After tasting Tuaca for the first time I was thrilled to find this recipe on the Livin' la Vida Roko blog site, thanks to them. I haven't finished it yet, but so far it smells just like the real thing. I have a bottle so I plan on comparing it when it's finished. I did use one more vanilla bean, it might be too much but I will see how it works.
Homemade Tuaca
3 cups brandy
2 vanilla beans, split lengthwise
Zest of 3 tangerines
Zest of 1 lemon
Zest of 1 grapefruit
1 3 inch cinnamon stick
1/2 cup simple syrup
Pour the brandy into a clean container and add vanilla beans and zests. Let sit 1 week, then add cinnamon stick and simple syrup. After 1 more week of infusing, strain out all ingredients, reserving the vanilla beans. Drop the beans into a clean bottle, then fill with the brandy mixture. (See simple syrup recipe)
2/27/11 - Came out fabulous tasting.
1 comment:
How does it compare to tuaca? What brandy did you use?
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