basil liqueur with thermomix

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20 September, 2021

We love to make liqueurs with our thermomix, whenever we can we prepare a little bottle to have when friends come or we even love to give away when we are invited to another house, a very personal gift ..

today we bring you a basil liqueur made naturally with our thermomix

basil liqueur with thermomix

Persons

Cooking time:

15 minutes

Total time

15 minutes

Kitchen room

Spanish

Category:

juices and thermomix drinks

Ingredients

100 basil leaves
1 liter of brandy
vanilla extract
zest of 2 lemons
500 grams of water
250 grams of granulated sugar

Preparation

Wash and clean the basil leaves well.
In a large glass jar we marinate the basil leaves with the alcohol, the lemon zest (only the yellow part) and the vanilla.
let it marinate for 24 hours.
After 24 hours, we put the water and sugar in our Thermomix bowl:
10 minutes / 90ºC / Speed 2.
Let cool and add the jar that we had marinating with the alcohol and the basil leaves
We close again in the airtight glass jar and let it rest in the dark for at least a week, shaking from time to time.
After a week, pour into the bottle, filtering it with a strainer.