Infused: 100+ Recipes for Infused Liqueurs and Cocktails

by Susan Elia MacNeal, Leigh Beisch (Photographer)

Infused liqueurs are the hot new ingredients for cocktails. With more than 30 infusions plus dozens of drinks to use them in, Infused combines spirits like vodka and rum with fruits, flowers, herbs, and spices to create superior liqueurs. Take the Gibson and give it a kick with Onion Vodka. Cool down with Watermelon Martinis on warm summer days, or get the heat going with Hot Mint Chocolate spiked with Mind Vodka, a perfect antidote to cold winter nights. Many infusions pair with multiple recipes: herb-infused vodkas enliven both the Rosemary Martini and the Strawberry Basil Martini. Chocolate Vodka is the indulgence in the Chocolate Martini, Brandy Alexander, and the Grasshopper. The versatility of each infusion makes giving a bottle of homemade liqueur a unique gift for any drink connoisseur. With tips on how to shake, stir, and chill, and enough recipes and ideas to reinvent any party, this colorful little book is the ultimate infusion of fun.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

152 pages, Hardcover

First published September 21, 2006

About the author

Susan Elia MacNeal is the author of The New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly and USA Today-bestselling Maggie Hope mystery series, starting with the Edgar Award-nominated and Barry Award-winning MR. CHURCHILL'S SECRETARY, which is now in its 23nd printing. MOTHER DAUGHTER TRAITOR SPY, her first stand-alone novel, comes out September 20, 2022.

Her books have been nominated for the Edgar, the Macavity, the ITW Thriller, the Barry, the Dilys, the Sue Federer Historical Fiction, and the Bruce Alexander Historical Fiction awards. The Maggie Hope series is sold world-wide in English, and has also been translated into Czech, Japanese, Mandarin, Cantonese, Turkish, Italian, Russian, Portuguese, and Bulgarian.. Warner Bros. has the TV rights.

Susan graduated from Nardin Academy in Buffalo New York, and also cum laude and with honors in English from Wellesley College. She cross-registered for courses at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and attended the Radcliffe Publishing Course at Harvard University.

Her first job was as the assistant to novelist John Irving in Vermont. She then worked as an editorial assistant at Random House, assistant editor at Viking Penguin, and associate editor and staff writer at Dance Magazine in New York City. As a freelance writer, she wrote two non-fiction books and for the publications of New York City Ballet.

Susan is married and lives with her husband, Noel MacNeal, a television performer, writer and director, and their son in Park Slope, Brooklyn.

Reviews

[Joni · Rating 5 out of 5]

OMG!! I listed her book "Mr Churchill's Secretary" as -TO READ- and realize she wrote this other book from which I learned to make Limoncello, Kahlua, and Lavender Martinis!

Great recipes, and lots of creative cocktails to make with them...

What a Renaissance woman -- WWII and liqueur-martini expert. My 2 favorite things!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Handy if you're planning on making infusions, but only to save you time experimenting with some common combinations. The vast majority of the book consists of cocktail recipes. The actual substantive set of infusion recipes is a small portion at the front. That said, given the cost of alcohol, it could well save you time if you plan to make some basic combinations as a starting point.

[Sheila Shultz]

Good information

[Scott Andrews · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very down-to-earth and approachable book. Elevated flavour profiles from simple techniques. Well worth a read. Well worth your time to experiment with.