Spicy Pumpkin Vodka for Russia

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Spicy Pumpkin Vodka for Russia

Postby Hawkeye » Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:30 pm

Just saw this on 5 ingredient fix on SBS Food Network. From Russia apparently. Kabocha is a type of squash or pumpkin.

2 cups raw kabocha or sugar pumpkin, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch chunks
3 cups vodka
1 cinnamon stick
2 whole vanilla beans
3 large pieces candied ginger, cut into long pieces

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
Put the pumpkin on a silicone mat lined baking sheet and bake until just tender, about 20 minutes. Remove the pumpkin from the oven and set aside to cool.
Pour the vodka into a bottle or large glass container. Add the pumpkin, cinnamon stick, vanilla beans and ginger. Let it sit for 1 week at room temperature, shaking gently every couple of days. Strain the infused vodka, through a fine mesh sieve and funnel it back into the original vodka bottle. Cap and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Anyone tried something like this at all? Sounds good to me but before I go adding pumpkin to vodka....
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Re: Spicy Pumpkin Vodka for Russia

Postby wiifm » Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:37 pm

Sounds good to me. If anyone asks, you can say you're having pumpkin soup for dinner :teasing-tease:
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Re: Spicy Pumpkin Vodka for Russia

Postby rumsponge » Tue Jul 11, 2017 7:23 pm

I had a good harvest of a dozen or so kabocha pumpkins. Has anyone tried this recipe above ? Any way or ideas to mash/ferment/distill pumpkin and get something useful out of it (other than lawnmower fuel) ?
Cheers RS
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Re: Spicy Pumpkin Vodka for Russia

Postby Zak Griffin » Wed Jul 12, 2017 6:14 am

I've heard of plenty of guys using pumpkin as nutrient for a sugar wash!
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