“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 –”
What a grogeous bottle! Thanks for the recipe. xo
You are most welcome Darlene.
Such a pretty floral bottle! Cheers!
Thanks Angie.
A beautiful bottle, and I hope the wine was good too. Love that W C Fields quote!
The wine was delicious and went down very easy😂
This sounds very refreshing, Bernadette.
Well, I don’t know about refreshing but it is delicious.
Delicious. Cheers! 👏
Thanks so much!
The bottle is beautiful I can see why you brought some home with you…Your recipe sound delicious. Bern…Cheers!
Thanks Carol.
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?
No, the fruit unfortunately goes into the compost. The fruit looses all its color and a lot of flavor after its two week alcohol bath.
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.
Wow, thanks for the info. I was going to ask about sloes. I am glad you explained it.
Beautiful bottle, as is the color of the liquor.
I chuckled by W. C. Fields’ quote! 🙂
Thanks Ronit. He was a character, along with Mae West.
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!
Thanks for stopping by, Judy. I like to have a “cello” drink after dinner in place of dessert.
That is such a pretty pink! I hope I can find it.
Mimi, I think you might be able to order the wine on line. The picture is my summer cello not the rose wine.
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!
Jenna, I knew you would love that bottle. You immediately sprang to my mind when I saw it.
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.
This looks wonderful and beautiful. I can’t wait to try it. How long does it last in the fridge once made?
If you keep it the fridge, it will last indefinitely. It also enhances the flavor if you keep it in the freezer. Thanks for stopping and reading.
Great looking bottles! And the contents look really tasty. Such a fun post — thanks.
Hi John, thanks for the compliment and for stopping by.
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!
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!
Oh, I hope you find the bottle or find another beauty and make the summer cello. I am proud of the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by.
Sounds great! What a lovely bottle indeed!
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.
Oh. That makes sense. (That’s where we keep our vodka already – LOL)
Cheers to a fascinating recipe!
Thanks so much.
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.
Sherry, thanks so much for reading and commenting. Now, I am off to explore German rumtopf. I always learn something new from you.
that’s the great thing about blogging. we all learn so much from each other!