SUMMER CELLO LIQUOR –

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“I cook with wine. Sometimes I even add it to the food.” W. C. Fields

Hi there,

A beautiful glass of Rose wine to me just epitomizes summer. Recently a friend invited us over for cocktails and served this delicious wine from the Wolffer Estates Vineyard in Long Island, New York. In addition to the Rose having an outstanding flavor, the bottle as you can see, is visually delightful. The combination just whispered “ah, those lazy, crazy days of summer”.

I immediately bought a couple of bottles for home and decided that those bottles had to be refilled with something special to be enjoyed in the winter. I decided I would try my hand at making a cello liquor. Since I had figs, peaches and lemons on hand that is what I used as the base flavors.

I hope you find a beautiful bottle if you can’t find the Wollfer Rose in your area and make this cello. I know it will bring a smile to your lips in December.

Ingredients

  • 4 large figs slice in half
  • 1 large peach sliced into chunks
  • 1 large lemon sliced into chunks
  • a fifth of Tito’s Vodka
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1 cups of sugar

Preparation

Add the prepared fruit to a wide mouth quart mason jar.

Cover the fruit with Tito’s Vodka or vodka of your choice, filling the bottle completely, and cover with a lid.

Leave in a cool dark place and once a day mix the ingredients by turning the jar over a few times.

After two weeks drain the fruit from the vodka.

Prepare a simple syrup by boiling in a small pan the water and the sugar.

Add the simple syrup to the vodka and pour into the bottle.

Let the liquor sit for 2 months before serving.

Cooks note: This liquor would be delicious served over ice cream or as a flavoring to a basic cake.

41 responses to “SUMMER CELLO LIQUOR –”

  1. Darlene – British Columbia, Canada – Writer of children's stories, short stories and travel articles. https://twitter.com/#!/supermegawoman http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=201634059868404&id=631897250&ref=notif&notif_t=like#!/pages/Darlene-Foster-Writer/362236842733
    Darlene says:

    What a grogeous bottle! Thanks for the recipe. xo

  2. Such a pretty floral bottle! Cheers!

  3. Clive – A Man of Kent, long exiled in Essex. I retired in September 2013 and life is generally good. Started the blog for mental health, which is still an important theme for me, but lately I seem to have become a blog DJ 😊🤘
    Clive says:

    A beautiful bottle, and I hope the wine was good too. Love that W C Fields quote!

  4. CarolCooks2 – Udon Thani – Enjoying life in The Land Of Smiles I am having so much fun researching, finding new, authentic recipes both Thai and International to share with you. New recipes gleaned from those who I have met on my travels or are just passing through and stopped for a while. I hope you enjoy them. I love shopping at the local markets, finding fresh, natural ingredients, new strange fruits and vegetable ones I have never seen or cooked with. I am generally the only European person and attract much attention and I love to try what I am offered and when I smile and say Aroy or Saab as it is here in the north I am met with much smiling. Some of my recipes may not be in line with traditional ingredients and methods of cooking but are recipes I know and have become to love and maybe if you dare to try you will too. You will always get more than just a recipe from me as I love to research and find out what other properties the ingredients I use contain to improve our health and wellbeing. This is now taking me into other areas like deforestation, chemicals and preservatives in the food chain. Exciting for me hence the title of my blog, Retired No One Told Me! I am having a wonderful ride and don’t want to get off, so if you wish to follow me on my adventures, then welcome! I hope you enjoy the ride also and if it encourages you to take a step into the unknown or untried, you know you want to…….Then, I will be happy!
    CarolCooks2 says:

    The bottle is beautiful I can see why you brought some home with you…Your recipe sound delicious. Bern…Cheers!

  5. OK, I love limoncello but I had no idea that you “cello” other fruits! The blushy pink color on your concoction is so pretty, and I love that you found a way to repurpose that beautiful bottle. 🙂
    Here’s what I want to know, what did you do with the fruit you strained out of the vodka? Was it too potent to eat?

  6. V.M.Sang – UK – I was born and educated in the north west of England. I trained as a teacher in Manchester and taught in Salford, Lancashire, Hampshire and Croydon. I write fantasy novels currently. I also make cards, knit, crochet, tat, do cross stitch and paint. I enjoy walking on the Downs, cycling and kayaking. I do not enjoy housework, but like cooking.
    V.M.Sang says:

    Sounds delicious. This idea of soaking fruit in alcohol seems to be a ubiquitous thing. In the UK we make sloe gin by soaking sloes in gin, with some sugar, in Germany they soak fruit in brandy, and in France they soak plums in eau de vie. I suppose it’s a way of preserving the fruit as, with Germany and France, the alcohol infused fruit is eaten as well as the alcohol being drunk.
    Not the case with the sloes, though. Although a member of the plum family, they are sour and uneatable.

  7. Ronit Penso Tasty Eats – NY, NY – Private chef, cookbook author, food journalist and translator. I love traveling and love to find out more about food wherever I go.
    Ronit says:

    Beautiful bottle, as is the color of the liquor.
    I chuckled by W. C. Fields’ quote! 🙂

  8. I’m not a big drinker of alcoholic drinks, but I sure do like the flavors you matched together here. It sounds and looks delicious. Enjoy!

  9. Chef Mimi – As a self-taught home cook, with many years in the culinary profession, I am passionate about all things food-related. Especially eating!
    Chef Mimi says:

    That is such a pretty pink! I hope I can find it.

  10. the Painted Apron – Life is all about creativity for me, as long as I'm creating something I am happy! I hope I will inspire your daily life and give you ideas for your own wonderful creations!
    Jenna says:

    What beautiful photos today Bernadette and the wine sounds amazing! Yes that pretty bottle deserves to be used again and again, your liqueur sounds divine!

  11. Bern, leave it to you to develop your very own cello recipe that produces this beautiful dark pink color. It looks perfect in the bottle. I’m going to try the recipe. Wish me luck, and thanks for sharing.

  12. Tatiana Pietrzak – Tatiana Pietrzak graduated with a Master's in Liberal Arts from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico as well as taking culinary classes at the Santa Fe Community College. After studying in London, Paris, Siena, and Florence, she lived and worked in Beijing in film and television. She has published articles on food, gardening, and culture in the Beijing University Newsletter, the Eagle, and the Santa Fe New Mexican. She is the author of The Music Is Written and The Book Of Clones. In addition, she has won two Editor's Choice awards from the National Library of Congress and was granted a Distinguished Membership from the Board of Directors and Advisory Committee of The International Society of Poets.
    Tatiana Pietrzak says:

    This looks wonderful and beautiful. I can’t wait to try it. How long does it last in the fridge once made?

  13. Retirement Reflections – Vancouver Island, BC – Prior to retirement, I lived and worked in Beijing China for fourteen years (Middle School Principal/Deputy Director at The Western Academy of Beijing). Leaving international life behind, my husband and I retired to Vancouver Island in June 2015. To document both this transition and our new adventures, ‘Retirement Reflections’ was born. I hope that you enjoy reading these reflections, and will be willing to share your own.
    Retirement Reflections says:

    Hi, Jo – You had me at the first sight of that beautiful bottle. And then when I read the recipe – double delight. That sounds amazing!

  14. Retirement Reflections – Vancouver Island, BC – Prior to retirement, I lived and worked in Beijing China for fourteen years (Middle School Principal/Deputy Director at The Western Academy of Beijing). Leaving international life behind, my husband and I retired to Vancouver Island in June 2015. To document both this transition and our new adventures, ‘Retirement Reflections’ was born. I hope that you enjoy reading these reflections, and will be willing to share your own.
    Retirement Reflections says:

    Hi, Bernadette – You had me at that beautiful bottle. Then when I read the recipe, it sounded absolutely divine. I will now look for this drink in our area. Wish me luck!

  15. D. Wallace Peach – 30 Miles beyond the edge of civilization, Oregon – I'm an adventurer in writing, peering under rocks in my garden for secret magic. I can't stop writing. My stories want to explode from my head. They demand my attention and surge from my fingertips faster than I can put them to paper. I love what I do.
    D. Wallace Peach says:

    The bottle is gorgeous, Bernadette. I would totally want to repurpose it and I love your idea of making a summer cello. And the instructions sound pretty easy (I don’t think I’m capable of messing that up!). Do you store it in the fridge for two months or on a shelf? Corked or just capped? As you can see, I’m going to try it. 🙂

    • Diana, If you have room in your freezer, store it there. Cello’s get nice and silky when they are kept in the freezer. My bottle was a screw top so I just washed it and put the tope back on. It is super easy.

      • D. Wallace Peach – 30 Miles beyond the edge of civilization, Oregon – I'm an adventurer in writing, peering under rocks in my garden for secret magic. I can't stop writing. My stories want to explode from my head. They demand my attention and surge from my fingertips faster than I can put them to paper. I love what I do.
        D. Wallace Peach says:

        Oh. That makes sense. (That’s where we keep our vodka already – LOL)

  16. Awakening Wonders – Everyday life is filled with wondrous things and embraceable moments, but only if we allow ourselves to be fully awakened. I invite you to join me as I share passionate life adventures and ramblings that awaken my spirit. I look forward to awakening your senses to the simple, joyous wonders that are all around us. I feel that we are destined to become soulful adventurers!
    Awakening Wonders says:

    Cheers to a fascinating recipe!

  17. that is such a lovely bottle. this reminds me of German rumtopf! soaking fruits in liquor and letting them marinate for a few months. Yum! Perfect timing for Christmas.

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