Walnut liqueur

Ingredients for 1 servings:

• 15 walnuts, green unripe, picked before St. John’s Day
• 1 liter schnapps (grain), 38%
• 500 g sugar
• 500 g water
• 4 carnations
• 1 orange(s), untreated

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Rest period approx. 42 days; Total time approx. 42 days 30 minutes

according to grandma’s recipe

Caution! Green nuts stain very intensely, so wear disposable gloves! Slice the nuts and place them in a wide-necked bottle. Pour the schnapps over them, close the bottle tightly, and place it in the sun. Now you need three weeks of patience and the hope for plenty of sunshine. The contents of the bottle will turn black. After three weeks, strain through a linen cloth. Caution! Be sure to wear gloves here too! Squeeze out the residue in the linen cloth well; don’t waste anything! Pour the liqueur back into the bottle. Bring the water to a boil with the sugar, cloves, and finely peeled orange peel. Let the syrup cool slightly and then pour it into the bottle. Now reseal the bottle tightly (no, we’re not tasting it yet!) and place it back in the sun. After another three weeks, filter and pour into small bottles. The liqueur is now ready to enjoy.