This is the strawberry liqueur after one week. You can see the sugar has fallen to the bottom and is starting to dissolve, and the berries have already lost much of their colour.
It is way too early to check on the liqueur, but I had to add the vanilla I wasn't able to find last week. So in went two pods of vanilla, split, and another one and a half packs of strawberries, since I don't think I used quite enough. I didn't even bother tasting it, since at this point the only flavours will be raw alcohol and sugar.
You probably won't see the liqueur again until June. Hope it turns out!
I see you already know about this with wild cherries, yet we do make in in Belgium only with "normal cherries" : tastes less bitter and we don't "drink" it, we spoon it up.
Also very delicious over icecream :-)
Posted by: TheSkinnyCook | 2007.04.06 at 10:55 AM
I must try this! It looks so delicious.
Btw, you look so beautiful in your new spring picture!
Posted by: Absolutely Tokyo! | 2007.04.08 at 12:46 PM
Skinny Cook, over ice cream sounds great! Thanks for the tip. Cherries are crazy expensive here so I can't really see myself making real cherry liqueur. Maybe on my next visit home to Canada?
AT, thanks! The strawberry season will be ending soon, so hurry!
Posted by: Amy | 2007.04.10 at 07:00 PM