Christmas Pudding Vodka:
1 litre vodka
4 tbsp dark brown sugar
1 cinnamon stick
2 cloves
peel of 1 orange and 1 lemon
25g each currants, raisins, dried figs(halved if large)
Combine all ingredients in large bowl or jug, then decant into large (they recommend 1.3 litre) sterilised (dishwasher okay) bottle. Seal with cork or screw cap.
Leave for at least 2 weeks in a dark place, shaking occasionally to agitate the ingredients, then use a funnel lined with a coffee filter paper to decant into "pretty sterilised bottles of your choice" (but no info on where to get them!) - add a fresh piece of lemon and orange peel and a fresh cinnamon stick if you like.
Citrus whiskey:
1 large orange
1 lemon
1 lime
225 g granulated sugar
600 ml whisky (I use co op middle of the range own brand, not the mega cheapy stuff)
Scrub the fruit
Pare the rind from each fruit, but make sure that there is no white pith. Squeeze each fruit. Add juice and peels to whisky and sugar in a kilner-type jar, and stick somewhere cool and dark - shed/garage/back of cupboard. Shake daily for a fortnight, then weekly til you forget . If you make this week it should be ready by Xmas, 3 months is recommended. Strain and bottle.
blackberry vodka:
500 g blackberries
200g sugar
700 ml vodka
mix in a jar
put at back of cupboard and shake when you remember to.
strain after 3 months.
also, raspberry vod with frozen rasps, same principle as blackberry :)
i found the blackberry one needed more sugar, but the rasp one is delicious after a week (just tried it :o). xmas pud one is AWESOME. haven't tried citrus whisky yet.
just google flavoured vodka recipes too, for millions more ideas!!