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Vanilla Liqueur

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 5 ingredients

  1. Spirit
  2. 1 lb. of sugar
  3. 3 pints of proof gin
  4. 2 sticks of vanilla
  5. a quart of water

Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.
  • Hot sugar. Hot sugar sticks to skin and burns far hotter than boiling water: don't touch or taste it. Keep a bowl of cold water close, and keep children away while it cooks.

Method

  1. Ingredients.
  2. — 2 sticks of vanilla, 3 pints of proof gin, 1 lb.
  3. of sugar.
  4. Mode.
  5. — Break the vanilla into the gin, and let it infuse for a fortnight.
  6. Boil the sugar in a quart of water to a clear syrup, pour in the spirit and vanilla, and simmer for 10 minutes.
  7. Filter and bottle.
  8. Time, 14 days.
  9. Average cost, 6s.
  10. 6d.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan