Italian Desserts Recipes - Roman Violet Liqueur (Liquore Romano Viola) Recipe

Ingredients                                 

• Rind of 1 orange, cut into strips

• 300 ml/1 1/4 cups brandy

• 8 whole cloves

• 2.5 cm/1 in piece of cinnamon stick

• 1 piece star anise

• 50 Parma violets, stems and green leaves removed

• 15 ml/1 tbsp orris root

• 1/2 vanilla pod

• 225 g/8 oz/1 cup granulated sugar

• 15 ml/1 tbsp violet food coloring

• Vanilla Ice Cream, to serve

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Method:

1. Place all the ingredients except the sugar and food coloring in a wide-necked jar and allow to stand for 2 weeks, shaking occasionally.

2. Pour in the sugar and allow to stand for a further 2 weeks. Strain through a paper coffee filter and stir in the food coloring.

3. Rebottle and use poured over Vanilla Ice Cream.