Summer Berry Vodka
BBC Good Food sent me this summer drink recipe this week and it looks really good.
Ingredients:
- 350g raspberries
- 800g strawberries , trimmed and quartered
- 1 unwaxed lemon , zested
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 1 vanilla pod , halved
- 70cl bottle vodka
- 150g raspberries
- 150g blueberries
- 2 nectarines , cut into slivers
- 1 bottle cava or soda water
Methodology:
1. Put the 350g raspberries, strawberries, lemon zest and caster sugar in a bowl and crush with a potato masher. Add the vanilla pod, mix well and leave for 2 hours until the fruit starts to become really juicy.
2. Cover the fruit with the vodka, mix well, cover and chill for at least 3 days, or until needed.
3. Strain the vodka through a fine mesh sieve [Or muslin*] then decant into a clean bottle.
Pour a measure of the vodka into a tall glass, add a few fresh raspberries, blueberries and the slices of nectarine.
Top up with chilled cava or soda and ice to serve.
* That's me not the BBC! I dont have a fine gauge sieve and will be using a muslin lined funnel.
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Permalink Reply by Melinda Que_Linda on -
VARIATIONS:
I do 'strawberry shortcake' vodka last year which was simply delicious. A friend gave me the recipe.
My method
Open vodka bottle. Pour off/Drink four shots!
Then squeeze in macerated strawberries, 2 tbls sugar, zest of half a lemon, and half a pack of sliced almonds.
Ive also used ground almonds which worked well.
And skittles, and starburst fruit chews!
TIP:
I use the cheapest, nastiest Sainbury's vodka which I then pass through my Brita water filter 4 times.
It makes *SUCH* a difference. Very smooth in the end.
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Permalink Reply by Una Bee on -
Sounds yummy! I've only made cranberry vodka for Christmas, but this would make a nice summery alternative.
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Permalink Reply by Henrietta Fernandez on -
Omg this sounds delicious- sounds like a great party drink...I wonder if you could freeze it? As you can vodka anyway, and then you'd have gorgeous grown up slush puppies, that you could keep all summer long (if you could hold onto it without drinking it all...)
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Permalink Reply by Henrietta Fernandez on
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I've just remembered a Swedish bar that used to be in Soho- Garlic and Shots. I think all their shots were vodka based and used all kinds of fruits, veg, sweets etc to add to vodka. This link could go on and on and on!
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Permalink Reply by Melinda Que_Linda on
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I know the The Revolution Bar chain serves only vodkas. They do scores of flavours, some more delicious than others! Wheatgrass maybe good for you, but its vile tasting on it own and even worse in a vodka!
When we did the skittles vodka, (two packs in the bottle) we put the whole bottle in the dishwasher and the sweets all melted into a gooey candy. It was a pretty pink colour in the end. We froze it with no problem after it cooled down.
It was an outrageous party drink. It occurs to me that lemon sherbet boiled sweets would make a fun vodka.
I bet blueberry and lemon would be gorgeous too. Im going to try those two.
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