| Make Your Own
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BASIC EQUIPMENT
- 1 quart saucepan
- Measuring cup
- Measuring spoons
- 1 quart bottle (32 oz.) or a fifth (25.4 oz.),
empty and clean
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BASIC INGREDIENTS
- Spirits: vodka, gin, brandy, Scotch or grain
alcohol
- White granulated sugar
- Water
- Fruit extracts. Various brands of extracts are
available at home winemaking stores. The French
brand "Noirot" is highly recommended.
- Glycerine. Adds body and smoothness.
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CHERRY BRANDY
- 1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Cherry Brandy
Extract
- 1 cup medium sugar syrup
- Brandy
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APRICOT BRANDY
- 1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Apricot Brandy
Extract
- Brandy
- (no sugar syrup)
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| Plum Brandy Recipe |
[From e-mail correspondent Jean Thompson]
- 1 1/2 lb Plums; fresh; halved; pitted
- 2 cup Sugar
- 2 cup Gin
Microwave directions: Remove pits In medium glass bowl
thoroughly combine all ingredients.
Heat 10 minutes on POWER LEVEL 7 (Medium-High) until
sugar is dissolved, stirring once.
Continue cooking on POWER LEVEL 1 (Warm) an additional
30 minutes, stirring twice.
Cover and let stand 3 to 4 days. Strain before using.
Yield: 2 cups.
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CREME DE COCOA
- 1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Cocoa Extract
- 2 cups sweet sugar syrup
- Vodka or grain alcohol
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CREME DE MENTHE
- 1 bottle Noirot (or similar) Green Mint Extract
- 2 cups sweet sugar syrup
- Vodka or grain alcohol
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BASIC METHOD
- Make your sweet or medium syrup in the following
way:
- Sweet syrup - 2 cups sugar to 1 cup water
- Medium Syrup - 1 cup sugar to 1/2 cup
water
- Combine the sugar and water in the saucepan and
bring it just to a boil. Cool for few minutes.
- Pour the required amount of syrup into your clean
bottle.
- Add the extract.
- Add glycerine and coloring if required.
- Fill the bottle to the top with the spirits. A
liqueur made in a quart bottle will have a
stronger alcoholic taste than one made in a fifth
bottle.
- Close the bottle and shake. Cool before drinking.
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| HOMEMADE COFFEE LIQUEUR |
| Ingredients: |
- Three and three quarter cups warm water
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup Yuban Instant Coffee
- 1 Vanilla bean (available at most health food
stores if not at
your local supermarket's spice section)
- 1 Quart of 100 proof vodka.
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| Directions: |
- Dissolve sugar into three and three quarter cups
warm water.
- Bring syrup mixture to a boil and boil hard for
15 minutes.
- While syrup is boiling, dissolve coffee into
three quarter cups of warm water. Add vanilla
bean, split lengthwise.
- When syrup boiling time is up; remove from stove
and allow to cool for five minutes. Then add
coffee-vanilla bean mixture, and allow to cool to
room temperature.
- When cool, add all the vodka, stir lightly and
pour into clean gallon jug.
- Allow to stand for two weeks at room temperature
before drinking. Enjoy! But be careful. This is a
potent drink.
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