Five ingredients for happiness: It's that easy to make strawberry limes yourself
Created: 06/09/2022, 09:12
By: Maria Dirschauer
The strawberry season must be used: instead of cake or ice cream, a delicious strawberry lime can be conjured up from the red fruits.
Read how here.
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Bright red colour, wonderfully fruity and simply an eye-catcher: most people know and love
strawberry limes
, but have you ever made the liqueur yourself?
This is the DIY idea for the summer - and a great gift for the next barbecue party!
What is Strawberry Limes?
A "limes" is an alcoholic drink based on fruit puree.
The strawberry lime is probably the best-known representative.
The preparation works not only with strawberries, but also with other fruits.
Limes is mostly made with vodka (promotional link), the alcohol content is between 10 and 20 percent.
You can also use rum if you like.
This is what summer tastes like - a little tipsy: with delicious, homemade strawberry limes.
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How long is the strawberry season?
Strawberries are harvested in Germany from the end of April to the beginning of September.
During this period you can buy and process the fresh fruits with a clear conscience.
Out of season you can also use frozen fruit, let it thaw first.
Make strawberry limes yourself: You only need 5 ingredients
For 2 bottles:
260ml water
260 grams of sugar
1 kg of strawberries
80 ml lime juice
330 ml vodka
Recipe: It's that easy to make strawberry limes yourself
Boil the water and sugar in a saucepan, stirring, and simmer until the sugar has dissolved.
Then let cool.
Wash the strawberries carefully, remove the stalks and roots and puree the fruit with an immersion blender.
Mix the fruit puree with the lime juice (promotional link).
Stir the simple syrup from step 1 into the strawberry puree.
Now add the vodka and mix well.
Using a funnel, fill the finished strawberry limes into two clean bottles (boil beforehand).
Chill the bottles.
Do not refreeze these foods once they have been thawed
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So you can enjoy strawberry limes
Strawberry Limes is not only suitable for drinking it ice-cold as a shot or in a larger glass on ice cubes.
You can also create great drinks with it and serve it as
an aperitif
: mix the limes with sparkling wine, prosecco or tonic water.
Or would you prefer a
dessert
?
Give the strawberry limes over a few scoops of vanilla ice cream - a treat especially in summer (not suitable for children, of course).
How long does homemade strawberry lime keep?
Be sure to keep the strawberry limes in the fridge.
It can be kept there for about 2 months.
Acquired a taste?
You can also easily make the Italian lemon classic Limoncello yourself.
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