Hazelnut liqueur

Name: Hazelnut liqueur
Yield: ± 700 ml
Ingredients: 200 g shelled, roasted hazelnuts; 500 ml vodka or grain gin (35–40 % alcohol); 1 vanilla pod; 200 g sugar; 150 ml water

Updated on 9 October 2026

Makes: ± 700 ml
Time: 30 min + 3 weeks steeping + 1 month maturing
From: Turkish hazel

Ingredients

200 g shelled, roasted hazelnuts
500 ml vodka or grain gin (35–40 % alcohol)
1 vanilla pod
200 g sugar
150 ml water

Method

Chop the nuts coarsely and put them with the split vanilla pod in a screw-top jar. Pour the alcohol over.
Close and leave to steep for 3 weeks in the dark. Shake every few days.
Bring the sugar and water to the boil until the sugar has dissolved and leave the syrup to cool completely.
Strain the alcohol through a fine sieve and then a coffee filter. This is slow, so give it time.
Mix with the cooled syrup, pour into clean bottles with stoppers and leave to mature for another month in a cool, dark place.

Storing: A year in a cool, dark place. The liqueur contains about 25 % alcohol and is not for children.