Tincture on pine nuts on vodka

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Prepare the products. We take vodka for home tinctures only of good quality. We choose the nut carefully, if even a little sweet gets in, the smell of musty will spoil the whole drink and will not disappear anywhere.

2. Step 2:

   

   Nuts require pretreatment, without which they simply cannot be used. There is a lot of resin on the surface of nuts. Once in the stomach, the resin is harmful to health, since it is not excreted from the body. First of all, the pancreas suffers. Therefore, the proper preparation of the nut should not be neglected. To begin with, soak the nuts in cool water, all that has surfaced is to remove, these are empty nuts and litter. Then rinse well.

3. Step 3:

   

   Pour the washed nuts with boiling water to hide everything. Bring to a boil and boil for 2-3 minutes. Since the nut is small, it does not take much time.

4. Step 4:

   

   Drain the water and rinse the nuts with cold water. Repeat the boiling and rinsing process 3 times. Washing the nuts in boiling water, we thereby wash off the resin. Along the way, we rid the future cedar tincture of a sharp smell and bitterness, since the shell contains a lot of tannins.

6. Step 5:

   

   This is the water after each drain, respectively, the darkest on the left, then it brightens. If the nuts are not treated properly with boiling water, the tincture will turn out dark and cloudy.

7. Step 6:

   

   Pour the nut treated with boiling water into a glass container. We put sugar, a leaf of black currant, fresh is better, but it is possible and wilted. Add vanilla just a little bit, on the tip of the knife. And dried orange peel slice, you can fresh. Pour all the vodka and mix thoroughly. To prevent alcohol from evaporating, cover the jar with polyethylene and close the lid very tightly. Put in a dark place at room temperature for 10 days. Shake every 2-3 days.

8. Step 7:

   

   After the cedar has been infused, it must be filtered. I have a funnel with a very fine sieve, if there is no such, use gauze or cotton wool. Pour the filtered tincture into a bottle and put it in the refrigerator for 3-4 days, its taste will improve.

9. Step 8:

   

   The finished cedar from well-washed nuts should be transparent, have a cognac color / but not too dark /, about as in the photo. It's okay if you get it lighter, the smell and taste will be the same. Due to inexperience, many people put a nut more, it will give a dark color, a tart taste. The drink will turn out to be viscous, little suitable for drinking. You can fix it by diluting it with vodka 1:1