Summer boozing
I bought this months BBC Good Food magazine and was very excited when I came across a recipe for cherry vodka. The other half and I are partial to the odd gin, but haven’t really drunk much vodka for years. I knew I had a bottle in the cupboard that had been untouched for some time, so I thought a revamp of it’s flavourless, colourless contents would be a tremendous idea and in a few weeks time we would be able to able savour it’s luscious sweet flavours in a cocktail or two sat in the sun (hopefully).
I took 400g of ripe red cherries, slit them, but not completely through and then added them to a saucepan of 200g caster sugar and 150ml of water. The cherries were then heated gently to dissolve the sugar and release the juices, then popped into a large jar and 700ml vodka added. I then sealed the jar, gave it a shake and will now wait patiently for four weeks until it is ready.
Tags: cherry, cocktail, food, liqueur, recipe, red, ripe, sugar, vodka
June 15th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
ooooo the best of the alcohol world and the best of the fruit world, I even think I have a Le Parfait jar big enough. Wonder can I wait 4 weeks though?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
June 15th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Yeah I will struggle! I made two and a half litres of sloe gin in october/november time, waited three months for it to mature and it was all finished by the beginning of March
June 16th, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Tee hee you’re as bad as me!! Will be buying a load of cherries when I’m shopping this week, must decide whether to use my Valrhona hot choc mix from Avoca to make chocolate vodka or to make cherry vodka!!! Or maybe both?!?!?!?!?
June 16th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
I think both, you never know when you need an alcoholic fix, basically anytime after noon any day of the week.
June 27th, 2008 at 9:15 am
Oooh fabulous. Now I just need to buy some cherries
July 20th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Oooh, I am tempted… but can I wait that long? XD