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Christmas Vodka
Christmas pudding flavours infused in a vodka base to create a delicious homemade liqueur. Perfect to give as a holiday gift.
Servings: 25 20 ml shots
Ingredients
- 150 g dried fruit
- 40 g muscovado sugar
- 1 inch cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- 3 all spice berries
- zest of half an orange
- 350 ml vodka
Instructions
- Use a vegetable peeler to lift strips of orange zest, avoiding the white pith.
- Cut whole fruit like apricots and figs to the size of a raisin. Put all the fruit in a wide-necked jar. Add the sugar, spices and orange zest.
- Pour in the vodka. Then seal and swirl the jar to mix. Leave for three days to a week, so that your Christmas pudding vodka has time to take on all the flavours.
- When the vodka is ready, the fruit will be swollen, the sugar dissolved and the vodka a rich brown colour. A sediment will have settled at the bottom of the jar.
- Strain the vodka through a sieve. Save the fruit, as this can be used in cakes, on pancakes and in other recipes.
- (Optional) Filter your vodka through a sieve lined with kitchen paper, or use a coffee filter if you have one. This can take several hours but results in a clear, attractive spirit.
- Bottle and seal your Christmas vodka, ready to drink.
Notes
- Use a mid range vodka, nothing too grand, but not the cheapest. Supermarket own brand vodka is ideal.
- To change the flavours vary the dried fruit – apricots, figs, and cherries are all delicious, but keep half to two thirds of the mix as currants and raisins.
- Vary the sugars to change the flavour. I like a good fully flavoured muscovado sugar. A lighter sugar will make a lighter infusion.
- Swap in some different spices – but don’t go too wild and swamp the flavours.
- Filtering takes ages - it starts fast and then goes to a slow drip. I usually leave it overnight.
- This recipe is 5 Weight Watchers Smart Points per portion
• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
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