Hawthorn Liqueur (Brugnol) Homemade 🌿🍷 | Traditional Recipe with Wild Berries
An ancient recipe from the mountain tradition, simple and natural, which enhances the hawthorn berries – locally known as brugnol – to create a fragrant, digestive liqueur with a unique taste. 🌺
Perfect to enjoy at the end of a meal or to give as a gift in a bottle, the hawthorn liqueur is made with just a few ingredients: pure alcohol, sugar, and fresh berries picked at the right times. The result? An aromatic beverage, slightly tannic with a very characteristic fruity note. 🍶
🛒 Ingredients
- 1 liter of pure alcohol for liqueurs (95°)
- 250 g of sugar
- 300-350 g of hawthorn berries (brugnol) well ripe and washed
👩🍳 Preparation
- In a large glass bottle, pour the pure alcohol, the sugar, and the hawthorn berries.
- Tightly close and gently shake to mix the ingredients.
- Store the bottle in a cool and dark place.
- Let it infuse for 40 days, shaking the container 2-3 times a week.
- At the end of the period, carefully filter the liquid using a fine mesh strainer or cheesecloth.
- Bottle the liqueur in sterilized glass containers.
🍷 Storage and Consumption
- Let the liqueur rest for at least 1 week after bottling before serving.
- Store in a cool place, away from light.
- Great as a digestif or meditation liqueur.
✨ A simple and authentic recipe to rediscover the flavors of the herbs and wild fruits of our land.
The image of the dishes is purely indicative and may not necessarily correspond exactly to the recipe.
📚 Recipe from the popular tradition with wild hawthorn berries.
