Spiced cumquat and orange rum
Talk about a winter warmer! A little shot of this gloriously warming cumquat and orange rum will pep you up after a long bracing walk, an outdoor painting session or a wintery picnic. A small bottle of it makes a wonderful present.
Ingrediënten
- 1 cup 250 ml orange juice (freshly squeezed)
- 2 cups about 500 g cumquats, roughly chopped
- 100 g 3½ oz white (granulated) sugar
- 1 vanilla bean split lengthways
- 2 star anise
- 6 cloves
- 3 cups 750 ml golden rum
Instructies
- Combine the orange juice, cumquats, sugar, vanilla bean, star anise and cloves in a small saucepan.
- Cook over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar, for 10 minutes or until the mixture is just at simmering point.
- Remove from the heat, pour the mixture into a large jar and add the rum.
- Leave the jar in a cool dark place for a month.
- Strain the rum, discarding the aromatics, then decant it into sterilised bottles.
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