Fruit-Infused Vodka
You might call this pickled fruit, but more people will discard the fruit and drink the vodka than the other way around. You could, of course, eat the one and drink the other.
Recipe information
Yield
makes one 750ml- bottle
Ingredients
One 750-ml bottle high-quality vodka
4 cups cut-up fruit, such as strawberries, raspberries, passion fruit, pears, peaches, blackberries, or watermelon
1/2 cup sugar or honey
Handful of fresh mint leaves
Preparation
Step 1
Combine all the ingredients in a large bowl, jar, or plastic container and seal tightly. Refrigerate for at least 5 days, preferably a couple of weeks; taste periodically and you will know when it is ready.
Step 2
Strain and store the vodka in the refrigerator or freezer.
The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. © 2005 by Mark Bittman. Published by Broadway Books. All Rights Reserved.
MARK BITTMAN is the author of the blockbuster The Best Recipes in the World (Broadway, 2005) and the classic bestseller How to Cook Everything, which has sold more than one million copies. He is also the coauthor, with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, of Simple to Spectacular and Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef. Mr. Bittman is a prolific writer, makes frequent appearances on radio and television, and is the host of The Best Recipes in the World, a 13-part series on public television. He lives in New York and Connecticut.
