Big Mill Bed & Breakfast

Cranberry Liqueur: Beverage

Servings: 25

Prep time:3 weeks

Ingredients:

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  1 cup water

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  2 cups sugar

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  2 washed, chopped cranberries

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  1 grated lemon rind

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  1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate

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  2 cups vodka

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  1 grated lemon rind

Step 1:

Combine water and sugar in heavy saucepan and bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer sugar syrup for five minutes, making sure the sugar is completely dissolved

Step 2:

Stir in cranberries, lemon rind and orange juice concentrate. Remove syrup mixture from heat and cool enough so that you can safely pour mixture into blender.

Step 3:

Blend on chop setting until berries are just barely chopped.

Step 4:

Cool and add vodka. Pour into glass jar and store in cool, dark place for three weeks. Stir every so often

Step 5:

Strain with cheesecloth several times until mixture comes out clear. Store in refrigerator. Reserve pulp for other things like a surprise in a chocolate truffle, over apple pie or baked in an acorn squash. Serve liqueur as a post prandial liqueur.