How to make your own homemade spiced rum. It’s so much better than store-bought spiced rum and packed with so much flavour, it’s a real winter warmer!
A reader recently emailed asking for a good recipe for Spiced Rum so I thought I’d share mine here.
I’ve just been making a new batch for Christmas prezzies. OMG did she mention the C word, oh yes she did! Come on ladies (and gentlemen too of course!) let’s get started making some gorgeous goodies for the festive season.
After all, some things take time to mature and get better with age (like us ladies for example) so now is the time to embrace the C word and get cracking for Christmas.
Spiced Rums are available in the shops and of course, some are better than others. All are more expensive than ‘normal’ rum so making your own spiced rum saves money and means you are completely in charge of what goes in there so can make your own choices.
What type of rum to use?
I use dark rum (the golden coloured stuff) not the white or Bacardi rum as the dark rum has a deeper richer flavour and goes best with the spices in this spiced rum recipe.
A bit like the difference between white sugar and a rich brown sugar.
Ingredients for spiced rum
1 bottle/750ml of dark/golden rum
2cm/1″ piece of fresh ginger
1 vanilla pod
2 cinnamon sticks
1 star anise
4 cardamom pods
2 cloves
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
2 all-spice berries
Zest from half an orange (use an unwaxed orange but if you can’t get one then get a ‘normal’ orange and scrub with warm soapy water and nail brush and then rinse thoroughly and dry)
250g/1 cup of sugar
Here’s how to make your own spiced rum;
I use a large kilner jar for this, make sure jar is sterilised first.
Put all your spices into the jar and add the rind of the orange, remember you only want the zesty outer peel not the bitter white pith.
Bash the ginger to release juices and add to jar.
Add the sugar and pour on that golden rum.
Seal the jar and give it a good shake. Put in a cool dark cupboard and shake every day for the first few days to get the sugar to dissolve completely.
After this leave it in there to mature and infuse and become all gorgeous and spicy, 1-2 weeks max.
Pour the rum through cheesecloth or kitchen towels/coffee filter into a jug and decant into a pretty bottle and label.
Add some to your Christmas pudding or Christmas cake recipes for that added kick of flavour and booze.
Add a dash of spiced rum to a mug of coffee or hot chocolate on a chilly winter day.
Looking for more homemade hooch recipes? Then check these out before you go;
How to make Kalua coffee liqueur
Homemade Baileys Irish cream liqueur
How to make Christmas bitters
Golden vanilla vodka
Rhubarb and ginger gin
How to make rosemary wine
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homemade spiced rum recipe
Karon Grieve
Rich and warming and packed with flavourful spices this rum is a real winter warmer and perfect for co*cktails too
Put all your spices into the jar and add the rind of the orange, remember you only want the zesty outer peel not the bitter white pith.
Bash the ginger to release juices and add to jar.
Add the sugar and pour on that golden rum. Seal the jar and give it a good shake. Put in a cool dark cupboard and shake every day for the first few days to get the sugar to dissolve completely.
After this leave it in there to mature and infuse and become all gorgeous and spicy, 1 week or 2 at most is enough.
Pour the rum through cheesecloth or kitchen towels/coffee filter into a jug and decant into a pretty bottle and label.
Notes
Serving information is taken as a shot glass.
This will keep in a cool dark place for up to a year.
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