Hot Vodka With Honey (krupnik)

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons of cold water
• 4 cups boiling water
• 1 small cinnamon stick
• 10 peppercorns
• 20 allspice berries
• 1/4 vanilla bean, sliced and scraped
• 1/4 nutmeg, grated
• 2 cloves
• 1 orange, rind of
• 1 1/3 cups honey
• 2 cups vodka

Recipe

• 1 heat sugar in 2 tbs of water until it dissolves, then stir in the boiling water.
• 2 add vanilla bean, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and allspice berries.
• 3 bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 4 strain the caramel mixture and return to the pan.
• 5 stir in honey and orange rind and heat, stirring, until the honey has completely dissolved.
• 6 bring to a boil.
• 7 remove the pan from the heat and gradually stir vodka.
• 8 serve hot or cold.