Name: Spiced Pumpkin Vodka
Yield: Fills a one-liter bottle (a scant quart).
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (750 ml) Stolichnaya cinnamon vodka; 3/4 cup (175 ml) Stolichnaya vanilla vodka; 3/4 cup (175 ml) Stolichnaya vodka; 2 whole vanilla beans; 2 cups raw pumpkin meat, cut into 1/4-inch slices

Try this pumpkin-infused vodka in the Smashing Pumpkin Martini, or use it to invent a holiday cocktail of your own.The bar at Fifty Seven Fifty Seven in New York City, where it was created, uses a liter-sized Stolichnaya bottle to hold the vodka-pumpkin mixture while it steeps.

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