A gift from my great-aunt’s recipe book is this coffee liqueur, which is very easy to prepare and delicious to taste.
During Covid quarantine I drank a small glass every night; this allowed me to sleep peacefully, but I had an enlarged waist for the summer!
Aunt Lina's coffee liqueur
- Preparation time: 10 minutes
- Ingredients for 1 US quart
- Difficulty: Easy recipe
- Ingredients
- For the syrup:
- 400 g of water
- 350 g sugar
- For the coffee:
- 60 g coffee
- 400 g of water
- For the liqueur:
- 1 vanilla pod
- 250 g alcohol 90%
- Instructions
- Prepare a syrup by mixing the sugar with the water in a saucepan until it’s completely dissolved. Bring to a gentle boil and then turn off the heat and let it cool.
- Prepare an espresso.
- Pour the espresso into the syrup together with the vanilla bean. Wait for everything to cool down.
- Add the alcohol and bottle after filtering the liqueur with a strainer covered with sterile gauze.
- Leave it in a dry and dark place for at least a month before consuming it.
Tips to ensure the success of the dish:
- The syrup should not be cooked for too long because the water will evaporate and become too sweet.
- It is necessary to cut the vanilla bean with a very sharp knife, starting from one end and arriving at the other. With the tip of the knife, spread the pod a little and scrape the pulp along the entire length of the vanilla pod.
- This liqueur is sweet; if you want, you can reduce the amount of sugar. The only very important thing is to use very good-quality coffee.
Aunt Lina with her daughters and nieces
