Saurian Brandy
Just Started yet another Batch of my now seemingly Famous, Saurian Brandy (it seems to be SO Popular, that I'm Actually getting Orders for it!!)
Anyway....
Here's the Main Recipe:
Saurian Brandy
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Ingredients:
1/4 cup grated Orange rind
1 pint 100 proof Vodka
1 cup Sugar
2/3 cup grade "A" Maple syrup
Mixing instructions:
Put orange rind in a half-pint jar with 1/4 cup vodka. Seal it and shake occasionally. Let it steep overnight. -- Pour sugar and 1 2/3 cups vodka into a 28 ounce bottle. Seal it and shake until all the sugar is dissolved, then add the maple syrup. -- Filter the orange extract through a fine handkerchief or coffee filter until it becomes clear. -- Add a tablespoon of the final extract to the vodka syrup mixture and mix well. If your orange peels are much more or less aromatic than average, adjust the quantity so that you have enough to hide the maple flavor, without having enough to make the liqueur bitter or recognizably orange flavored.
I have 'Altered' this Recipe when I Needed to....
For Example, 100 Proof Wodka, which would be ABSOLUT RED, isn't Available in Australia
Best we can get here is 80 Proof, or 40%....again in ABSOLUT Varieties, as most other Vodka is 37.5% at Best
Also....
In Recent Batches, I have been Using ABSOLUT MANDARIN
While it Saves the HUGE Mess with the Oranges, I've been Told that it doesn't Taste quite the same (Tastes Better, as far as I'm Concerned, but that's merely my Opinion), so in the NEXT Batch, I'm going to have to go back to that HUGE Mess with the Oranges :-(
Oh well....
C'este La Vie, I guess
Anyway....
Here's the Main Recipe:
Saurian Brandy
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ingredients:
1/4 cup grated Orange rind
1 pint 100 proof Vodka
1 cup Sugar
2/3 cup grade "A" Maple syrup
Mixing instructions:
Put orange rind in a half-pint jar with 1/4 cup vodka. Seal it and shake occasionally. Let it steep overnight. -- Pour sugar and 1 2/3 cups vodka into a 28 ounce bottle. Seal it and shake until all the sugar is dissolved, then add the maple syrup. -- Filter the orange extract through a fine handkerchief or coffee filter until it becomes clear. -- Add a tablespoon of the final extract to the vodka syrup mixture and mix well. If your orange peels are much more or less aromatic than average, adjust the quantity so that you have enough to hide the maple flavor, without having enough to make the liqueur bitter or recognizably orange flavored.
I have 'Altered' this Recipe when I Needed to....
For Example, 100 Proof Wodka, which would be ABSOLUT RED, isn't Available in Australia
Best we can get here is 80 Proof, or 40%....again in ABSOLUT Varieties, as most other Vodka is 37.5% at Best
Also....
In Recent Batches, I have been Using ABSOLUT MANDARIN
While it Saves the HUGE Mess with the Oranges, I've been Told that it doesn't Taste quite the same (Tastes Better, as far as I'm Concerned, but that's merely my Opinion), so in the NEXT Batch, I'm going to have to go back to that HUGE Mess with the Oranges :-(
Oh well....
C'este La Vie, I guess