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-title: Krupnik Recipe - Polish Honey Liqueur
-date: August 11, 2019
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-<p>
-I've recently started playing around with making <em>nalewkas</em> - traditional
-Polish liqueurs based on vodka/neutral spirits infusion.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-The only good recipes I've seen are in Polish, so wanted to share some with the
-English speaking world.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-In this post I'll give a recipe for <em>krupnik staropolski</em>
-<sup id='ref-1'>
- <a href='#note-1'>1</a>
-</sup>.
-</p>
-
-<h3>Ingredients:</h3>
-<p>
-(makes a 16oz. Mason jar of liqueur)
-<ul>
- <li>vodka or neutral spirits mixed with water to desired alcohol content</li>
- <li>4oz. honey </li>
- <li>spices:
- <ul>
- <li>5-10 cloves</li>
- <li>3-7 allspice berries</li>
- <li>½ stick of cinnamon</li>
- <li>3-7 whole cardamom pods</li>
- <li>others as you like! (star anise, nutmeg, vanilla beans or
- extract, whole peppercorns, etc.)</li>
- </ul>
- </li>
- <li>fresh ginger</li>
- <li>juice from half a lemon</li>
- <li>lemon peel</li>
- <li>orange peel</li>
-</ul>
-One thing to note is that nalewka making is not an exact science. Pick and
-choose the spices. Adjust amounts to your liking. Experiment and have fun!
-</p>
-
-<h3>Steps</h3>
-<h4>Stage 1: Preparation (10-30 minutes)</h4>
-<ol>
- <li>Boil honey in pot.</li>
- <li>The honey should have separated. Remove the top foamy layer.</li>
- <li>Pour the liquid honey into jar.</li>
- <li>Add rest of ingredients to jar.</li>
- <li>Fill the rest of the way up with alcohol.</li>
- <li>Shut jar and find spot to store.</li>
-</ol>
-<h4>Stage 2: Infusion + Filtration (~2 weeks+)</h4>
-<ol>
- <li>
- Let sit. For like 2 weeks or so. This is where the alcohol mixes with
- honey and becomes infused with flavors from the spices.
- </li>
- <li>Pour through strainer and throw away the solids.</li>
- <li>
- Filter through several layers of gauze or a coffee filter. This is to
- remove that nasty layer of sediment at the bottom of the otherwise
- beautifully golden liquid.<sup id='ref-2'><a href='#note-2'>2</a></sup>
- </li>
-</ol>
-
-<h4>Stage 3: Aging (1 week - multiple years)</h4>
-<p>
-Finally, it's good to let the krupnik sit on a shelf at least a few days before
-drinking. If you try it right after the infusion stage, you might notice it
-still reeking of ethanol and being hard on your taste buds and throat.
-</p>
-
-<p>
-With time, the liqueur will become very smooth and all the flavors will mix and
-complement each other.
-</p>
-
-<p id='note-1'>
- <a href='#ref-1'>1.</a> Not to be confused with the tasty Polish grain soup.
-</p>
-
-<p id='note-2'>
- <a href='#ref-2'>2.</a> Honestly, sometimes I skip this step because I'm too
- lazy. I'll just pour the liquid out to a new jar and stop pouring when the
- sediments start mixing with the good stuff.
-</p>