Firebird's Honey Vodka

Total Time: 24 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 24 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 4 ounces honey
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg, freshly grated
• 5 vanilla beans, scraped
• 3 cloves
• 1 bunch fresh mint
• 6 peppercorns, whole
• 2 lemons, zest of
• 2 oranges, zest of
• 2 liters vodka (the better the vodka, the better the taste)

Recipe

• 1 scrape the vanilla beans.
• 2 zest the lemons and oranges.
• 3 then stir all the ingredients, except vodka, into a small saucepan and bring to a low boil.
• 4 turn down the heat to a very, very low simmer.
• 5 let it simmer, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. do not let it boil or it will become a hard lump.
• 6 remove from the heat and let sit overnight.
• 7 the next day strain the solids and add the honeyed liquid to the vodka and chill.