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This a really easy liqueur using a bottle of red wine, sweet, dry and even of questionable quality.
It uses red wine, sugar and the leaves of the rose pelargonia.
The leaves have a lemony flavour
In a wide mouth jar or bottle add the sugar to the wine and stir till dissolved. I added a small piece of cinnamon as well
Push a large handful of pelargonia leaves into the wine. Seal. Leave for a couple of weeks, seive and serve.
1 1/2 litres of red wine
300 grams sugar*
40 (a handful will do) pelargonia leaves
The amount of sugar depends on taste. I read recipes with anything from 700 grams to 400 grams. I decided on less-is-better and used 300 grams. I don't want a syrup. After tasting this I think 250 grams of sugar would have been more like it.
The leaves are very hard to keep down so I scrunched up some waxed paper and placed it on top of the wine to keep the leaves under the liquid. I don't want to end up with musty, mouldy leaves. After 2 weeks it already tastes wonderful.
Serve in small glasses with lots of ice or even with some bubbly club soda water.
Interesting, making a different tasting, wine... Your self.
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The liqueur doesn't taste of the wine at all. It is a light,vpleasant drink
DeleteNot sure we can get those leaves here. Shame.
ReplyDeleteNo,they don't seem to grow in a lot of places. They are just a type of geranium so maybe you can find them in pots in the UK or colder climates
DeleteI have lots of leaves like this in the garden, great idea.
ReplyDeleteIt's easy to make, you don't have to buy expensive alcohol and the result is a light scented liqueur
DeleteGood idea. Do you not get frosts over there? I have a fragrant and some cranesbill geraniums but the pelargoniums usually die in the winter. Must make a not to make cuttings and put them in the polytunnel for winter. Cheers!
ReplyDeleteWe do get quite cold weather, snow now and again but frosts are very rare.
DeleteGood luck with the cuttings....
I didn't know you could do that with those leaves, we have those plants growing in gardens here.
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