Fig Infused Vodka Recipe (2024)

FAQs

How long should you infuse vodka? ›

Infusing involves steeping one or more ingredients in a distilled spirit to extract flavor. With its neutral taste, vodka is well suited to take on the flavors of various ingredients. While it's a simple process, infusing does take time (about 3 to 7 days).

Choose 80-proof or 100-proof vodka to make fruit-flavored vodkas. Use two cups chopped fruit + two to three cups vodka, and infused for three to five days. Make sure the vodka covers the fruit to prevent it from spoiling during infusion.

Figenza Fig Vodka - 1 oz. Blood Orange Juice - Top with Sparkling Wine Serve in a Champagne flute and garnish with a blood orange slice. - 2 oz. Figenza Fig Vodka - Muddled Cucumbers & Mint - Fresh Lemon Juice - Splash of Club Soda & Sprite Serve on the rocks.

For example, if you are infusing your vodka with fruit, it is perfectly fine to let it sit in the fridge for a full week prior to serving. Your guests may even comment on how it tastes more like syrup than liquor.

Infused spirits are best enjoyed within three months, but they will never go bad. See our co*cktail recipes for ideas on how to use your infused alcohol.

Infused vodka made with fresh ingredients–or anything with the potential to spoil–should be refrigerated because it will expire. Infusions made with dried or preserved ingredients, however, do not require refrigeration.

So you can soak them even for a month, 15 days, 5 days or even the night before you bake. I would recommend, if you don't have much time and want to soak the fruit asap, you can warm the alcohol, ever so gently as you don't want to evaporate the alcohol in the liquid – before adding it to the dried fruit.

A Note on Infusion Containers

As Chris does in the video, you can use a beverage server, but we find that Mason jars or other similar glass jars or sealable glass containers work best. Whatever you choose, make sure you have a really clean container– especially if you're reusing something like a pasta sauce jar.

Store the Pineapple infused vodka in the refrigerator for 2 weeks. The vodka won't spoil, however, pineapples are perishable and after 2 weeks the pineapple flavor will not taste as fresh.

The infusion process alone takes as much as three weeks to allow for the maximum aroma and flavor. But those who have tried it before prefer it to manufactured flavored vodkas. This is because many flavored vodkas use flavorings rather than the real source of the flavor (e.g. orange flavor instead of real oranges).

How to infuse vodka overnight? ›

To make the infused vodka, enough for two drinks: Pour four ounces of vodka into a sealable container. Add two four-inch segments of rosemary. Let sit overnight. Strain before using.

Figenza is made with hand-picked Mediterranean Figs from Greece and Turkey and distilled 6 times to create one of the world's most sophisticated and innovative vodkas.

It's unique, fruity flavor is the perfect base for any of your favorite classic co*cktail recipes. Its distinct yet not overpowering sweetness makes it a great stand alone drink on the rocks.

Fig Flavoured Polish Vodka

Żołądkowa Gorzka have taken their traditional Polish vodka and enriched it with wonderful fig extracts, creating a spiced, warming. fruity drink. A true Polish speciality, the use of figs to add richness and flavour to dishes and drinks has been done in Poland for centuries.

Infuse the oils at room temperature for 1 to 10 days—the intensity of the flavor increases over time. Oil may be heated to 140°F for 5 minutes to more quickly infuse the oil. Avoid higher temperatures that could damage the flavor of the oil.

On an empty stomach, blood alcohol concentration peaks about one hour after consumption, depending on the amount drunk; it then declines in a more or less linear manner for the next four hours.

The fermentation process for making vodka usually takes one to two weeks. When complete, the vodka maker strains away the solids, leaving only the liquid base. This results in an ethanol or ethyl alcohol product with about 16% alcohol by volume (ABV).