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My Mother’s Rosolio Recipe

( La Ricetta del Rosolio di mia Madre )

My mother was a very busy woman and did everything with efficiency and speed; she used extracts to make all rosoli except for brewing the coffee to make rosolio al caffe’ or the Rosolio alle Fragole made with tiny Sicilian strawberry infused with alcohol and syrup.

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  • Wines and DrinksMy Mother's Rosolio Recipe

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb Sugar
    • 1 pint Water
    • Extract of your preferred essence (store bought)
    • 1 Qt. 100 proof vodka

    Instructions

    1

    Bring to a boil the sugar and the water; simmer at low heat for 3 minutes and set on the side to cool.

    2

    In a clean jar combine the alcohol and the extract.

    3

    When sugar syrup is cold pour it into the jar. Seal the jar and let it sit for a few days.

    4

    Strain the rosolio using a paper filter or a piece of cotton cloth or a few layers of cheesecloth.

    5

    Bottle and seal the rosolio and use after about one week.

    NOTE: 

    6

    We liked a light rosolio at about 20% alcoholic content that can be made using a vodka 80 proof.
    Making the Coffee Rosolio water is substituted with espresso coffee.
    My mother made the Strawberry Rosolio with tiny fragoline, available only in Sicily, by combining them with the water-sugar- alcohol solution.