Liqueur Making Recipes

Banana

• 2 medium-sized bananas, peeled
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or a 2" length of vanilla bean
• 1 cup sugar syrup
• 3 cups vodka

Mash the bananas, and add the vanilla and cooled syrup to the vodka. Shake gently, steep for 1 week. Strain and filter. Drink now, or age 2-3 months for best results.

Double the sugar for "Creme de Banana".

Optional flavorings: a pinch of cloves, a piece of cinnamon stick.

• 1 large, just-ripe banana, peeled
• 1 fifth vodka or light rum
• 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 2" piece of vanilla bean

Mash banana. Add banana to vodka. Using wooden spoon, submerge banana mash (exposure to air will brown the banana). Steep 2 weeks. Strain, filter, add syrup. Slit open vanilla bean, add to mix. Age 1 month, remove bean. Strain and filter again as necessary. Age another month.

Recipes courtesy of Gunther Anderson.

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