Partial to peaches,I am. Special ,I am. Awesome,I am. Most people love me,but there are always some who hate me. And like a peach,I think they are wasting their lives.So true,what Dita Von Teese says.You can love peaches or ... Summer and Stone fruit go hand in hand.Every one in blogosphere is going bananas about baking and making puds with all kinds of stone fruit. Me-I have not been baking in my oven for many days.We are baking here in Jalandhar.Being baked and ,steamed and roasted. Such is the weather here.
These peaches were picked from the trees that shade the in laws from the sun in the beautiful hills of Solan,Himachal Pradesh in North India. So while the rest of the world trots to supermarkets and fills their baskets with peaches and plums from the aisles ,we simply walk out of the house,or in this case,lean out from the windows and pluck.And Eat.
OK plum,not peach.But this was a picture I wanted to take,the bird feasting on this plum flew off and left a teeny bite sized pock mark on the other wise perfect plum. The peaches were awesome. The flavor more intense straight off the tree, mellower with the wait.We brought back a lot,but there is only so much I can eat.
Yup,its only me that eats peaches. Hubby dear is a plum man and sweet child is so picky that he likes peaches only out of a tin!
Wow!
I love peach schnapps. And googled the method of prep of the schnapps. Not doable in Jalandhar,so the next option was a yummy sounding peach liqueur.
So be it!
for the
Home made fresh Peach Liqueur with Vodka and Brandy...
you need
1 cup sugar 1 cup water 2 pounds fresh peaches,skins and stones 1 1/2 cup pure vodka 1 cup brandy 1 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp orange zest-I had none so I used a stick of cinnamon
You need 2 glass bottles of 1 liter each.Mine are from westside.Or a large 2 l,wide mouth seal able jar. Clean and Dry. All you need to do is slice the peaches thin. Place the sugar and water in a sauce pan and simmer till the sugar dissolves. Turn off and set aside to cool. In the meanwhile divide the stones and sliced peaches evenly in the two bottles. Divide the sugar syrup equally. To one bottle I added the zest of 3 lemons-about 1 tsp. To the second,I added a stick of cinnamon.
Divided the vodka-I used Romanov Red and the brandy.I used a local brandy with a plain bottle.So no pictures of that.
Placed some plastic cling wrap on the mouth and closed the bottle tight.And took loads and loads of pictures.
I placed these bottles in the back of my cupboard to mature for a month and a half.
No light for the next 45 days.Just a longing and a long wait ...
The peaches are almost all gone.I made 4 bottles,the fruit,I will put in desserts and the liqueur,we'll drink.
The wait promises to be long...
So watch this space.And those who love peaches like me,go brew your own schnappy peachy liqueur.So what are you brewing today???
