of tea leaves. The berries are warmed up, and sugar is added to them, after which the berry mass is poured with cooked tea.

• The recipe for tea № 3 - with herbs

To prepare the drink you need to stock up half a tablespoon of cranberries (fresh or frozen), three teaspoons of sugar, one teaspoon of herbal tea (or half teaspoon of black / green tea), three cloves and 600 ml of water. You can use mint in dried or fresh form instead of herbal tea. Then you need to take eight to ten leaves of fragrant grass. Sugar can also be replaced with honey, which must be added to the drink after it has been infused.

Cranberries are warmed in a cup along with sugar. Berry mass is placed in the teapot, the volume of about one liter. There is put welding (mint or herb collection), cloves and everything is filled with boiling water. The tea should be infused for ten minutes, the teapot is best covered with a towel.

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Liquor from cranberries

Among alcoholic beverages, which can be prepared with cranberries, you can highlight the liqueur.

Liquor from cranberries is a delicious alcoholic drink related to dessert home products. It contains all the vitamins and minerals that are found in cranberries. A beautiful red color and unusual taste of the drink will make it an ornament of any festive table.

To prepare the liqueur, you need to take eight glasses of cranberries, one kilogram of sugar, one and a half liter of vodka, two buds of cloves, two pieces of cardamom. Cranberries must be necessarily ripe, otherwise the quality of the drink is reduced.

Cranberries are washed, dried and chopped in a blender (or with a meat grinder). Berry mass is laid out in a glass container and filled with vodka, after which it is tightly covered and left to be infused for three to four days.

At the end of the period, a saucepan is taken, on which a colander is put, covered with gauze, folded into several layers. In the "construction" laid berry mass, which is filtered, and cake is carefully squeezed.

Then the infusion is poured into another pan, convenient for heating on fire. The sugar is added to the container, and the dishes are put on a small fire, where the liquid is heated only until the sugar dissolves. Spices are poured into the mortar and then wrapped in a small bag of gauze. The drink is removed from the fire and the cooked bag is lowered into it for five minutes. After that, the spices are removed, and the liquor is thoroughly filtered using gauze. At the very end, the drink is poured into bottles, closed with stoppers and put in storage in a dark, cool place.

How to drink cranberries?

Having become acquainted with the useful properties of cranberries for healing and various ways of using it, you can see that the most useful is the freshly prepared cranberry juice. On the second place on utility there is a cranberry mors from fresh or frozen berries. Then come compotes, teas from berries, leaves and twigs of cranberries, decoctions and infusions.

To use cranberries for healing, you need to understand, but how to drink cranberries correctly?

Fresh juice should not be taken on an empty stomach. It is better to do this after an hour or an hour and a half after eating. Also you need to consider that the substances that are contained in the juice, destroy the enamel of the teeth. Therefore, cranberry juice should be drunk through a tube, and after that thoroughly rinse the mouth with water.

The most optimal norm of cranberry juice per day is two glasses. This portion can be divided into three or four receptions.

Cranberry juice can be drunk as much as the need will be felt. For health purposes, you must drink at least one liter of drink per day. Cranberry juice can be drunk before meals, for half an hour. Or two hours after eating. It is best to add honey to the fruit, not sugar. Since honey has valuable healing qualities, and sugar, on the contrary, contributes to the provocation of many diseases. Honey should be added to drinks that have been cooled to a temperature of 60 to 70 degrees.

Cranberry compotes and teas are, of course, healthy drinks. But you need to consider that the heat treatment of berries leads to the fact that they disappear the necessary substances. Therefore, it is recommended to cranberry as little as possible, as well as twigs and leaves from it to heat and cook. You can drink compotes and cranberry teas when the need arises. The only warning, it is advisable not to drink liquid after eating. This dilutes the gastric juice and prevents proper digestion of food.

Broths and infusions of cranberries are drunk between meals and in the dosage that is necessary in the treatment of a particular disease. Again, I want to recall that the medicinal properties of a pure drink, without adding sugar.