Cranberry Liqueur
Total preparation time: 3 weeks
Serves: 25Ingredients:
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 washed, chopped cranberries
- 1 grated lemon rind
- 1 tablespoon frozen orange juice concentrate
- 2 cups vodka
- 1 grated lemon rind
Steps:
- 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
- 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.
- Blend on chop setting until berries are just barely chopped.
- Cool and add vodka. Pour into glass jar and store in cool, dark place for three weeks. Stir every so often
- 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.