Comments on: Homemade Lemon Extract Recipes

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:44:34 +0000

Hi there. I had the same question, and found this: one part oil of lemon is roughly equivalent to four parts extract, but this may vary according to the products used. To be safe, begin by substituting 1/8 teaspoon of oil per teaspoon of extract, then add more drops of oil until you’re satisfied with the flavor. So I suppose I would start by putting the lemon oil in a jar and then adding 4 measures of vodka, then more if it seems too strong.

Here’s the website that I took it from: http://sonic.net/~alden/Extracts.html

Good luck!

By: marie

marie — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 03:33:55 +0000

hi, does this extract keep well unrefrigerated? what is its shelf life? thanks.

By: Mona W

Mona W — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:57:20 +0000

I purchased Lemon oil from a kitchen shop and want to make lemon extract from that, with vodka. Pure lemon extract consists of alcohol and lemon oil. But, How much lemon oil to how much vodka?

By: Brenda Nolen

Brenda Nolen — Sun, 04 May 2008 22:46:41 +0000

Christense,

With Sake you would end up with flavored Sake instead of a true extract (Sake is typically between 12 to 20% alcohol by volume).

The reasons most people use vodka are:

1. The alcohol content (between 35 and 50% alcohol by volume), and
2. The flavor.

Most good vodkas do not add their own flavor to the extract. I have a friend who uses Everclear (95% alcohol by volume)!

Here’s a website that discusses Chiew and soju:

http://www.physics.uq.edu.au/people/nieminen/chiew.html

By: TipNut

TipNut — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:32:14 +0000

Christense I’m sure you could but I’m not sure what the results would be like.

By: Christense Andersen

Christense Andersen — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:39:23 +0000

Could I use another kind of alcohol, like sake? I live in China and vodka is really expensive.