Pernod Aniseed Aperitif Liqueur, 70 cl

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Arak is traditionally made of grapes and aniseed (the seeds of the anise plant); when crushed, their oil provides arak with a slight licorice taste. [1] Dates, figs, and other fruits are sometimes added. [2] Arak or araq ( Arabic: ﻋﺮﻕ) is a distilled Levantine spirit of the anise drinks family. It is translucent and unsweetened. Sun W, Shahrajabian MH, Cheng Q. Anise ( Pimpinella anisum L.), a dominant spice and traditional medicinal herb for both food and medicinal purposes. Cogent Biology. 2019;5(1):1673688. doi: 10.1080/23312025.2019.1673688

Aniseed Drinks are Popular All Over Europe - Wine Junkie Aniseed Drinks are Popular All Over Europe - Wine Junkie

For example, if a recipe requires 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of anise extract, you can swap in 1/4 teaspoon (1 ml) of anise oil or 2 teaspoons (8 grams) of ground anise seed. Lee JB, Yamagishi C, Hayashi K, Hayashi T. Antiviral and immunostimulating effects of lignin-carbohydrate-protein complexes from Pimpinella anisum. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2011;75(3):459-65. doi:10.1271/bbb.100645

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Mosaffa-Jahromi M, Tamaddon A, Afsharypuor S, et al. Effectiveness of Anise Oil for Treatment of Mild to Moderate Depression in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome. J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2016;22(1):41-46. doi:10.1177/2156587216628374

Anise: Uses, Side Effects, and More - Verywell Health Anise: Uses, Side Effects, and More - Verywell Health

The eagle-eyed might spot that I doubled the recipe here, so have more coffee beans and vanilla pods than stated in the recipe above. There are several ways that the anís spirit can be produced. One way is to distil the ingredients in an anisette wine while another way sees the aniseed being mashed up before being distilled in another spirit. In Spain, they used to add aniseed oil to other spirits to make it, however this custom has begun to become rarer and rarer. Now it is much more common just to produce a pure alcohol from the seeds. When I created this Himalayan Balsam Gin recipe, I had no idea of the surprise that was lying in wait for me. A magical colour-changing gin infusion!

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The Ingredients

REGULATION (EC) No 110/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 15 January 2008 on the definition, description, presentation, labelling and the protection of geographical indications of spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89". Official Journal of the European Union. European Union . Retrieved 28 October 2016.