Making Wild Allspice Liqueur
Recipe:
For the Extraction:
1 1/2 cups fresh wild allspice berries
1 1/2 cups moonshine or vodka
Blend and store for 2-6 weeks to make the extraction.
For the Liqueur:
2 cups wild allspice extraction liquid
2 cups vodka
1 1/2 cups maple syrup
Mix or shake well, bottle and label. This is a good replacement for Kahlua in drink recipes.
Medicinal use of Spice Bush: Spice bush has a wide range of uses as a household remedy, especially in the treatment of colds, dysentery and intestinal parasites. It warrants scientific investigation. The bark is aromatic, astringent, diaphoretic, febrifuge, stimulant and tonic. It is pleasant to chew. It is used in the treatment of coughs and colds. The bark can be harvested at any time of the year and is used fresh or dried. The fruits are carminative. The oil from the fruits has been used in the treatment of bruises and rheumatism. A tea made from the twigs was a household remedy for colds, fevers, worms and colic. A steam bath of the twigs is used to cause perspiration in order to ease aches and pains in the body. The young shoots are harvested during the spring and can be used fresh or dried. The bark is diaphoretic and vermifuge. It was once widely used as a treatment for typhoid fevers and other forms of fevers.
How to Use Spicebush
Spicebush tea can be made from fresh or dried leaves and twigs. It has a mild, chai flavor that is pleasant hot or iced. Notice I said pleasant. That’s my polite way of saying meh. It’s perfectly nice, but nothing to write home about.
Spicebush berries, on the other hand, will knock your frickin’ socks off. I cannot praise the flavor highly enough. I’ve heard people describe it as tasting like a mix of allspice and pepper, but to me, the flavor defies description. It’s spicy, complex, dark, has a little heat, and there’s something floral in there, too. Try it for yourself and see.
Pick the berries as soon as they turn red. The exact dates will vary with your location, but they generally ripen in early fall, and stay on the plant for several months. As long as the fruit is red, it’s good to harvest.
Fresh berries can be stored in the refrigerator for up to a week but I prefer to use mine dried. This does two things: concentrates the flavor and prolongs their shelf life. I dehydrate the fruit, then keep it in the freezer. I store the berries whole until I’m ready to use them.
Spicebush berries are wonderful with apples and pears in cobblers and pies; I rarely use cinnamon and nutmeg any more. A spicebush dry rub is great with chicken or pork. Spicebush dram is a superior liqueur. Spicebush ice cream is superb on its own and even better with pumpkin pie. Ground spicebush berries and sugar make the perfect rim for a frozen persimmon margarita. And spicebush snickerdoodle cookies are deliciously hard to describe.
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DIY herbal liqueur recipe
In a glass container add
-250 ml Wray & Nephew overproof white rum
-20gr Pandan
-2gr Mace
-1.5gr Star anis
-1gr Angelica root
-1gr Ricqlès mint alcohol
-0.75gr Hyssop
-0.5gr Dried thyme
-0.3gr Cinnamon
-2 Cloves
-1 Bay leaf
Let infuse at roome temperature for 48 hours
Strain through coffee filter
Measure 200ml of the infusion and add 50gr sugar
Stir until dissolved
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How to make herbal liqueur withour Ricqlès
If you don't have the Ricqlès mint alcohol, you do the exact same thing as mentioned above.
When you strain the infusion, before adding the sugar, add about 20gr of fresh mint leaves. Every 10 minutes, taste the mixture. As soon as you start to taste the mint in there, remove the mint.
Then, add the sugar, stir to dissolve and bottle up.
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