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Licor de Mandarina [Video+Recipe] Mandarin Orange Liqueur

My mandarin orange homemade liqueur is smooth, refined, and inspired, a fantastic choice as a digestif for the Christmas dinner when mandarins are in season. Start making this licor de mandarina today.
Course Drinks
Cuisine Caribbean, Dominican
Keyword homemade easy liqueur, homemade orange liqueur recipe, limoncello fruit dominican republic, mandarincello
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 8 shots
Calories 242kcal
Author Clara Gonzalez

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Steeping

  • Scraping with a spoon or knife, remove the white part of the inner side of the mandarin orange peel.
    This prevents the liqueur from tasting bitter, and gives it a better color in the end.
    Scraping white from the rinds.

2. Mixing

  • Mix rum and mandarin orange peels in a clean jar. Place in a covered jar in the refrigerator for about five days.
    Peels in a bottle with rum.

3. Boiling

  • Mix 1 cup of water, sugar, and a small piece of one of the rinds from the rum and boil over low heat until half of the water evaporates. Discard the peel and let the syrup cool.
    Making the syrup.

4. Straining

  • Strain the rum using a clean piece of cloth or fine mesh strainer and discard the rinds.
    Mix the syrup with the rum.
    Straining the rum

5. Serving

  • Serve chilled
    Mandarine liqueur served.

Video

Notes

The preparation time does not include the 5 days for steeping.

Nutrition

Calories: 242kcal | Carbohydrates: 27g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 20mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 85IU | Vitamin C: 3.2mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0mg
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