Flavoring Extracts

* Exported from MasterCook II *

FLAVORING EXTRACTS

Recipe By : The Cook's Book of Uncommon Recipes
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Liqueurs, Cordials, & Extracts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Vanilla Extract:

Vanilla Bean
Vodka

It is best to use a brown-glass bottle to prepare vanilla extract. You can
purchase one from your pharmacy if you don't have one on hand that you can
recycle. Cut the vanilla bean into several long pieces that will fit into
the bottle. Fill the bottle with wodka. Allow it to steep for 4 weeks,
shaking from time to time. After you have used about a quarter of the
bottle, add enough additional vodka to fill the bottle again.

Lemon/Orange/Lime Extract:

Lemons (or oranges or limes)
Vodka

Use well-colored fruit and remove strips of the zest. You will probably be
happier using a wider mouthed bottle to make citrus extracts. Put the zest
in the bottle (until it is about one-third filled with zest) then fill the
bottle with vodka. Allow it to steep for 2 weeks, shaking from time to time.
This extract can not be replenished in the way you can vanilla extract so
after 2 weeks, pour the extract through a fine sieve into a brown-glass
bottle and discard the zest.

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