What’s Cooking in Gail’s Kitchen? Start Smart: Ginger Liqueur! There’s nothing worse than enjoying a specialty crafted cocktail on a remote tropical island and then returning home with a craving to have it again. That happened to me about 4,500 miles ago. What’s a girl to do? “Why not make it yourself?” my husband quipped. “Sure…easy for you to say”, I responded. Well, long story short, as long as he agreed to help me as the “taste tester”, it was worth a shot. Between the two of us, I’m pretty sure we came up with a winning combination for my new fav, Ginger Liqueur Martini. Cheers!
GINGER LIQUEUR
Ingredients:
2 cups vodka
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup ginger root, diced
1/2 vanilla bean, sliced horizontally and seeds scraped
Orange peel
Instructions:
Take a quart-size jar. Combine vodka, sugar, ginger root, vanilla bean, and orange peel. Stir well to dissolve sugar. Place jar, away from sunlight, in a kitchen cabinet. Swirl the jar to stir the contents every morning and night for one week. Remove the vanilla bean. Repeat swirling twice a day for 3 more days. Strain solids through a fine wire mesh strainer. Filter remaining liquid again through two coffee filters until no solids remain. Bottle the ginger liqueur. Allow it to “mellow” for another day. Store away from sunlight.
Ginger Liqueur Martini:
4 ounces vodka, chilled
1 ounce ginger liqueur
Garnish with crystallized ginger
Instructions:
Place martini glass in the freezer to chill. Remove glass and add chilled vodka. Set aside. Fill a shaker with ice cubes. Pour in ginger liqueur. Allow it to chill for one minute. Shake. Strain the ginger liqueur over vodka into the martini glass. Garnish with crystallized ginger.
Yum! I make a ginger simple syrup (keep it in the fridge). We make Moscow Mules using ginger simple syrup, soda water, vodka and lime. It’s better than using Ginger Beer, and less astringent.
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Wonderful idea! 🌟 Ginger is something I enjoy often. 😋🌿
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I made a dish from Hello Fresh last night that had ginger…. Super yummy!
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Wonderful idea!
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I save it for very special occasions…like weekends. lol 🤣
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lol I like the way you think! 🙂
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When you say vodka, I say thank you very much. 🙂
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You’re welcome! 😜
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I can always count on you!
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This sounds great, I love ginger, and vodka!
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Winning combination, in my opinion. Cheers. 🍸
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Wow, special. I am not a lot into alcohol but this sounds interesting!
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A sip here, a sip there. 🍸
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Cheers🍸🍸
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I am certainly going to give this one a try!
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Please do, Dorothy. Let me know how you like it. 😊
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I LOVE ginger liqueur. YUM!!!!!
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Such a surprise, that’s for sure. 🌟
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🙂 🙂
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