Peach Liquor

(French: Crême de Peche) Ingredients for approximately 5 liters (5 quarts):   - 1 litre freshly pressed peach juice - 2 litre of alcohol  45º (d'eau de vie) - 1 kg of sugar - 1 vanilla pod - 1 glass jar 4 litre (4 quarts) or two 2-liter jars (2 2-quart jars). Jar should be sterile (clean).

Recipe:

• Remove the pits from the peaches

• Cut peaches into cubes and extract the juice (1 litre)

• Mix the juice with 2 litre of alcohol in the jar, add the vanilla pod, and close jar (the top should be air-tight)

• Leave the jar in the sun for 6 weeks

• After this filter the juice through some cotton

• For approx. 1.4 l of syrup mix 1 kg of sugar into 400 ml of water and bring to a boil

• Leave it to boil until the syrup water has become completely clear and little bubbles are rising to the top

• Let the syrup cool down completely

• Mix the two: 400 ml of syrup to 1 l of peach juice

• Fill the Crême de Peche into small bottles and close with a cork

• The Crême de Peche is ready to be mixed with wine or champagne after another 2 months

Notes:

If you have syrup left over, mix with lemon juice, bring to a boil and bottle. This is a marvellous and refreshing syrup drink for children and adults alike.