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Cucumber Bitters
Summer 2010
Useful in cocktails, these bitters also workwell as a long drink.
Add ½ oz to a tumbler of ice and ginger ale.
½ cup green cardamom pods
½ cup star anise
¼ cup cloves
4 cinnamon sticks
¼ tsp wormwood
4 sticks licorice root
2 tbsp black peppercorns
2 tbsp fennel seeds
2 tbsp cumin
1 bottle Canadian rye whisky
1 large cucumber sliced
1. Roast all spices in a dry pan on the stove until slight smoking is achieved. Tip spices into a 1-qt jar with rye and cucumber; seal and store at room temperature for approximately 3 weeks, agitating daily for approximately 30 seconds. Strain liquid through a fine sieve into a clean bottle.
