Caraway liqueur (kümmel)

Name: Caraway liqueur (kümmel)
Total time: 21 d 15 min
Yield: ± 750 ml
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons caraway seeds; 1 teaspoon fennel seeds; 1 strip of unwaxed lemon peel; 500 ml vodka (40 %); 200 g sugar; 150 ml water

Updated on 9 October 2026

Makes: ± 750 ml
Time: 15 min + 3 weeks steeping
From: Caraway

Ingredients

2 tablespoons caraway seeds
1 teaspoon fennel seeds
1 strip of unwaxed lemon peel
500 ml vodka (40 %)
200 g sugar
150 ml water

Method

Lightly crush the caraway and fennel seeds in a mortar.
Put them in a glass jar with the lemon peel and vodka; leave to steep for 2 weeks in a dark place, shaking now and then.
Boil the water and sugar to a clear syrup and leave to cool.
Strain the vodka through a coffee filter, mix with the syrup, bottle and leave to rest for another week.

Storing: A year in a cool, dark place. Drink it chilled as a digestif.