Home made cherry Liqueur

[TidiousTed]

This is an old family recipe that has been used in my family for at least five generations.

Fill a large lidded glass container with a wide enough opening to get the cherries in and out easily with equal measures of cherries and demerara sugar (unrefined cane sugar) I usually use 2 kilos of each.

Turn the container upside down once a day until the sugar is completely liquid. Remove the cherries and sugar from the container and separate so you can measure the liquid sugar. Then put it all back into the container and ad as much 120 proof vodka (made from potatoes as vodka should be) as you have liquid sugar.

Leave for at least two month before pouring into bottles (just the liquid of course)

I have started mine all ready and as the tradition goes in my family it will not be either tasted or filled into bottles before the day before x-mas.

The cherries can be used as snacks or cake toppings but go easy on them, they contain enought alcohol to deck a grown man if you're not careful

 

[Tomasso]

Sounds good!

 

[TidiousTed]

If you want a spicier liqueur you can add 8 - 10 crushed nutmegs and 15 - 20 crushed allspice corns as you add the vodka. My grandmother used to do that.

 

[Hawkcigar]

One of my employees brings me a quart of homemade cherry liqueur every year at Christmas time. I'm always grateful and savor it for as long as I can.

 

[Undertow]

This sounds great, thanks for sharing!

Any suggestions on the "large lidded glass container(s)"?

 

[TidiousTed]

This sounds great, thanks for sharing!

Any suggestions on the "large lidded glass container(s)"?

Large mason jars should do the trick I use a couple of old Swedish five liter beer bottles with a rather wide top

 

[HepKitty]

ooh sounds wonderful, thanks for sharing