Hot Vodka With Honey (Krupnik) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
2 tablespoons of cold water
4 cups boiling water
1 small cinnamon stick
10 peppercorns
20 allspice berries
1/4 vanilla bean, sliced and scraped
1/4 nutmeg, grated
2 cloves
1 orange, rind of
1 1/3 cups honey
2 cups vodka

Preparation

Heat sugar in 2 Tbs of water until it dissolves, then stir in the boiling water.
Add vanilla bean, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon stick, peppercorns, and allspice berries.
Bring to a boil, cover and simmer for 5 minutes.
Strain the caramel mixture and return to the pan.
Stir in honey and orange rind and heat, stirring, until the honey has completely dissolved.
Bring to a boil.
Remove the pan from the heat and gradually stir vodka.
Serve hot or cold.