Homemade Fig Liqueur
If you’ve never had Fig Liqueur you’re missing something sublime. It’s not easy to find on the market, so homemade is an excellent, and easy, substitute.
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups (1 pound) chopped figs
- 2 cups vodka (high proof is best)
- 1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar syrup
Instructions
- If the fruit you have is dried, you must first reconstitute it. Put a cup or so of water into a sauce pan. Boil water, add dried fruits. Cover, turn off heat and let fruits plump in hot water for about 5 minutes. Drain off water.
- Cut fruit into smaller pieces with scissors or a sharp knife. Place cooled fruit in vodka for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally. Strain and filter. Add sugar syrup to taste.
- The fruits are naturally very sweet, so be very sparing with your syrup.
- Though not necessary, we do recommend you refrigerate the liqueur.
My figs have been turned into whole fruit preserves. Is there a way to create a liqueur from preserves?
can you make this same recipe with fresh figs ?
Absolutely.
can this be made with fresh figs ?
Absolutely.
Not sure what pitted means? Aren’t figs just a mass of pits? If I remove them wouldn’t there just be the white bit and the skin? I want to make sure I do this correctly 🙂
The recipe calls for straining the fig liqueur, which is to remove the tiny seeds. You will nee a fine mesh sieve for this.
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Do you cook fresh figs before putting them in the vodka?
Just use the fruit raw. The riper the better.
I just wanted a straightforward, basic recipe for fig liqueur. There were so many on the internet where the writer drones on and on so much I gave up in boredom. This is very common amid writers in the USA. I just want a recipe, not a life story!
It was a huge relief to find this simple recipe. To the point, one page, perfect…..Oh and the recipe works.
Thank you
Glad you liked it.
im lucky living in a country with natural fig trees everywhere.. i mostly collect these when they are small and green, chop them into 2, add a small piece of cinnamon stick, 2 cardamoms, 2 drops of vanillin extract. all add in a jar, pour ethyl alcohol(which can be used for beverages) till the top of the figs in jar. wait a month.
Do you need to refrigerate this after opening or at all just made I I a couple of weeks ago with my fresh fig tree can’t wait to try???
I would, just to be safe.
Refrigeration would be a good idea.
Hello I want to have a go at making fig liqueur from fresh figs, could you advise please
what is a cup amount?
Shirley
from UK
1 cup is 150 grams.