fruit flavoured vodka

[kate&rob]

does anyone know how to make fruit flavoured vodka? do i just put fruit into a bottle and leave it?

[SarzWix]

About a third of a bottle of fruit, filled up with vodka, sugar to taste Frozen fruit works reeally well, because as it defrosts in the vodka it releases the juices too.

[starloc]

I used to make drink from vodka that tasted just like apple schnapps i was taught how to make it by a friend we stay with in germany,

He gets about a litre of cooked apple, cherrys or apricots (cooked with a bit of water till they go to mush and have little water left), then he mushes it up, adds a litre of it to a litre of vodka and shakes it round, puts it in a jar in a cupboard for a couple of weeks shakeing occasionaly, then strains it,
Then you mix 2 parts of the flavoured vodka and 1 part golden syrup

It tastes great, possibly can be done with less syrup, ive never tried...i like sweet drinks

[Eyren]

I like raspberry vodka - the alcohol preserves all the delicate raspberry flavour. Absolutely delicious!

I use a tall Kilner jar (2litres, I think), half fill with raspberries (about 600g), add some caster sugar (my recipe suggests 300g, but I think that's too much!) and then fill to the top with vodka - a standard 75cl bottle is usually about right. Put in a cool dark cupboard and gently shake every day or two until the sugar is dissolved. After a couple of months, drain carefully and decant into a bottle. Don't throw the raspberries away - they will be a dull pale pink colour but are still delicious with icecream

P.S. I base this on a recipe for redcurrant gin (also very nice!) from "Sensational Preserves" by Hilaire Walden

[Hans Mum]

i did much the same as Eyren with elderberries last year, and it was delicious

[Nicos]

Well..I suppose I had to suggest rhubarb schnapps didn't I?????

here's Andrewo's posting a while back!!

"I've just done a search for the recipe and cannot find it, so here it is again:

You have to be patient because the process couldn't be easier. The recipe I use comes from Nigella Lawson's 'How to Be a Domestic Goddess'.

The ratio is 2 lbs rhubarb to 1 1/2 cups sugar to 1 litre of vodka (I buy the cheap stuff from Sainsbury's - have discovered by trial and error that this is the best one).

I cut the rhubarb into 1 1/2 inch pieces, place in a sterilized jar, add sugar, pour vodka over to fill the jar, cover tightly, and shake alot.

I then put the jars somewhere cool and dark for at least 6 weeks (I put mine under the stairs) and shake it every few days.

The light, aromatic liquor tastes like sweet-sour cotton candy and funnily enough with a hint of peaches. You can drink it straight, and boy will that give a flush to your cheeks but it works well with lemonade and soda water (especially in summer with some fruit and borage in, like pimms but with a hell of kick). It also works well over ice cream."


I've made quite a lot of it over the years- and it's lovely- although now I put in much less sugar!

[Hilary B]

All these recipes are about the same as my sloe gin recipe. I have some biggish jars which originally contained olives. I fill very loosely with sloes to about 3/4 full, pour on dry sugar to just 'cover' (don't shake the jar while filling). Then put the lid on, shake violently, and stand on a sunny windowsill (if you have one) for 2 days, shaking twice a day. The airing cupboard might do. It is warmth that makes the juice run. When there is reddish syruppy liquid in the base of the jar, add gin, until the jar is pretty full. Put in wamr cupboard, but stir/shake daily until all the sugar has dissolved. Leave 6 weeks to 6 months (we often don't get around to bottling it for ages). Strain and bottle. If you didn't leave it too long you can do a second extraction (the fruit will have shrunk, so use less sugar and gin). This won't be as good as the first, but decidedly in the 'drinkable' category.

You can do similar with pretty near any combination of fruit and distilled alcohol. Some spirits are 'gentler' than others. Most prefer tart fruits with the 'gentle' spirits, and sweeter fruits with the harsher types.

[stevemac]

I tried the Fennel vodka from river cottage

Three Vodkas Recipe | Food | Channel4.com

And a cinnamon scnapps recipe

Both are very nice and nearly finished!

[Irie Jan]

I like this thread! lol am feeling sozzled just reading all the different recipes
Moonshine! LOL




xx Jan

[Glutton4...]

I like this thread! lol am feeling sozzled just reading all the different recipes
Moonshine! LOL




xx Jan

Now you're talkin' I had a friend who used to make it. XXXX rated brain-damage material. I hated it when I first tried it, but you soon acquire a taste lol

[kate&rob]

thanks all, will just have to have a go now!

[oggie68]

i made some pear drop vodka last year.Drink some out of bottle first!! Smash up some pear drops,put into bottle leave 1 week or longer. shake every day.YUM YUM

[Dane End Dolly]

I made blackberry vodka last year from the blackberries i had gathered. I made 2 x 1lt kilner jars and i am afraid it only lasted until christmas, it was lovely and got demolished. I am under instruction to make double the amount this year.

The sloe gin was fab too!!!!!!

I also used the cheapest gin and vodka i could find.

Kim

[Alison]

Anybody made anything with white rum - somebody left a bottle of some really cheap and nasty bacardi rip off at our house after a party a couple of years ago and it could do with livening up. Was thinking of trying it with some of the blackberries I have left in the freezer but am open to suggestions.

[Irie Jan]

Anybody made anything with white rum - somebody left a bottle of some really cheap and nasty bacardi rip off at our house after a party a couple of years ago and it could do with livening up. Was thinking of trying it with some of the blackberries I have left in the freezer but am open to suggestions.

have not made any of these drinks but you could have a look anyway.

Follow the link then click on each drink name for the info how to make!

Rum Cocktail and Drink Recipes