After removing them from the alcohol, I squeezed out the juice. The juice, which was extracted from the fruit was 2 1/8 cups and I used it to make the syrup, which not only makes the colour more vivid but also adds a wonderful, more intense taste to the drink.

Bring to a boil again, lower heat and boil for 5 more minutes. Leave it on the ceramic stove until it cools. Boil again for a few more times until the peels are soft.

And ..... done! Awesome.

Add the alcohol, close tightly with the lid and place the jar in a cupboard and let them steep for 18 - 20 days. (At this point if you do not want to make candied mandarin peels, you extract the juice and just prepare the syrup and mix with the leftover alcohol). At this point if you do not want to make the candied mandarin peels, you extract the juice and just cook the syrup for ten minutes. You then mix the syrup with the leftover alcohol). This cookie is set by Rubicon Project to control synchronization of user identification and exchange of user data between various ad services.

Add the alcohol, close tightly with the lid and place the jar in a cupboard and let them steep for 18 – 30 days. There are many ways to make liqueurs but this time I made the mandarin liqueur using the whole fruit. I go with Grand Marnier because it’s a great liqueur…and oh yes, it contains Cognac which is equally greatAs I said in my previous posts for Mandarin Marlaladeand Mandarin Cake,we do have a lot of mandarins, so I made a lot of recipes. I also made this Mandarincello, which is a Mandarin Liqueur. Records the default button state of the corresponding category & the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.

Put the mandarin juice, mandarin peels, sugar, water and cinnamon and bring to a boil. When it begins to create froth, turn off the heat before it overflows. Leave it on the ceramic stove until it cools*. Combine the peels with the vodka in the jar and place it in a dark cupboard for at least a couple of weeks but longer if possible. A couple of months might be best. Shaking the jar once a day will help disperse the flavour from the peel into the liquor.Using a potato peeler, peel the coloured bit of the mandarin peels off trying to avoid as much of the bitter white pith as possible. Fresh mandarin oranges that have been freshly squeezed. This recipe calls for 3 ounces of fresh juice so that’s around 2 mandarin oranges (you should be able to get 1.5 oz. of juice per orange). The clear vodka will eventually take on a golden orange hue. Taste the vodka from time to time to judge the flavour but remember that there’s no sugar in it so it won’t taste like the flavoured vodkas at the shop yet. However you serve it, you can enjoy Absolut Vodka in the knowledge that this premium spirit is produced sustainably by master distillers. Made with winter wheat and pristine water sourced from the same small village of Åhus, Sweden, Absolut pride themselves on carbon neutral distillation and implementing low waste farming initiatives in their close-knit community.