Strong concentrated liquor with expressive mint flavor is rarely used in its pure form, based on it prepared a stunning cocktails.
Peppermint liqueur Recipe
Ingredients:
peppermint - 70 g
vodka - 300 ml
sugar - 1 cup
water - 1 cup
gel food coloring - 1 drop
mint liqueur at home - ingredients
Preparation:
Peppermint has a special place among the variety of varieties of spicy plants with curative effect. It is characterized by bright and sharp flavor, so mint liqueur demonstrate the amazing richness of color and flavor.
Cut long stems plant, mint wash under water flow.
Stems shake off water quenched mint leaves. The leaves are cut with a knife, tough stems discarded.
Mint folded into a clean, dry jar.
Leaves pour vodka. Mint tamped with a wooden spoon, so that all the leaves are covered with vodka. Bottle opening is covered tightly with plastic lid. Alcoholate tied for 36 hours in the refrigerator.
Syrup take normal white crystal sugar.
Poured into water. The syrup is boiled for 5 minutes on medium heat.
Removed from the refrigerator mint alcohol tincture. Filter it through 3-4 layers of cheesecloth, leaves wrapped in cheesecloth and squeeze.
In mint liqueur is a yellow-brown color. If you want to get a deep green color, a shade reminiscent of fresh mint leaves, you need to add one drop of food coloring gel.
Now it's time to make a tincture to mint liqueur: green liquid is mixed with sugar syrup cooled down.
Liquor is poured into a glass bottle, screw cap. Liquor from mint should infuse in the refrigerator for 5 days.
Ready liquor store in the refrigerator. Concentrated mint liqueur, home-prepared with vodka, will be an excellent remedy during cold, of course, in which case the dose is not measured cups and spoons. Liquor can whisk with white ice cream, you get a fun thick light green cocktail with alcohol flavor.
Or use this: take a tall glass, optimum volume - 200 ml. Pour cooled peppermint liquor so that it fills 2/3 cup. Then 2 tablespoons of lemon juice and the remaining volume is filled with cold water, it can be normal or carbonated. This will be one of the adapted version of the "mojito". We can proceed in another way: pour a glass of crushed ice to 1/3 volume, and then pour the mint liqueur.
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