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I'm 'sperimenting again. DV made some bitters a few months back. I thought this was an inspired thought. So she kindly gave me some of her leftovers of the more exotic ingredients.
Montjoye's version of Regan's Orange Bitters #5
4 ounces chopped dried orange peel (for future reference- this is 18 oranges)
½ teaspoon cardamom seeds (removed from pods)
½ teaspoon caraway seeds(oops- this is twice what it should be)
½ teaspoon coriander seeds
½ teaspoon quassia chips
¼ teaspoon powdered cinchona bark(nup, black walnut!)
⅛ teaspoon gentian
1.5 cups (not the world's most brilliant)brandy
The above is around half the original recipe. Some of the changes are due to the "just what I had" effect. The caraway doubling was a simple mistake of getting all those "C" spices mixed up between recipe and measuring. The black walnut? well, it was the other wacky ingredient from DV, so I just thought it must be the one- until I reread the label. OOPS. By then it was ground up and in the mix. It won't have the same effect as cinchona bark contains quinine and walnut doesn't. Ah well, there is a huge variety of both ingredients used in bitters and combinations of these. So fingers crossed. Now we wait a few weeks and do some other stuff, then we will see.
Montjoye's version of Regan's Orange Bitters #5
4 ounces chopped dried orange peel (for future reference- this is 18 oranges)
½ teaspoon cardamom seeds (removed from pods)
½ teaspoon caraway seeds(oops- this is twice what it should be)
½ teaspoon coriander seeds
½ teaspoon quassia chips
¼ teaspoon powdered cinchona bark(nup, black walnut!)
⅛ teaspoon gentian
1.5 cups (not the world's most brilliant)brandy
The above is around half the original recipe. Some of the changes are due to the "just what I had" effect. The caraway doubling was a simple mistake of getting all those "C" spices mixed up between recipe and measuring. The black walnut? well, it was the other wacky ingredient from DV, so I just thought it must be the one- until I reread the label. OOPS. By then it was ground up and in the mix. It won't have the same effect as cinchona bark contains quinine and walnut doesn't. Ah well, there is a huge variety of both ingredients used in bitters and combinations of these. So fingers crossed. Now we wait a few weeks and do some other stuff, then we will see.
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