Grand Marnier No. 2

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Here is a recipe that I do in the fall, so it's ready for xmas, but of course it can be made any time of year. To not confuse it with Bushman's Grand Marnier recipe I have called this Grand Marnier No. 2, although in my house it's number one.

Instructions:
- Pour 35cl cheap but quality Brandy into a jar and mix in 75gr of caster sugar (215gr per liter) so it dissolves.
- Wash an orange carefully with water and put it in a hops bag or similar, and tie it in place. Ecologic oranges are better, I guess.
- Get a jar with a big enough opening to fit the orange.
- Now put the orange in its' net inside the jar, just about two fingers above the surface of the brandy, and put the lid on such that the orange stays in place. See picture.
- Leave the jar in place with warm ambient temperature, preferably on top of a kitchen cupboard, cover with a cloth and leave for three weeks. What happens now is that the orange will "sweat" drops of orange oils into the Brandy.
- After three weeks, remove the orange and pour your orange brandy liqueur into a bottle. Ready to serve.

Grand Marnier, besides being nice on its' own, is great when cooking crepes and other deserts, and it's not a bad sub at all for your regular Margarita, in place of the Triple Sec, making it a Grand Margarita. Or why not make a luxury Sidecar?

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