{"id":10568,"date":"2016-01-19T08:35:26","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T13:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/?p=10568"},"modified":"2016-01-22T10:11:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T15:11:34","slug":"making-nocino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/making-nocino\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Nocino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/green-walnuts.png\" alt=\"green-walnuts\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/green-walnuts.png 640w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/green-walnuts-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/green-walnuts-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last July, my friend Kate of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowflakekitchen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Snowflake Kitchen<\/a>, put a call out to us locals about her abundance of green walnuts from the tree on her property. She had plans to make Nocino and thought we may want to give it a try.  Yes, please! I was in her neighborhood when she wasn&#8217;t home, so I felt like a bit of thief as I foraged a bag of the green nuts, but homemade booze is worth the possible embarrassment of her neighbors calling the police.<br \/>\n<code><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-version=\"6\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:8px;\">\n<div style=\" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;\">\n<div style=\" background:url(data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAAGFBMVEUiIiI9PT0eHh4gIB4hIBkcHBwcHBwcHBydr+JQAAAACHRSTlMABA4YHyQsM5jtaMwAAADfSURBVDjL7ZVBEgMhCAQBAf\/\/42xcNbpAqakcM0ftUmFAAIBE81IqBJdS3lS6zs3bIpB9WED3YYXFPmHRfT8sgyrCP1x8uEUxLMzNWElFOYCV6mHWWwMzdPEKHlhLw7NWJqkHc4uIZphavDzA2JPzUDsBZziNae2S6owH8xPmX8G7zzgKEOPUoYHvGz1TBCxMkd3kwNVbU0gKHkx+iZILf77IofhrY1nYFnB\/lQPb79drWOyJVa\/DAvg9B\/rLB4cC+Nqgdz\/TvBbBnr6GBReqn\/nRmDgaQEej7WhonozjF+Y2I\/fZou\/qAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/5r2oSfIywP\/\" style=\" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;\" target=\"_blank\">Nocino! &#x1f330; &#x1f33f;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\">A photo posted by Kate (@snowflakekitchen) on <time style=\" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;\" datetime=\"2015-07-28T15:41:11+00:00\">Jul 28, 2015 at 8:41am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async defer src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/code><br \/>\nI used <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidlebovitz.com\/2009\/07\/liqueur-de-noix-green-walnut-liq\/\" target=\"_blank\">David Lebovitz&#8217;s recipe<\/a>, minus the cloves, and shook my jars once a day for about three months.  It looks like witches&#8217; brew at first, very green and possible toxic, but then changes to a rich brown, deep green. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_9354-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9354\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_9354-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_9354-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_9354-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/IMG_9354-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I strained the liquid from the jars and it has the consistency of a light syrup and smells nutty and warm. I sampled a small glass and it&#8217;s definitely potent.  I like Mr. Lebovitz&#8217;s idea of a topping for ice cream&#8230; that will definitely be in my future.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/digestive-839x1024.jpg\" alt=\"digestive\" width=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-10577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/digestive-839x1024.jpg 839w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/digestive-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/digestive-768x938.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/rdpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/digestive.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 839px) 100vw, 839px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is something about creating an enjoyable drink or food from items you gather from your yard, a friend&#8217;s yard, local farmers, or the woods (if you&#8217;re daring and safe) that feels inevitable and right. I&#8217;ll have a part two of the walnut saga as I attempt to make black walnut bitters from the same nuts that have completely ripened. My goal is to make something like <a href=\"http:\/\/onemartini.com\/bourbon-nocello-cocktail\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>.  It&#8217;s good to have goals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last July, my friend Kate of Snowflake Kitchen, put a call out to us locals about her abundance of green walnuts from the tree on her property. She had plans to make Nocino and thought we may want to give it a try. Yes, please! 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