Making Your Own Rum Krupnik
Making Your Own Rum Krupnik
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 without rind
• 1 1 ⁄ 3 Cups Honey
• 2 Cups Low-Congener Unaged Rum at 40% ABV
Directions:
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, allow to cool down and gradually stir in the rum.
8. Serve hot or cold.
Did you know that...
Krupnik (Polish), Krupnik (Belarusian) or Krupnikas (Lithuanian) is a traditional sweet alcoholic drink traditionally made with vodka and honey. It is popular in Poland, Belarus and Lithuania. Honey is the main ingredient used to add sweetness, but as many as 50 different herbs can also be used. There are many versions and some recipes have been passed down through generations. Krupnik originated in the territories of present-day Belarus, which were at the time part of the larger Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Krupnik is sometimes heated before being served.
Legend has it that the recipe was created by the Benedictine monks at a monastery in Niaśviž (then known as Nieśwież) which was founded by Mikołaj Krzysztof “ Sierotka” Radziwi łł. Known in Poland and Lithuania (including present day Belarus) at least since the 16th century, it soon became popular among the szlachta of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.