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Nalewki, anyone?

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Aug 19, 10, 17:34 #1

Was a time not long ago when nearly every man of the house in Poland prided himself in his home-made nalewka (alcoholic cordial). They can be made with most any fruit or even green walnuts. Anyone on PF make their own? Basically a jug of any washed, dried, pitted fruit (sometiems a few stones are included for added flavour!) is simpyl drenched with 50% grain neutral alcohol and 50% vodka, sealed and allowed to standa few weeks or several months (shaking occasionally), then filtered through cheese-cloth or cotton wool in a funnel into bottles. Then too it should be aged additioanlly in a coll, dark cellar.
Anyone (who can afford it) can serve guests Johnny Walker Black or Four Star Courvoisier, but isn't there's a special sense of staisfaction in being able to say it's home-made or it's the house speciality?

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Aug 19, 10, 17:36 #2

Polonius3Threads: 1,005 Posts: 4,833 Joined: Apr 11, 08 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 19:09 #3
Naw, the store-bought stuff ain't the same. (As they say about potato pancakes: 'Jak nie tarte, to g*wno warte!')

PaulinaThreads: 2 Posts: 561 Joined: Jan 31, 08 ♀	Edited by: Paulina Aug 19, 10, 19:56 #4
Polonius3: Anyone on PF make their own? No, but my mom did from aronia (chokeberries?) or something like that. And I bought my dad "Wielka księga nalewek" with recipes as a birthday present so maybe we'll try making some :)

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Aug 19, 10, 20:03 #5
my late grandpa used to make śliwowice and wiśniówke... very strong! my grandma still makes orzechówke...

PaulinaThreads: 2 Posts: 561 Joined: Jan 31, 08 ♀	Aug 19, 10, 20:08 #6
pgtx: my grandma still makes orzechówke... Wow, I never tried that, I think. Does it taste... good? ;)

pgtxThreads: 49 Posts: 6,327 Joined: Feb 14, 09 MEMBER ♀	Aug 19, 10, 20:12 #7
Paulina: Does it taste... good? ;) hehe... no, but i'm the only one who doesn't like it :)

jedenThreads: - Posts: 297 Joined: Nov 30, 09 ♂	Aug 19, 10, 21:52 #8
I make. Now i`m preparing miętówke and nalewkę herbacianą na brandy.

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Aug 20, 10, 18:13 #9

I just made some ---Likier z czarnych porzeczek----Nice sipping drink.

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Aug 26, 10, 14:11 #10

Polonius3:

Anyone on PF make their own?

- I learned to make a thing called krupnik. The name is the same as a soup, but this liquir is made of honey, some orange skin, bit o vanilla (real one, not just aromas) and other secret ingredients;). It is perfection now, I actually can brag about it. I mature it at least a month, but my record is 14 months.
Do not mistake it for some lousy miodowka (honey vodka).

Polonius3:

isn't there's a special sense of staisfaction in being able to say it's home-made or it's the house speciality?

- Oh yes, there is! There's nothing more pleasant than serving your own product, provided that it is good quality;)

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Aug 28, 10, 14:38 #11

here is very interesting nalewka made of sloeberries, called ‘Tarninowka’.

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