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Peach Liqueur

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Submitted by blubber

Homemade peach liqueur infused with fresh peaches, vodka, lemon peel, and cinnamon. A DIY fruit liqueur that steeps for 8 weeks into a smooth, fragrant sipping cordial or cocktail mixer.

YIELD

8 cups

PREP

15 min

COOK

0 min

READY

8

Making your own peach liqueur takes patience, but the process is simple. Fresh ripe peaches steeped in vodka with lemon peel and a cinnamon stick for a couple of weeks, then strained, sweetened with sugar syrup, and aged for another six weeks. The result is a smooth, aromatic liqueur with real peach flavor that store-bought versions can’t match.

Choose yellow or cream-colored peaches that are fully ripe and fragrant at the stem end. Green peaches won’t ripen enough off the tree and leave the liqueur tasting flat and vegetal.

Squeezing every drop of juice from the strained fruit is key. The peaches have absorbed vodka and released their sugars during the infusion, so that pressed juice is concentrated peach flavor you don’t want to waste.

Kitchen Tips

  • Use a mid-range vodka, nothing bottom-shelf. The peach and spice flavors can’t cover harsh alcohol.
  • Shake the jar every few days during the first two weeks. Agitation helps the peach flavor extract faster.
  • Taste the sugar syrup amount before adding it all. Peach sweetness varies and you may need less.
  • Filter through cheesecloth or a coffee filter for a crystal-clear finished liqueur.

Variations

  • Add a split vanilla bean during the vodka infusion for a peach vanilla cordial.
  • Use brandy instead of vodka for a warmer, more complex spirit base.
  • Swap peaches for nectarines or ripe apricots for a different stone fruit liqueur.

Ingredients

12 12
MEDIUM MEDIUM PEACHES
4 4
EACH EACH LEMON ZEST
strips, scraped *
1 1
EACH EACH CINNAMON STICK *
3 710
CUPS ML VODKA *
1 237
CUP ML SUGAR SYRUP *

Directions

You want yellow or cream-coloured peaches.

Avoid green ones as they won’t ripen at home.

Peel peaches and cut in quarters.

Combine with vodka, lemon peels, and spices in covered jar and store for 1 to 2 weeks, shaking occasionally.

Strain fruit, squeezing as much juice as possible, and filter.

Add sugar syrup and store for an additional 6 weeks.

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 450g (15.9 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 175 6% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 1g 2%
Saturated Fat 0g 0%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 0mg 0%
Total Carbohydrate 14g 14%
Dietary Fiber 7g 27%
Sugars g
Protein 8g
Vitamin A 29% Vitamin C 50%
Calcium 3% Iron 6%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
Low Fat, Low in Saturated Fat, Low Cholesterol, Cholesterol-Free, Trans-fat Free, High Fiber, Sodium-Free, Low Sodium
 

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