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📋 Homemade Violet Liqueur
This homemade violet liqueur is made with the violets I picked from my garden. Comes March, my garden fills up with wild violets and this is my favorite way to use them. It is a unique edible gift to give to friends!
Course Drinks
Cuisine Italian
Keyword aviation cocktail, creme de violets, violet liqueur
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes minutes
Resting time 2 days days
Total Time 2 days days 25 minutes minutes
Servings 2 bottles
Calories 1442 kcal
Infuse the violets in alcohol Pick the violets with the long stem, so the flower does not get damaged (about 2 oz - 50 g)
2 oz violets
Place them in a bowl with fresh water and rinse them
Drain them and place them in a jar removing the long stem
Cover them with 1 cup - 250 ml of 95% alcohol
1 cup 95% alcohol or vodka
Let them soak for 4 to 5 hours
Prepare the syrup Simmer 3 cups - 600 g of sugar in 4 cups - 1 l of freshwater
3 cups caster sugar, 4 cups fresh water
Simmer until the sugar dissolves completely
Let the syrup cool down at room temperature
Transfer it into a large bottle
Soak the violets into the syrup Drain the violets from the alcohol
Place the violets into a blender
Blend them
Pour the violets into the syrup
Store the infused alcohol into a separate jar
Let the syrup and the alcohol rest for 1 day
Mix and bottle the violet liqueur Make the liqueur violet The liqueur will be a greenish/yellow color
Soak few crystallized flowers into the liqueur and as the sugar melts the violet color dyes the liqueur.
1 tablespoon crystallized violets
Calories: 1442 kcal | Carbohydrates: 301 g | Protein: 1 g | Fat: 1 g | Saturated Fat: 1 g | Sodium: 29 mg | Potassium: 56 mg | Sugar: 299 g | Vitamin A: 552 IU | Vitamin C: 8 mg | Calcium: 28 mg | Iron: 1 mg