Yes, it takes 5 weeks to be magical, but it’s worth it.
If you start it now, right now, you can have it in time for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 4 cups brandy
- 2 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick 8-inch
- 1 vanilla bean sliced lengthwise
- 4 small sweet navel oranges scrubbed, dried, and chopped into 4 to 6 pieces
- 24 black peppercorns
Instructions
- Combine all the ingredients in a clean, odor free wide-mouthed glass jar (all the better if you have a wonderful old canning jar). Label the jar, cap it tightly and store in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks, shaking daily.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer or coffee filter. Return the infusion to it’s jar, recap it, put it back in a cool, dark place, and let it continue to mellow for 3 more weeks.
- Refrigerate or store in a cool dark pantry almost indefinitely!
Notes
Note this recipe takes only about 5 minutes to gather your ingredients. Then the brew ages for 5 weeks.
