Blood Orange Liqueur
- Ready In:
- 672hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Yields:
-
1 quart
ingredients
- 4 blood oranges
- 1 lemon
- fresh ginger, 2-inch piece peeled and sliced
- 2 cups vodka
- 1 1⁄2 cups simple syrup
directions
- Make simple syrup by heating 2 1/2 cups water and 3 cups sugar in a saucepan over medium heat until it comes to a boil. Lower heat and simmer 5 minutes. Let cool before using. Any extra will keep in the refrigerator for a month or so, and is good for sweetening iced tea, etc.
- Wash, dry and peel the zest from the oranges and lemons, being careful not to take any of the pith. Place in a large glass jar.
- Remove pith from two of the oranges. Cut up the fruit and add to the jar. (You will not use the remaining oranges in this recipe).
- Stir to smash the fruit a bit, add the vodka, ginger and lemon and seal the jar.
- Place in a cool, dry spot, away from sunlight for two weeks, swirling it about occasionally.
- Stir in the simple syrup, reseal, and again set aside for two weeks, swirling occasionally.
- Strain the liqueur.
- Filter it through a double layer of cheesecloth into a pitcher.
- Filter a final time through 2 new layers of cheesecloth into the final bottle.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
duonyte
United States
My screen name is a diminutive in Lithuanian for bread, so you won't be suprised to learn that I love to bake bread. In recent years I have been baking a lot of sourdough breads and have several starters sitting in my refrigerator. But I like to cook a lot of other things, as well, especially from various cultures. The cat wishes I would concentrate on meat and fish... I joined a few years ago but started posting recipes and participating in forums just recently - I wish I had done so earlier. Recipezaar is a great community! Right now I am a co-host for the Breads and Baking and the Eastern Europe forums - I hope to see you there!