Course: Main
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes

Ingredients:

• Rhubarb - 6 stalks
• Vodka - 1 litre
• Granulated sugar - 2 kilos
• Water -
• Vanilla pod - 1

Instructions:

1. Chop the rhubarb finely to expose maximum surface area. Pulsing it a few times in a food processor makes the job much faster. Place in a glass jar add the vanilla pod (cut in half; lenght wise), cover with vodka by approximately an inch or so, seal, and allow to steep a month. Over this time, the flavour and color will leach out of the rhubarb, leaving the alcohol rosy and the rhubarb yellow-white.
2. When the rhubarb has finished steeping, strain it from the alcohol, and filter the solution through several layers of cheesecloth. Coffee filters work really well too.
3. Measure the final amount of alcohol - this is your base number. In a saucepan, heat 1.5 times that amount of water, and 1/2 - 3/4 that amount of sugar, depending on how sweet you like things. To give an example: 4 cups rhubarb alcohol would need 6 cups of water and 2-3 cups sugar. Let the sugar syrup cool, then add it to your filtered alcohol.
4. Taste and add more sugar if desired. Let age for at least a month before enjoying. Rhubarb liqueur keeps at any temperature, but is especially delicious straight from the freezer. Try adding it to your Cava or Prosecco, just like Kir Royale.