But if you want to make your own, try one of the following two recipes for Making Your Own Chocolate Liqueur.
As always, use the best cacao nibs or cocoa, vodka, and vanilla. You won't have the results to taste today, but it will be worth the wait!
1. CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR
The recipe is from Serious Eats, one of my favorite sites.
Ingredients
2/3 cup cacao nibs
1 1/3 cup vodka
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cup water
2 tsp Madagascar vanilla extract
Directions
Combine cacao nibs and vodka in sealable glass jar. Shake and let steep for 8 days.
After initial steeping period, bring sugar and water to a boil. Let syrup cool, then add to jar along with vanilla extract. Let steep an additional day.
Strain out nibs through sieve and filter through a coffee filter into bottle or jar. Store in this jar.
II. CHOCOLATE LIQUEUR
This Recipe from Creative Culinary uses Scharffen Berger Cocoa Powder.
Ingredients
1/4 cup unsweetened good cocoa powder (Scharffen Berger)
1 cup boiling water
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
1 cup vodka
Directions
In bowl, dissolve cocoa powder in boiling water.
In saucepan, bring sugar and water to simmer, stirring until sugar is dissolved.
Add sugar syrup to cocoa syrup.
Strain through fine-mesh sieve into jar with lid.
Add vodka, cover and refrigerate for one week.
To serve, stir well and strain again through fine-mesh sieve.
These two recipes should get you started. Try less sugar and maybe add almond extract--or use rum instead of vodka. Experiment!
You can drink this straight, use it in truffles, or make a martini.
Have a wonderful National Liqueur Day. Make it Chocolate!
1 comment:
This looks good. We've made other flavors, but not chocolate. I wondered where to get cacao nibs, though. Found them online through Amazon, of all places. And organic, to boot! LOL.
Looks like a great holiday thing to do...
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