My grandmother Effrosyni has taught me a lot about gardening. She had a great garden in my village which is still being maintained by my family. I learned everything about when is the right time during the year to plant what, how much water each plant needs, which plants need more or less light, as well as which seeds should be kept in order to be plant the year after. Her garden included all kinds of vegetables (e.g. potatoes, tomatoes, egg plants, cucumbers, corn, courgettes, and cauliflowers) but she also maintained a garden full of flowers (e.g. roses, daisies, carnations, dahlias, and hyacinths). Apart from vegetables and flowers, she also maintained quite some trees for our own fruit production. An important skill I learned from her as well is how to prune the trees properly in order to maximize productivity. I loved the fact that after collecting the fruits she would always use them for making home-made fruity liquors or traditional marmalades. She taught me how to make lovely cherry marmalade and walnut liquor, based on home-made “tsipouro” (traditional Greek beverage, minimum 40% alcohol).
I would like to share with you the recipe to make your own home-made walnut liquor. Tsipouro, raki, or any other plain, transparent alcoholic beverage with about 40-50% of alcohol can be a good basis for the walnut liquor. Vodka is also a good basis. We need 1 kg. plain, colorless alcoholic drink and 10 fresh, green walnuts. Wash the walnuts thoroughly. Dry them very well and then place them in the plain alcoholic basis. We will then add 500 gr. of sugar, after we have melted it in a bit of warm water. Finally we add a cinnamon stick. Make sure that the bottle with the mixture is being sealed very well. Leave the bottle in a sunny place (e.g. next to a window) for about 1 month. You will notice that its color becomes darker and darker. Afterwards, you have to pour the liquor onto a strainer so as to filter it. Then you can put it in bottles that you have washed very well before with boiled water. Your liquor is ready to be consumed. Cheers!
I would like to share with you the recipe to make your own home-made walnut liquor. Tsipouro, raki, or any other plain, transparent alcoholic beverage with about 40-50% of alcohol can be a good basis for the walnut liquor. Vodka is also a good basis. We need 1 kg. plain, colorless alcoholic drink and 10 fresh, green walnuts. Wash the walnuts thoroughly. Dry them very well and then place them in the plain alcoholic basis. We will then add 500 gr. of sugar, after we have melted it in a bit of warm water. Finally we add a cinnamon stick. Make sure that the bottle with the mixture is being sealed very well. Leave the bottle in a sunny place (e.g. next to a window) for about 1 month. You will notice that its color becomes darker and darker. Afterwards, you have to pour the liquor onto a strainer so as to filter it. Then you can put it in bottles that you have washed very well before with boiled water. Your liquor is ready to be consumed. Cheers!
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