The best gifts come from the heart, or so they say. But I think the best gifts come from the kitchen.

Imagine giving the gift of this gorgeous red hued Strawberry Vodka. It’s pretty, delicious and this Strawberry Vodka is sure to make even Scrooge merry. And thanks to the beautiful strawberries it smells absolutely amazing!!

Making this Strawberry Vodka couldn’t be simpler. It only involves a couple of ingredients, and the teensiest bit of effort for delicious results.

The quality of vodka you use here is important. As when cooking with wine, only use a vodka you enjoy drinking. For the best results use a vodka with a proof of 80 or above, as the aromatics of the fruit are drawn out due to the alcohol, so the higher the proof the more flavoured and aromatic the resulting vodka will be. However with a higher proof the the taste of the vodka can be more harsh, so find a happy medium. I like a smooth vodka, so I went with Grey Goose, which has a proof of 80, but you can use whatever you like.

You can also add your own personal touches to the vodka by adding your own flavourings. Why not try adding a vanilla bean for strawberry vanilla vodka. You could also try using different fruits such as cherries, blueberries and raspberries. You could also try using peaches, plums or slices of orange, lemon or lime. Or, for something a little more festive, why not check out the Plum Pudding Vodka I made last year.

Serve the Strawberry Vodka chilled over ice, or in your favourite cocktail.

 12 Treats of Christmas

Don’t forget to check out the other delicious treats in my 12 Treats of Christmas series.

1. Strawberry & Chocolate Chip Wreath Bread

Strawberry Vodka

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Delicious, easy and a great way to make enjoy strawberries all year round!

Author: Delicieux

Recipe type: Drinks

Ingredients

• 750mls of Vodka (go for a Vodka that is 80 proof)
• 400g (14 oz) of strawberries
• 2 heaped tbs of caster (superfine) sugar

Instructions

1. Wash and thoroughly dry the strawberries. Remove the tops of the strawberries and slice.
2. Combine the vodka and caster sugar in a large jar and shake to combine. Add the strawberries and leave in a cool place for 3 to 4 days, giving the mixture a swirl everyday to help the strawberries infuse all of their delicious flavours.
3. Strain the mixture through muslin into and decant into bottles and seal.
4. Store in the refrigerator for up to 6 months.

Notes

If making a cherry or blueberry flavoured vodka cut the berries in half before placing in the vodka to help them infuse all of their delicious flavours.

3.1.09

I also have a couple of bits of news to share. Delicieux is now indexed by Eat Your Books. What does that mean I hear you ask? Well, if you are a member of Eat Your Books, and if you aren’t and you have a huge collection of cookbooks you never cook from get yourself over to Eat Your Books and add your books to your bookshelf so you can quickly and easily search through the recipes in your books, you can now add Delicieux to your bookshelf and search my recipes. Yay! So if you are looking for a recipe that uses apples, along with all the recipes from your cookbooks that use apples you will also find recipes from me such as my Apple Cider Cake.  Click here to add Delicieux to your Eat Your Books bookshelf. You can also view all of my recipes on Eat Your Books here.

In the second bit of news Delicieux is now a partner of Ziplist. You might have noticed a save button appear on my recipes recently. Well, this enables you to save your favourite recipes to Ziplist and search and find them later. Ziplist also enables you to create your shopping lists from recipes that you plan to cook. In addition to saving my recipes to your Ziplist you can also access your ZipList recipe box, with all of your recipes using the Recipe Box link at the top of the page.