Liquori Casalinghi Cherry Liqueur
Back to listIngredients:
- 1 1/2 lbs ripe flavorful cherries
- 1 cup sugar less 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1/3 cup water plus
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 3/4 cups grain alcohol or 1 3/4 cups vodka
Steps:
- You will need to crush the cherries along with their pits I found it was easiest to use a heavy duty extra large zip lock adding a handful of cherries at a time and smash each cherry with a hammer Be sure to crust the pit well Push the pulp to the bottom of the bag and add the next handful
- Leave covered in a dark place for 24 hours
- After 24 hours boil the water and add the sugar Stir until sugar is dissolved Remove from heat
- Put cherry mixture in a fine muslin bag or use a fine sieve and squeeze the juice into a bowl
- Add the cherry juice to the sugar syrup mixture and set aside to cool
- Add alcohol to the cooled cherry syrup
- Pour into a jar with a tight fitting lid and place in a cool dark place for one week
- After one week filter into a cool looking bottle seal and age it for at least six months before you pop the top