Cherry vodka

Cherry vodka

We say make it a double! This is perfect chilled, with a few cherries in, or make it long and add some soda or lemonade

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 750ml

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Plus 4 weeks
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Method

  1. Slit the cherries, but don't cut them in half.
  2. Put in a pan with the sugar and 150ml water, then heat, stirring gently, until the juices run and the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Remove from the heat, then spoon into a large bottle or jar.
  4. Add the vodka and mix well. Seal, then leave for 4 weeks before drinking to let the flavours steep. For ice cold vodka, keep the bottle in the freezer (it won't freeze solid) or simply decant into a carafe, if you like.

Per 50ml measure

169 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 15g, salt 0.03 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, July 2008.

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  • Binder photo LJF

    30 June 2008

    LJF rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a brilliant recipe. Will certainly be making it again.

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  • 06 July 2008

    mofli123 commented on this recipe

    can anyone tall me how long this will keep for? i would like to bottle it into pretty bottles as christmas presents.

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  • 22 August 2008

    frybird commented on this recipe

    this is a lovely and very popular with friends and family i was very pleased with the result

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  • 22 August 2008

    frybird rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    amazing ..............hic

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  • 07 February 2009

    Lizzy commented on this recipe

    We made this before Christmas and it was very popular, nearly didn't make it to Christmas it was so good!

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  • 26 June 2009

    mofli123 commented on this recipe

    I've just made this year's new batch...and had to finish last year's batch to make room for it. Ie. it will keep in the fride perfectly for a year. I even bottled it into decorative bottles as gifts...even up to Christmas (if it lasts that long!). A brilliant recipe. Only one thing: stone the cherries first - I hear that the stones are poisnous (and it gives you something to happily chew on once you have finished your drink!). Enjoy!!

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  • 20 July 2009

    Rafferty commented on this recipe

    What isn't clear is whether you should put the juice into the bottle with the cherries?

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  • 20 July 2009

    mofli123 commented on this recipe

    Put the whole lot into the bottle: juices, cherries, sugar and vodka. The whole idea is that the heat releases the juice, if not it would just be vodka with cherries floating in it! Nice, but not AS nice! Enjoy.

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  • 04 September 2009

    clootiedumplin commented on this recipe

    Mary Cadogan didn't say to stone the cherries, so I've left them in. This is the second time I've made cherry vodka, and I'm sure I left stones in last year, and I'm still here to tell the tale! It also disappeared pretty quick last time, so going to make a few more batches while cherries are still in shops. Let you know what this batch will be like month from now.

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  • 20 November 2009

    Alisar rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was really lovely, although I found that after the initial 4 weeks it tasted a bit weak, so I left it another 2 or 3 weeks in addition and then it tasted fantastic. Will definitely make it again next year when cherries are back in season. Currently making the Arrancello recipe (orange vodka) - another fantastic recipe on the GoodFood web-site. I also left the stones in when making this and it didn't cause any problems.

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  • Binder photo Sal

    20 August 2010

    Sal rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Love this. I'm just starting the second batch! :-)

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  • 27 August 2010

    Raymondo commented on this recipe

    Just made this for the first time,after reading some the comments I did leave it for 5 weeks.It's terrific!! I will be doing again next year with more fresh Cherries

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  • Binder photo Ru

    29 January 2011

    Ru commented on this recipe

    Do you make this with stones in or not?

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  • 30 December 2011

    Flavouredvodka commented on this recipe

    http://brittainsrv.com have fab flavoured cherry vodka I bought some last week !! Beautiful

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 750ml

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Plus 4 weeks
Vegetarian Freezable

Vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 400g cherries
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 70cl bottle vodka
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Per 50ml measure

169 kcalories, protein 0g, carbohydrate 15g, fat 0 g, saturated fat 0g, fibre 0g, sugar 15g, salt 0.03 g

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