Homemade Tangerine Liqueur

"These make great gifts as well as a cheaper alternate to purchased liqueurs."
 
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Ready In:
15mins
Ingredients:
4
Yields:
1 quart
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ingredients

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directions

  • Remove rinds from tangerines and scrape and discard white part from the inside.
  • Save peeled tangerines for another use.
  • set rinds on a jelly roll pan and place in a heated 250* oven and turn off heat. Leave in oven for 2 hours.
  • Open oven door ajar and leave rinds in there overnight.
  • Combine sugar and water in a saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly until sugar dissolves. Let cool, then stir in 2 cups vodka.
  • Stir again to dissolve any sugar, add remaining vodka and stir again.
  • Place dried tangerine rinds in a half gallon jar or glass container that has a screw cap. Pour in sugar, vodka mixture. Shake to mix.
  • Cap tightly and let stand in a dark place for 4 weeks. Strain through a coffee filter into a sterilized bottle. Seal or cork. Makes 1 quart.

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Reviews

  1. Excellent recipe alright! Mine will be ripe in about 10 days, but it already tastes (and smells) great. I dried my tangerine peels(cut into 1/2 in pieces) in the microwave between 2 paper towels and it worked out just fine . Thanks for posting.
     
  2. This is an excellent recipe.
     
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