Vanilla gin or vanilla vodka

Vanilla beans · 1 bottle · 5 min + 3–7 days

A homemade infusion that makes a perfect gift.

Ingredients

• 70 cl gin or vodka
• 1–2 vanilla beans

Method

1. Split the vanilla beans lengthways and put them in the bottle.
2. Let the spirit infuse somewhere dark for 3–7 days. Taste it every day.
3. Take the beans out when the flavour is how you like it. Vodka gives the purest vanilla flavour, while gin gives a floral play with juniper.

Tip: use the whole bean. A scraped vanilla bean still has plenty of flavour. Put it in a jar of sugar, and after a couple of weeks you have your own vanilla sugar.

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