Title: Orange Rum Cordial - Glorious Liqueurs
Categories: Makebooze
Yield: 1 1/2 pints

4	md	Navel oranges
1	md	Lemon
3	c	Light Rum
1	ts	Vanilla extract
1 1/8	c	Granulated brown sugar*
8	dr	Yellow food coloring, opt.
1	dr	Red food coloring, opt.
1	ts	Glycerine, opt.

Rinse and dry the oranges and the lemon. Use the shredding side of a cheese grater to scrape only the orange part off the oranges; be careful not to scrape off the white, bitter part. Scrape the peel off half the lemon the same way. Put the orange and lemon zests in a glass jar; add the rum. Seal tightly and let steep for 3 days in a cool, shaded place, shaking the jar once a day.

Strain the flavored rum into a clean bowl; whisk in the sugar until it dissolves and the mixture clears. Stir in the optional colorings, vanilla, and glycerine. Pour the liquid into a clean glass bottle, or bottles, seal tightly, and allow to mature for at least a week before using. Store at room temperature.

Note: To make superfine sugar, whirl 1 1/8 cups "Brownulated" sugar in a food processor or in two batches in a blender at highest speed, until fine but not powdered.

New Country Fare: Glorious Liqueurs Edited by Mary Aurea Morris ISBN: 0-9627403-1-4 Formatted by Carolyn Shaw 3-96..

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