Anise Extract
Source of Recipe
Brenda-Lee Olson
Recipe Introduction
Origins Unknown
List of Ingredients
Star Anise
Potato VodkaRecipe
For anise extract, fill a 1/2 pint canning jar with whole star anise.
Fill the jar to the beginning of the rings with potato vodka; leave indefinitely, but a minimum of 6 weeks in a dark cool place.
Star anise also stores well in sugar to make anise flavored sugar.
(An interesting side note: Star anise are the star shaped seed pods from the fruit of a Chinese evergreen tree which provides a key ingredient used in the production of Tamiflu, an antiviral agent purportedly effective in helping to fight H5N1 bird flu and other influenza).
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