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Beverages, Vinegars and Syrups - Neil Marion Harris
Homemade Syrups, Vinegars and Liqueurs
It is incredibly easy to make syrups, vinegars and liqueurs at home. Essentially, the process involves steeping or cooking your chosen ingredients in liquids – waiting – straining – and then consuming! Liqueurs are perhaps the most technical of the three, with an interesting background. All that ‘liqueur’ means, is ‘an alcoholic beverage, made from a distilled spirit that has been flavoured with fruit, cream, herbs, spices, flowers or nuts, and bottled with added sugar or other sweetener.’
Liqueurs are historical descendants of herbal medicines; they were made in Italy as early as the thirteenth century and were often prepared by monks (e.g. Chartreuse, a French liqueur made by the Carthusian Monks according to the instructions set out in a secret manuscript, given to them by François Annibal d’Estrées in 1605). Nowadays, liqueurs are made worldwide and are served in many ways: by themselves, poured over ice, with coffee, mixed with cream or other mixers to create cocktails, etc. They are often served with or after a dessert, and very frequently used in cooking. Some liqueurs are prepared by infusing certain woods, fruits, or flowers, in either water or alcohol, and adding sugar or other items, and yet others are distilled from aromatics. Anise liqueurs have the interesting property of turning from transparent to cloudy when added to water: the oil of anise remains in solution in the presence of a high concentration of alcohol, but crystallizes when the alcohol concentration is reduced; known as the ouzo effect.
Most homemade liqueurs are less complex however! Many people will use vodka as a starting spirit, because it is colourless – allowing for a wide variety of aesthetic effects, and largely flavourless, making it the ideal blank canvas on which to experiment. Cream and fruit liqueurs are the most popular (often using rum, gin, tequila and whiskey infusions as well) – and a good quality alcohol is essential. This is especially the case if