Go Back
+ servings
Violet liqueur
Print

📋 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
Cook Time 10 minutes
Resting time 2 days
Total Time 2 days 25 minutes
Servings 2 bottles
Calories 1442kcal

Ingredients

Instructions

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

  • Filter the syrup
  • Mix the syrup with the alcohol to make the liqueur
  • Transfer the liqueur into fancy bottles

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

Serve it

  • Serve it after dinner or use it to make cocktails

Video

Nutrition

Calories: 1442kcal | Carbohydrates: 301g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 29mg | Potassium: 56mg | Sugar: 299g | Vitamin A: 552IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 28mg | Iron: 1mg