Help making Herbal Liquers and Cordials

[Guest guest]

Greetings one and all!

 

I am on a quest to find the best source to make easy Herbal Liquers

and Cordials.

 

Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

 

I am currently working on a Damiana cordial!! YUMM!

 

TIA

Rach

MeltandPourGuru/

[Guest guest]

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Don't know if this would be considered a liquor/cordial or not - but

its easy and is just as good: I have taken fresh, ripe raspberries

in the summer and really compressed them as tight as possible in a

mason jar then covered them with vodka and stored them in the

refrigerator for about six weeks. At least once a week I'd shake the

jar to keep the berries and vodka mixed. After that, I strain the mix

through cheesecloth; squeezing all the liquid from the pulp. Discard

the pulp and store the finished " cordial " in the fridge. It is a

vibrant red color with a wonderful raspberry flavor. I'm still using

some of last summers harvest and especially like to add it to hot and

cold teas.

Just a little idea! Debbie

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- In , " amberhawk6969 "

<triplegoddess@h...> wrote:

> Greetings one and all!

>

> I am on a quest to find the best source to make easy Herbal Liquers

> and Cordials.

>

> Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

>

> I am currently working on a Damiana cordial!! YUMM!

>

> TIA

> Rach

> MeltandPourGuru/

[Guest guest]

Oh my, this sounds incredible. Off to find some raspberries tomorrow....

 

Christy

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warlandcreek

Sunday, April 13, 2003 7:53 PM

Re: Help making Herbal Liquers and Cordials

 

 

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Don't know if this would be considered a liquor/cordial or not - but

its easy and is just as good: I have taken fresh, ripe raspberries

in the summer and really compressed them as tight as possible in a

mason jar then covered them with vodka and stored them in the

refrigerator for about six weeks. At least once a week I'd shake the

jar to keep the berries and vodka mixed. After that, I strain the mix

through cheesecloth; squeezing all the liquid from the pulp. Discard

the pulp and store the finished " cordial " in the fridge. It is a

vibrant red color with a wonderful raspberry flavor. I'm still using

some of last summers harvest and especially like to add it to hot and

cold teas.

Just a little idea! Debbie

 

 

 

 

 

 

-- In , " amberhawk6969 "

<triplegoddess@h...> wrote:

> Greetings one and all!

>

> I am on a quest to find the best source to make easy Herbal Liquers

> and Cordials.

>

> Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

>

> I am currently working on a Damiana cordial!! YUMM!

>

> TIA

> Rach

> MeltandPourGuru/

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks Debbie!!

 

This sounds wonderful and is exactly what I was looking for.

 

I am glad you have tried it. There are lots of recipes but not a lot

of folks have put them to the test.

 

I have a damiana cordial aging as I type!

 

Will post results and a recipe if it turns out.

 

Have you tried using Vanilla Vodka??? mmmm

 

Rach

MeltandPourGuru/

 

>

>

>

> Don't know if this would be considered a liquor/cordial or not -

but

> its easy and is just as good: I have taken fresh, ripe

raspberries

> in the summer and really compressed them as tight as possible in a

> mason jar then covered them with vodka and stored them in the

> refrigerator for about six weeks. At least once a week I'd shake

the

> jar to keep the berries and vodka mixed. After that, I strain the

mix

> through cheesecloth; squeezing all the liquid from the pulp.

Discard

> the pulp and store the finished " cordial " in the fridge. It is a

> vibrant red color with a wonderful raspberry flavor. I'm still

using

> some of last summers harvest and especially like to add it to hot

and

> cold teas.

> Just a little idea! Debbie

-- In , " amberhawk6969 "

> <triplegoddess@h...> wrote:

> > Greetings one and all!

> >

> > I am on a quest to find the best source to make easy Herbal

Liquers

> > and Cordials.

> >

> > Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!

> >

> > I am currently working on a Damiana cordial!! YUMM!

> >

> > TIA

> > Rach

> > MeltandPourGuru/