Curacao Liqueur

Ingredients for a good Curacao Liqueur 700 ml Vodka 37.5% vol. 4 pieces. Navel Oranges, Organic only the yellow shell 10 g Orange peel, bitter, dried 10 g Orange peel, sweet, dried 3 g Lemon peel, dried 6 g Pomeranian peel, dried 10 pcs. Almonds, chopped 11 pcs. Cloves 70 g Light Cane Sugar 130 ml of water Blue fruit color (option) Brewing time 3 to 4 weeks Accessories: 1 liter Glass Curacao is a small island in the Caribbean. Here, in 1527, the Spaniards introduced an orange - Seville orange - which is still used today to make the refreshing liqueur of the same name. The orange is a "Bitter orange", which is not normally eaten, but is good for liqueur production.

Recipe No. 9 Curacao Liqueur The real Curacao Liqueur without color Cityscape from the capital Willemstad

Procedure without liability In a clean glass put the fresh orange peels and the dried spices, and a bottle of 37.5% vol. Vodka is poured over. The glass is closed and kept warm, dark and dry for 3 to 4 weeks. After 3 to 4 weeks, the contents are filtered and the schnapps is transferred to a new clean bottle. If you are satisfied with the clarity of the liqueur, it must now be mixed with sugar. I have taken as my starting point a liqueur of 30% vol. With a sugar content of 100 grams per liter. Therefore, the recipe must be followed. Measure how many ml of schnapps were left out, because something is lost in the fruit and the coffee filter. Dilute with more vodka so that there is 700 ml in total. Mix 130 ml of water and 70 grams of cane sugar in a saucepan. (I use spring water without lime). Use my Excel spreadsheet Wine and Schnapps percent and / or Snapse percent mixture for other values of alcohol percentage. Open the EXCL spreadsheet in a new window. Boil water and sugar until it melts - foam the surface if necessary - let the sugar mixture cool to 40 ° C. Pour the liqueur into the sugar mixture and stir well. Put it all in a clean clear bottle. Now fills a little more (873 ml) than the bottle of vodka. Now it is up to you to decide if the pure yellow color should be the color of your liqueur. Or if it should be blue, add drop by drop blue fruit color until you have achieved it desired color. When I mention that oranges need to be organic, it's because we need to use the peel. I then assume that the oranges are not sprayed.