Green Walnut liqueur - Nocino

[sandbender]

Mrs. Sandbender's relatives over in transylvania have sent us a bottle of 'diólikőr' which I know from my wanderings in Italy as 'Nocino'.

It is rather good, a very curious taste and very strong, the contents of this bottle are marked as being around 89 proof, I'm not sure how someone can work out the alcohol content of their concoctions however whenever we get a bottle of cherry liqueur or home made brandy it always has the 'proof' scribbled on the side.

Anyway, lots of 'green walnuts' around here earlier in the year, so I had a look through the internets and found this site, which features several recipes for Nocino along with chutneys and pickling options.

Something to keep me busy next year.

 

[demographic]

Do you mean 89 proof or 89% by volume?

IIRC 50% by volume is 100% proof but I might be wrong on that.

 

[cranmere]

I'd love to get hold of some green walnuts, Mr Cranmere likes pickled walnuts, I dye wool, and nocino sounds interesting. I haven't found anything here though, I shall have to look harder next year.

 

[sandbender]

Do you mean 89 proof or 89% by volume?

IIRC 50% by volume is 100% proof but I might be wrong on that.

Man I just drink the stuff.

But I'll ask.

 

[Dave]

Man I just drink the stuff.

...It sounds delicious. The only bottle of green walnuts in our house is the badedas.

 

[British Red]

I'll give that a spin - thanks for the recipe. Walnuts are easily scrumped here