XML RSSSubscribe To This Site

XML RSS
Add to Google
Add to My Yahoo!
Add to My MSN
Subscribe with Bloglines


Home
Useful Info
Articles
Site Policies
Contact
All Recipes
Almond
Apple
Apricot
Basil
Blackberry
Black Currant
Black Pepper
Blueberry
Caraway
Cardamom
Cherry
Chili
Cinnamon
Clove
Coriander
Crabapple
Cranberry
Crowberry
Dandelion
Dill
Elderberry
Garlic
Ginger
Hawthorn
Honey
Horseradish
Juniper
Lemon
Lemon Balm
Lemon Thyme
Lime
Linden
Maple
Oak
Orange
Peach
Pear
Peppermint
Plum
Pomegranate
Raisin
Raspberry
Rose
Rose Hip
Rosemary
Rowan
Saint John's Wort
Sea Buckthorn
Sea Wormwood
Sloe
Southernwood
Star Anise
Stinging Nettle
Strawberry
Sweet Cicely
Sweet Gale
Sweet Woodruff
Tarragon
Thyme
Tormentil
Vanilla
Walnut
Willow

Black Currant Schnapps

Black currant schnapps - based on fresh, wild or cultivated black currants and leaves - has a rich, fruity taste and a beautiful deep red colour.



Serve with cheese, cream cheese, cheese cake, ice cream, pancakes and desserts.

Or add a little schnapps to your black currant tea, juice, jam, marmalade and fruit sauces. Very fine as after-dinner drink.

Blends very well with...
cranberry schnapps · raspberry schnapps · almond schnapps.

Also, see how you can easily...
turn your black currant schnapps into a liqueur.



Recipe

Black currant plant with ripe black currants - Ribes nigrum You can use both wild and cultivated berries when you make this schnapps.

Cultivated berries are just as strong-flavoured as the wild ones.

Just remember to pick or buy the berries when they are big, juicy and most ripe.

Pick also a couple of young, fresh black currant leaves and add them to the vodka.

The leaves will enhance the wonderful berry flavours.


Click here for info about the Black Currant Plant


Direction:

  • Rinse black currant berries and leaves carefully.
  • Leave them to dry in the shadow - on paper towel.
  • If your berries are frozen - defrost them in the vodka.
  • Use a clean glass jar with tight-fitting lid.
  • Fill half the jar with berries - plus a couple of leaves.
  • Fill up with clear, unflavoured vodka - 40% alcohol content (80 proof).
  • Steep for 3-12 months in a dark place at room temperature, 18-20°C (64-68°F).
  • Shake lightly and taste it from time to time.
  • Strain and filter your infusion into a clean glass bottle or jar with tight-fitting lid.

You can serve your black currant schnapps after it has settled for a couple of days. Or you can store (age) it up to a couple of years in a dark place at room temperature before serving.

Note: If for some reason you are not satisfied with your infusion, there are ways to adjust both taste and flavours - click here to see how.

Serve your black currant schnapps at room temperature in suitable glasses. And remember to keep your schnapps bottle tightly closed and in a dark place before and between servings.












Home > Schnapps Recipes > Black Currant Schnapps

counter