I remembered seeing this procedure last year on television and searched my cooking notebooks to see if I had recorded it.I had listed the ingredients but the notes on the procedure were a bit vague so I decided to see more recipes on the internet and get everything clear before proceeding. The procedure proved to be a very easy one, as the only thing needed was to put the orange peels in the liquor for at least fifteen days and then prepare a syrup and mix it with the liqueur.

[Recipe + Video] Easy Mandarin Orange Homemade Liqueur

Using a potato peeler, peel the coloured bit of the mandarin peels off trying to avoid as much of the bitter white pith as possible. Any other citrus can be used. Smaller ones like mandarins or kumquats are added whole in the liquor. After making the Coffee Liqueur using leftover syrup from a Cherry spoon sweet, I’ve been using leftover fruit preserve syrups a lotwhen making liqueurs and the flavour is even better!The clear vodka will eventually take on a golden orange hue. Taste the vodka from time to time to judge the flavour but remember that there’s no sugar in it so it won’t taste like the flavoured vodkas at the shop yet. Thoroughly wash a 1-litre glass jar in hot soapy water and dry with a clean tea towel. Using a vegetable peeler, strip off as much clean, unblemished mandarin peel as you can and use a paring knife to slice off any pith (the white stuff) from the underside of the peel. Now, the mandarins on our tree were quite firm-skinned – not the kind that you can easily peel without making a mess – but if you have the kind with loose skin which falls off almost as you touch it, just remove as much pith as possible and you’re good to go. And if you want in on the fun but don’t have access to (or use for) alcohol? Try this lemon cordial recipe instead, which you can adapt to any other citrus fruit and, better yet, enjoy on the day it’s made. I filled a big glass jar with mandarins, poked them and then poured the alcohol on top to cover them. I stored it in the cupboard and let them steep in the alcohol, for 18 days. The more you leave them, the better. If I was not in a hurry to finish the drink, I may have left it more but the result shows that they were more than enough.

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Reading about liqueurs I learned that orange liqueurs are also called triple sec and the general principle of liqueur-making is to take an alcohol base (sometimes called “neutral spirits”) such as vodka, ouzo, tsikoudia, tsipouro, zivania, raki or whatever neutral spirit your area produces and steep a flavoring in it for a time. Next, filter out any remaining solids, add sweetening, and age. Finally, bottle and serve. Every recipe is different, and many have somewhat different procedures, but they each pretty much come down to that and each flavor creates its own dynamics over time. Greeks are very hospitable people and when you are friends with them whenever the occasion arises they will send you some of their home made or home produced products. We also have some friends from Crete and during the past years my eldest son, who is a student, has been working during the summer time in Cretan hotels. Whenever he used to come home on his days off, for a couple of days friends would send a bottle of their famous tsikoudia. Tsikoudia is their local drink made by distilling the leftover pomace after making wine. Whoever has been to Crete before knows that wherever you go, you will be offered a free drink of tsikoudia. So I have many bottles of tsikoudia from Crete and my relatives from Cyprus have also been sending me the Cypriot equivalent which is called Zivania. The method for making a lot of homemade liquors involves some cooking. You’re essentially making a syrup like simple syrup, only with flavorings. This is the right time to prepare the mandarin liqueur because late mandarins have a thin skin and almost no white part and therefore are perfect for this recipe. Can you imagine the satisfaction of serving your homemade liqueur to your guests? The recipe for mandarin liqueur When squeezing the oranges this great idea came up. To combine both oranges and tsikoudia and make an orange liqueur.As nothinggoeswasted in my kitchen, I thought of a way to make good use of them, so I made these delicious and addictive mandarin candied peels, which have a mild, boozy aftertaste. As I said in my previous posts for Mandarin Marlaladeand Mandarin Cake,we do have a lot of mandarins, so I made a lot of recipes. I also made this Mandarincello, which is a Mandarin Liqueur. So easy and you get a pure, natural orange liqueur which is a very mild drink by itself or you can make use of it in sweet and savory dishes. Put the mandarin juice, mandarin peels, sugar, water and cinnamon and bring to a boil. When it begins to create froth, turn off the heat before it overflows. Leave it on the ceramic stove until it cools*.