Exceptional Milk Liqueur! in just 10 days!

Recipe Rating:	1 Rating5
Categories:	Punches, Cocktails, Other Drinks
Keywords:	lemon, orange, cinnamon, Vanilla, milk, vodka

Ingredients

THE BASE
2 c	vodka
2 c	sugar (or less if you prefer your liqueurs to be a little less sweet)
2 c	milk (full fat)
THE ADDITIONS & AROMAS
1	orange (juice and peel)
1-2	lemon (juice and peel)
1	vanilla pod (or 1 tablespoon vanilla extract)
1	piece of dark chocolate
1	cinnamon stick
	*feel free to add or change the flavors.
	*the additions/aromas are what gives the flavor and color to the liqueur.

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Cosette Khoryati

Lightly Salted

Beirut, Lebanon

CosetteKR

Member Since Feb 2013

Cosette's Notes:

I made this liqueur for Christmas 2012, it was so good! delicious, smooth, light, people did not believe that it was home made!!
I actually had doubts about it but I decided to make it anyway. It was a cool science experience, a very easy and satisfying one :)

Directions

Mix all ingredients (base + additions), and leave the mixture in a closed jar for 10 days, keep it away from daylight.
Every day shake the jar, the mixture may stratify, don’t worry it is absolutely normal.

After 10 days, filter (several times) the mixture through a coffee filter until it become crystal clear.
Cheers!

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Lisa Nicometi... 2sweetinc

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Bobby Webb Bobdoescooking

Feb 13, 2013

Hi Cosette,
This sounds like my type of Christmas CHEERS, I will try this soon. Bobby

Cosette Khoryati CosetteKR

Feb 13, 2013

Lisa, thank you for sharing the recipe.
Bobbdy, hope you like it, it's a nice mellow liqueur. Don't lose patience when you start filtering! it might take a while :)

Shellie Phillips SavannahApril

Feb 14, 2013

Hi Cosette! This sounds wonderful, so wonderful in fact I am not going to wait for a holiday to make it. However, I have one question . . . When do you put in the additions/aromas? and is it necessary or optional? Thanks!

Cosette Khoryati CosetteKR

Feb 14, 2013

Hi Shellie,
The additions/aromas are to be put straight away when you make the base mix, and yes they are necessary because after all they are the flavor.
When you filter the liqueur, what's left is a sweet vodka (vodka + sugar) that has a milk after taste (smoothness), so you will be left with a completely transparent tasteless light alcohol!! (the filtered milk will take away from the rawness of the alcohol, makes the final product smoother)
The real taste is actually in the additions, so you can go with what is mentioned in the recipe above or you can just create your own signature liqueur, for example you can put dried apple, any sort of berries, spices you like etc. They will give color of the final product and will give it its identity really.
So go ahead open that jar and put everything in it and let it steep for 10 days and see what happens. Let's hope you will like it :)
Have fun ;)

Millie Johnson BISCUITMAKR

Feb 16, 2013

No refrigeration ?

Cosette Khoryati CosetteKR

Feb 16, 2013

No refrigeration. I kept my jar in a cupboard, away from excess heat and light. Now I still have half a bottle, keeping in with other alcohol bottles in the dining room cabinet. If you wanna drink it chilled you can refrigerate it after filtration (final product), otherwise it doesn't need to.

PS: If you like your liqueur to be strong, I think you should add the vodka amount a little bit.

Millie Johnson BISCUITMAKR