Making Fruit Liqueurs

[SKR8PN]

I have a bunch of zest in a bag in the freezer. I keep forgetting to buy vodka

How can you "forget" vodka???

Free, thanks for sharing. I make a version of this, but w/o the sugar. (Can't do sugar.) I love my granny-smith apple infused vodka the best. (I usually add it to a glass of ice, a twist if lime and a bit of tonic water.)

I would have NEVER thought of using apples in vodka! That sounds delicious!!

 

[Wifezilla]

I can't do sugar either so I am trying my next batch of Limoncello using erythritol. Apparently my son left a quart of vodka in the freezer when he was here on leave, so now I only need a few more lemons!

 

[Henrietta23]

I can't do sugar either so I am trying my next batch of Limoncello using erythritol. Apparently my son left a quart of vodka in the freezer when he was here on leave, so now I only need a few more lemons!

I will be eagerly awaiting your results! My naturopath wants me using Xylitol or STevia instead of sugar. I hadn't thought to try either in a recipe like this. The Xylitol just might work.

 

[mamaluv321]

YouTou can add the alcohol infused fruit to punch or wine for sangria. If you make several varieties at once, you can get really creative! And don't forget you can use rum the same as vodka (just don't use spiced or dark)

edited cause I was late!!

 

[big brown horse]

Rum on fresh fruit salad!! YUM!

 

[mamaluv321]

Rum on fresh fruit salad!! YUM!

Just don't let the kids find it! A friends 8yo ate half a pint jar of cherries she was soaking in rum to make chocolate covered rum-cherries! He had a "good day" We couldn't believe he was eating
them!! He said "I thought they were kinda...spicy. ".

 

[big brown horse]

Did he have a nice nap?

 

[ORChick]

I was looking through some of my old issues of "Herb Companion", and found an article on herbal liqueurs. I think I might try the recipe for thyme liqueur.

http://www.herbcompanion.com/Cooking/Exotic-Herbal-Spirits.aspx

 

[xpc]

Rum on fresh fruit salad!! YUM!

You'd have to be horse's petute to waste good liqueur on some fruit, I say leave the horse apples in the closet and jump on a dead mans chest - 15 men and the devil can't all be wrong.

Had to add the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzcv5TJkJBA

 

[freemotion]

The canteloupes are here! I bought three little ones at the farm stand tonight, three that had a very strong melon smell. I actually showed an older lady how to find a good melon! Go figure!

So I chopped them up and put the fruit into two quart jars. They filled them almost 3/4 of the way. Covered them with vodka and marked the calendar.

I have a nice bucket of peels and seeds for the goats, hens, and pigs!

Later I'm gonna mix all the spent fruit together and get my mom liquered up!

Oh, crap, I forgot to add the sugar! (running off to find the sugar....I know I bought some a couple of years ago....where is it???)

What I did:

3 small canteloupe (2-3 lbs cut up fruit?) divided into two one-quart canning jars
5/8 c sugar in each jar (the melon was very sweet)
Filled to about an inch from the top with vodka
Put away for one month