Recipe - Frangelico

4 cup Unshelled Hazlenuts or 2 1/2
cups shelled
4 teaspoon Angelica root
31 ounce Vodka 80 proof
1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
1 One half cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Filtered or distilled water
1 teaspoon Glycerine
2 dr Yellow food coloring

preheat oven to 350 Shell hazelnuts. Roast nuts on a baking sheet for 10 to
15 minutes and remove from oven. Allow to cool to room temp. Coursely
chopnut and place in a large glass container. Bruise Angelica root with a
motrer and pestle, and add to container. Add vodka. Cap tightly and put in
a dark place for 1 month. Shake occasionally. Pour mix through cheesecloth
to remove all particles. After straining and filtering, measure the volume
of the alcohol mixture. It should be 28 oz. If volume is less add more
vodka to make up the difference. In a large sauce pan bring the water to a
boil. Add sugar stirring til desolved. Allow to cool to room temp. Add
syrup to alcohol mixture. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts, glycerine
and food coloring. Now the hard part ... allow to age in an air tight
container for 3 months. A second straining may be required after aging.

Posted to TNT Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter by F3RRARI
F3RRARI@aol.com on Dec 30, 1997