Blue Curacao liqueur: 4 recipes at home

Spicy Caribbean liqueur from Curacao - predominantly a cocktail drink. Drinking it in its pure form, even with ice, is an extremely dubious pleasure.

The alcoholic base for this rather strong drink (20-30 degrees) is wine alcohol. In addition to alcohol, the classic composition of Blue Curacao liqueur includes: bitter orange peel, water, sugar, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg. But, in principle, slight variations in spices are allowed.

Why the liquor is blue

Blue or blue color, as well as yellow, green or orange color, the originally transparent liquor acquires its transparent color due to food coloring of vegetable or chemical origin. At the same time, color differences do not affect the taste.

Therefore, for those who want to make something Curacao-like with their own hands, we recommend not to bother and opt for the transparent version.

Well, if, nevertheless, the soul or the entourage of the cocktail requires, then you can buy an ordinary food coloring and drip it into the finished drink until it reaches the desired shade.

The classic recipe for Blue Curacao

The proportions of spices suggested in the recipe can be adjusted to your liking.

Ingredients

1. Pure alcohol - 600 ml

2. Drinking still water - 500 ml

3. Sugar (preferably brown) - 700 g

4. Chopped peel of ordinary oranges - 30 g

5. Ground dried zest of bitter oranges - 30 g

6. Crushed cinnamon - 1-2 sticks

7. Nutmeg - 10 g

8. Cloves - 7 pcs

Method of preparation

1. Put the whole zest in a jar and pour alcohol.

2. Place a tightly closed container in a dark, warm place for 20 days, shaking it once every 3-4 days.

3. After the specified period, add cinnamon and nutmeg and let the future drink brew for another 5-7 days.

4. Then, add cloves and keep the jar in a warm, dark room for a few more days.

5. When the tincture, in your opinion, has reached the desired condition, boil a simple syrup from water and sugar.

6. When the syrup has cooled to room temperature, carefully strain the alcohol infusion.

7. Pour alcohol into the syrup, mix the result thoroughly and bottle.

8. Send the drink to the basement or refrigerator, where it should mature for 3 months.

Curacao recipe with the addition of rum

As they say: to party is to party! If it's the Caribbean, it means rum.

Ingredients

1. Pure alcohol - 500 ml

2. Light rum - 250 ml

3. Water - 500 ml

4. Linden or acacia honey - 500 g

5. Chopped zest of an ordinary orange - 30 g

6. Chopped peel of bitter orange or tangerine - 30 g

7. Matsis (aka nutmeg flower) - 5 g;

8. Cinnamon - 1-2 sticks

9. Crushed vanilla - ½ stick

Method of preparation

1. Put the zest and spices in a jar and pour alcohol.

2. Keep a tightly closed container in a warm, dark place for 3-4 days, shaking vigorously once a day.

3. After the specified period, strain the resulting infusion very carefully.

4. Boil syrup from water and honey, not forgetting to remove the foam. Make sure that the temperature does not rise above 45 degrees.

5. Remove the syrup from the heat.

6. Pour the alcohol into the still hot syrup in a thin stream.

7. Stir the result well, cool and bottle.

8. Keep the drink in the cellar or refrigerator for 4 months.

Liqueur a la Curacao with the addition of gin

This option allows you to significantly reduce the list of required spices.

Ingredients

1. Vodka - 1 liter

2. Simple unpretentious gin - 1 liter

3. Water - 1.5 liters

4. Sugar - 1.5 kg

5. Crushed zest from 12 tangerines

6. Dried ground bitter orange peel - 60 g

7. Cloves - 32 pcs

The method of preparation

1. Put all the zest in a jar and pour alcohol over it.

2. Keep a tightly closed container in a warm, dark place for 20 days, shaking well every 3-4 days.

3. On the 20th day, add cloves to the jar and leave the liquid for another day.

4. Make a simple syrup from all available sugar and water.

5. While the syrup is cooling to room temperature, strain the alcohol base thoroughly.

6. Mix the syrup with alcohol, pour the drink into bottles and seal them tightly.

7. Insist the result for another 2-3 months in a cool, dark place.

Curacao recipe with the addition of apple peel

Ingredients

1. Alcohol - 2 liters

2. Apples - 10 pieces.

3. Orange - 6 pieces.

4. Lemon - 3 pieces.

5. Sugar - 1 kg

6. Water - 3 liters

7. Anise - 15 g

8. Cloves - 4 g

9. Cinnamon - 2 g

The method of preparation

1. Peel apples (preferably not overripe), add thinly sliced orange peel and lemons chopped with the peel.

2. Put all this in a jar, pour alcohol and leave for a week.

3. Strain the resulting tincture, add cooled sugar syrup made from water and sugar, as well as anise, cloves, and cinnamon.

4. Insist up to 4 weeks, then strain and bottle.

Update: 27.08.2017

Category: Liqueurs and Tinctures