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Ingredients
Directions
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Additional requirements: clean, well-closable 500-ml pot and a clean, well-sealable 1-liter bottle, a clean tea towel and a funnel.
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Preheat the oven to 50 ° C.
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Clean the orange and lemon under running water and pat dry.
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Cut the peel of the orange and the peel of the lemon, there may be some white because the white peel provides the bitter taste.
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Place the peels on a griddle covered with parchment paper and put them in the oven.
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Let the peels dry and harden in 1 hour.
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Halve the lemon and flip the seeds out.
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Crush the seeds in a mortar or with the convex side of a spoon.
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Squeeze out the lemon.
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Place the orange and lemon peels in the pot and add the lemon seeds and the star anise and the cardamom.
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Sprinkle the sugar over it and pour 3 tablespoons of lemon juice and the brandy or vodka.
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Close the pot well and shake the pot well, so that the ingredients mix.
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Put the pot in a warm spot in sight and let the orange bitter stand for 2-3 weeks.
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Shake the pot every day to mix the ingredients.
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Make the tea towel wet under the tap and squeeze out the moisture.
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Place the tea towel in a sieve and hang it in a bowl.
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Pour the brandy with herbs and peels through the sieve into the bowl.
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Pour 500 ml of water into the pot and also pour this liquid through the sieve into the bowl.
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Put the funnel in the bottle and pour the orange bite out of the bowl into the bottle.
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Close the bottle and leave the orange bitter for another week.
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Serve the orange bitters in small glasses or in a long drink glass with ice cubes and a slice of orange, supplemented with carbonated mineral water.
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Tip: homemade orange bitters are less orange in color, you can give some more color with a few drops of red dye.
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