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Combine the peels with the vodka in the jar and place it in a dark cupboard for at least a couple of weeks but longer if possible. A couple of months might be best. Shaking the jar once a day will help disperse the flavour from the peel into the liquor. I used Tsipouro, which is another Greek pomace (the solids that remain after the production of wine) drink. Greeks are very hospitable people and when you are friends with them whenever the occasion arises they will send you some of their home made or home produced products. We also have some friends from Crete and during the past years my eldest son, who is a student, has been working during the summer time in Cretan hotels. Whenever he used to come home on his days off, for a couple of days friends would send a bottle of their famous tsikoudia. Tsikoudia is their local drink made by distilling the leftover pomace after making wine. Whoever has been to Crete before knows that wherever you go, you will be offered a free drink of tsikoudia. So I have many bottles of tsikoudia from Crete and my relatives from Cyprus have also been sending me the Cypriot equivalent which is called Zivania. Then add the alcohol and the syrup and pour the liqueur into the bottles. If you want a very clear liqueur, filter it once.
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There are many ways to make liqueurs but this time I made the mandarin liqueur using the whole fruit. The alcohol to be use must be a neutral spirit. You can read more details in my recipe for Cherry Pit Liqueur. After making the Coffee Liqueur using leftover syrup from a Cherry spoon sweet, I’ve been using leftover fruit preserve syrups a lotwhen making liqueurs and the flavour is even better! Mandarin Liqueur or Mandarincello is a very simple spirit made by the infusion of mandarinsin neutral alcohol. The quality comes entirely from the quality of the fruit, as each variety has its own distinct taste. Reading about liqueurs I learned that orange liqueurs are also called triple sec and the general principle of liqueur-making is to take an alcohol base (sometimes called “neutral spirits”) such as vodka, ouzo, tsikoudia, tsipouro, zivania, raki or whatever neutral spirit your area produces and steep a flavoring in it for a time. Next, filter out any remaining solids, add sweetening, and age. Finally, bottle and serve. Every recipe is different, and many have somewhat different procedures, but they each pretty much come down to that and each flavor creates its own dynamics over time.Could I Leave You from the Sondheim musical Follies, performed here by Dee Hoty for My Favourite Broadway: The Leading Ladies in 1998, a highly comforting yet exhilarating concert that I revisit frequently. This is such a good song in anyone’s hands, but Hoty has precisely the steel and elegance and control that makes it really shine. So easy and you get a pure, natural orange liqueur which is a very mild drink by itself or you can make use of it in sweet and savory dishes.
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Any other citrus can be used. Smaller ones like mandarins or kumquats are added whole in the liquor. And if you want in on the fun but don’t have access to (or use for) alcohol? Try this lemon cordial recipe instead, which you can adapt to any other citrus fruit and, better yet, enjoy on the day it’s made.
Add the alcohol, close tightly with the lid and place the jar in a cupboard and let them steep for 18 - 20 days. (At this point if you do not want to make candied mandarin peels, you extract the juice and just prepare the syrup and mix with the leftover alcohol). Bring to a boil again, lower heat and boil for 5 more minutes. Leave it on the ceramic stove until it cools. Boil again for a few more times until the peels are soft. For my liqueur I used the peel of four oranges which I put them in a coffee/tea jar, which had a filter on the top, filled it with tsikoudia and pressed the filter down so that the peels would submerge into the liquor. Thoroughly wash a 1-litre glass jar in hot soapy water and dry with a clean tea towel. Using a vegetable peeler, strip off as much clean, unblemished mandarin peel as you can and use a paring knife to slice off any pith (the white stuff) from the underside of the peel. Now, the mandarins on our tree were quite firm-skinned – not the kind that you can easily peel without making a mess – but if you have the kind with loose skin which falls off almost as you touch it, just remove as much pith as possible and you’re good to go. Put the mandarin juice, mandarin peels, sugar, water and cinnamon and bring to a boil. When it begins to create froth, turn off the heat before it overflows. Leave it on the ceramic stove until it cools*.
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After removing them from the alcohol, I squeezed out the juice. The juice, which was extracted from the fruit was 2 1/8 cups and I used it to make the syrup, which not only makes the colour more vivid but also adds a wonderful, more intense taste to the drink. Although my husband comes from Arcadia, all his relatives live in Sparta, Lakonia. Sparta is situated on the foothills of Taygetus Mountain and is the centre of an agricultural plain whose focus is the Eurotas valley. It is the local centre for the processing of goods such as citrus and olives . Recently, it has invested in one of the largest and most modern fruit juice production and conditioning plants in Greece, and has built up a reputation of excellence for its orange juices, produced from Lakonia oranges. When squeezing the oranges this great idea came up. To combine both oranges and tsikoudia and make an orange liqueur. The clear vodka will eventually take on a golden orange hue. Taste the vodka from time to time to judge the flavour but remember that there’s no sugar in it so it won’t taste like the flavoured vodkas at the shop yet.Pour the sugar into a bowl (or better yet, a measuring jug so it’s easier to pour into the jar later) followed by the mandarin segments. Stir with a wooden spoon, crushing the mandarin pieces to release their juice, and keep stirring until the sugar has dissolved into the mandarin juice and is no longer gritty when you do a little taste test. Add the citric acid to the bowl and stir again. The procedure proved to be a very easy one, as the only thing needed was to put the orange peels in the liquor for at least fifteen days and then prepare a syrup and mix it with the liqueur. The ones I have from Cyprus are produced in wineries whereas the ones from Crete are distilled in home distilleries. I’ve had them in my cupboards for months now not knowing what to do with them as we do not drink a lot in my family except occasionally my husband drinks some wine and ouzo. Peel four oranges as thinly as you can (without the white) and place in a jar. Add three cups of alcohol, such as tsikoudia, or vodka, ouzo, raki etc and leave it for 15 days, or more to steep. This is how you make liqueurs that are fruit flavored or herbal. It’s also how you make candy infusions.
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Place all ingredients except for lemon juice in a saucepan and boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add lemon juice and discard lemon peel. The peel should be infused with a litre of edible alcohol inside a well closed glass jar. It must macerate for 10 days. The fruit is versatile and can be used in a variety of drinks, including martinis, margaritas, and daiquiris. Its bright and citrusy flavor pairs well with a range of spirits, such as vodka, gin, and rum.This is the right time to prepare the mandarin liqueur because late mandarins have a thin skin and almost no white part and therefore are perfect for this recipe. Can you imagine the satisfaction of serving your homemade liqueur to your guests? The recipe for mandarin liqueur Add the alcohol, close tightly with the lid and place the jar in a cupboard and let them steep for 18 – 30 days. The method for making a lot of homemade liquors involves some cooking. You’re essentially making a syrup like simple syrup, only with flavorings. As I said in my previous posts for Mandarin Marlaladeand Mandarin Cake,we do have a lot of mandarins, so I made a lot of recipes. I also made this Mandarincello, which is a Mandarin Liqueur. As nothinggoeswasted in my kitchen, I thought of a way to make good use of them, so I made these delicious and addictive mandarin candied peels, which have a mild, boozy aftertaste.
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