how to make homemade sambuca?!

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Homemade Sambuca

Ingredients:
Use either Elderberries or Licorice roots
Steep in 1 cup Everclear 191 proof alcohol for one week.
Strain and remove Elderberries or Licorice roots.
In pot add 1 cup boiling water, 1 cup corn syrup and 1/2 cup sugar . Stir till sugar is dissolved. Let cool.
next mix all ingredient together and add 7 drop of anise extract
let sit for about a week.

Directions:
Note I used Everclear alcohol because Sambuca is a stronger liqueur than Anise. I also used corn syrup because it sweeten better and make the liqueur thicker.

[Note - no mention of how much root or berries to use. If I had to guess, I would recommend either using the quantity from the referenced recipe (2 1/2 Tbls) or adding enough berries or licorice roots to the 1 cup vodka so that the vodka just covers the fruit, which is probably right about 1 cup. I′ve never made it, I can′t say. However, if you start with the smaller quantity, you can always add more and re-steep.]

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