Recipe for walnut schnapps.
This essence makes about 3 bottles of schnapps. You need to be patient – it takes about 1-1½ years to make a good walnut schnapps.
Ingredients:
8-10 Green and unripe walnuts (approx. 350 gr.)
3 bottles of vodka or neutral-flavored schnapps
1 glass with lid of approx. 1 litre
1 portion of patience
How to do it:
Unripe walnuts contain a juice that stains quite strongly, so it's a good idea to wear gloves when cutting them.
Split your walnuts and cut them into quarters or halves. Put them in your glass and pour the liquor over your walnuts so that they are just covered (approx. 4-5 dl). The glass should be twice as big as the walnuts. It is important that they have the opportunity to breathe. Therefore, the glass should not be filled completely, there should also be air in the glass.
Shake your jar every 14 days and lift the lid to allow some oxygen to enter. Place it in a dark place and let it steep for at least 5 months.
When you have been very patient – Take the nuts out and filter the schnapps, let the schnapps run through a coffee filter a few times and you should get a nice dark brown color on your walnut essence. Put it in a bottle and let it sit for at least a month – preferably 6 months.
We recommend mixing the essence in a ratio of 1 part essence to 6 parts neutral vodka or schnapps.
We use about ⅓ essence for one bottle of schnapps, but experiment a little until you find your own taste.
Once you have diluted the essence, the walnut schnapps should stand for another month so that the flavor is allowed to accumulate and becomes less alcoholic in taste.
The longer you let a walnut schnapps sit and age, the better it gets. So it only gets better with each passing year.
