Dishwasher Vodka
Normally when infusing alcohol with spices or fruit you have to wait a number of months for the best flavour. This is a cheat’s version, called dishwasher vodka, which if made today will be ready for drinking or gifting tomorrow!
When I first heard about this particular infusion trick I was a bit doubtful but hey I’m always the type of person to give something a go once. The original link I saw infused vodka with chocolate bars. That’s a shocking waste of chocolate if you ask me and as Christmas is on the way I’ve an alternative option which adds seasonal tones to your vodka. However, don’t let my Winter spices be the only way to infuse your vodka in the dishwasher. This is perfect with skittles but make sure you use just one colour skittles so that you don’t have a muddy brown colour vodka. Red or green colours work particularly well here.
The instructions are simple but follow them closely!
Ingredients Method Half fill a glass bottle with a rubber stopper with vodka. As the vodka is going to be spiced and we are all on a budget I would suggest a bargain tipple from your local superstore such as Lidl (disclosure as you may already know I’m a Brand Ambassador for Lidl but they’ve not asked me to mention in this post). Add 3 tablespoons of demerara sugar, 1 vanilla pod and 1 stick of cinnamon (or cassia bark) to the bottle. Note, in my pictures I used 2 sticks and I found this a little bit overpowering but if you like cinnamon go right ahead. Make sure the bottle is closed & sealed tightly then shake well for 2 mins. Put some welly into it! Place the bottle on its side on the top shelf of the dishwasher. Fill the rest of the dishwasher as normal and run it on a full “dirty” setting. For me that is 130 mins at approximately 60 degrees Celcius. When the dishwasher is finished, leave the bottle to completely cool on the top rack. DO NOT open the bottle until it is stone cold. Once cold, shake the bottle one more time and leave standing upright for 3 hours. Serve on plenty of ice if you’re going to drink it neat. Decant into mini bottles or jars for presents and decorate the bottles with bows. Mix with soda water or decent ginger ale for a bit of sparkle. Just to add the yellow/orange cubes are recyclable ice cubes; if you don’t like your drinks watered down they are the bizzo.Dishwasher Vodka
Caitriona Redmond
I'm an Irish mother to 2 boys, born & bred in Dublin, Ireland. I like to cook simple & fresh food for the family, with the family on a budget.
13 Comments
Maud
I’m confused. What are the little orange square yokies? I thought the recipe was somehow going to cunningly use throat lozenges…
Wholesome Ireland
They are (believe it or not) recyclable ice cubes & I’ve amended the post above to include them!
Maud
Aha! Thanks!
Joanna O'Sullivan
Ha ha, I’m laughing at your comment about the shocking waste of chocolate, I’d feel the same! This is genius, am definitely going to try it……for scientific testing, not just to get drunk obviously!
Wholesome Ireland
Apparently it works with After 8’s, Dime Bars etc. like I say. I’m not gonna waste my choccy on voddy! Enjoy. 😉
Edible Ireland
I learned two things from this post – first, the dishwasher trick (I’d love to know who first thought of that!), and second, the phrase “put some welly into it”. Love it! Serving this with ginger ale sounds absolutely gorgeous. Great recipe, C!
Wholesome Ireland
I’ve no idea who thought of it but it definitely works. Freezing the bottle when cold after a run in the dishwasher improves the infusion too. 😉
kale
infused vodka at home is such an inspired and fun idea!
Wholesome Ireland
It is great fun Kaleigh. I wish I had thought of it myself!
Mum of Invention
Hubs and myself having a great laugh at this over breakfast…such a clever idea…SO ‘outside the box’. Gonna make it today!
Wholesome Ireland
Not so much “outside the box” C, more “inside the bottle”. 😉 I hope all is well. x
Helene Lopes
I neither drink it or have a dishwasher, but what I di was use it to make my own vanilla extract, fragrant and delicious. And I will pass this post along because I know many readers who will swoon over this recipe!
Caitriona Redmond
Thank you!