Secret Recipes

Ingredients

• 8 cups sugar
  6 cups water
  1 pint 188 proof grain alcohol
  1 oz pure mint extract
  1 tbsp green food coloring
  
  

Bring sugar and water to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool. Add the remaining ingredients and stir. Cover and let ripen for 1 month.

Ingredients

• 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
  1 1/4 cups coffee liqueur
  1 cup whipping cream
  4 eggs
  
  

In blender container, combine all ingredients, blend until smooth. Serve over ice if desired. Store tightly covered in refrigerator for up to one month. Stir before using.

*The Coffee Liqueur can be substituted for Almond, Mint or Orange Liqueur.

Ingredients

• 1/2 kg coarsely chopped cranberries
  3/4 liter sugar
  1/2 liter light rum
  
  

Place the chopped cranberries in a 2 liter jar that has a tight-fitting lid. Add the sugar and rum. Adjust the lid securely and place the jar in a cool, dark place. Invert the jar and shake it every day for six weeks.

When ready, strain the cordial into bottles and seal with corks.

Ingredients

• 2 lb plums
  2 cups granulated sugar
  2 cups vodka
  1/2 cup brandy
  
  

1. Wash plums and pat dry, cut in half or smaller, and pit. Place in an aging container, pour sugar over, and stir. Add vodka and brandy, stirring to partly dissolve sugar. Cap container and place in a cool, dark place for 2 months, stir occasionally.

2. Place a strainer over a large bowl and strain liqueur. Press the liquid from the plums with the back of a wooden spoon, and discard plum pulp. Re-strain liqueur through cloth until clear, and bottle as desired.

3. Plum liqueur is ready for drinking or cooking, however for best results, age for another month.

Ingredients

• 1 fifth Everclear alcohol
  48 oz cherries
  
  

Place cherries (drained), mixed with everclear into a sealable cannister for approx. 2 1/2 months.

Serve by the shot.

*To drown out flavor of everclear, put one cherry in shot glass, and fill with sprite or 7up. Take cherry and soda into mouth at same time, chew cherry, and swallow all together. Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 oz vodka
  3 oz orange juice
  3 oz ginger ale
  
  

Soak several slices of habanero pepper in the bottle of vodka for 3 months before using. It will give you that feeling of a summer hot breeze.

Ingredients

• 1 1/4 cups fresh mint leaves
  3 cups vodka
  2 cups granulated sugar
  1 cup water
  1 tsp glycerine
  8 drops green food coloring
  2 drops blue food coloring
  
  

Wash leaves in cold water several times. Shake or pat dry gently. Snip each leaf in half or thirds. Discard stems. Measure cut mint leaves, packing lightly. Combine mint leaves and vodka in aging container. Cap and let stand in a cool place for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally.
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After initial aging, strain leaves from liqueur, discard leaves. In a saucepan, combine sugar and water. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Let cool. Add cooled syrup to liqueur base, stirring to combine. Add glycerine and food color, pour into aging container for secondary aging of 1-3 more months.

Ingredients

• 1 pint orange juice
  2 - 3 lemons
  2 qt rum
  2 lb sugar
  1 qt water
  
  

Begin with gentle fruit juices. Put a little less than 1 pint orange juice and the juice of 2 or 3 lemons into a half-gallon or gallon jar.

*Before squeezing the lemons, peel the rinds very thinly and add them as well.

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Add 2 quarts rum. Cover and let stand for three days.

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Put 2 pounds sugar into 1 quart water and bring to boil. Add the sugared water to the rum and fruit juice, cover, and let stand for two weeks. Then strain and bottle