Once in a while, I pour a 1/2 cup
of aquavit into the cavity.
Add the fruity - cuke mash to a cocktail shaker along with 1/4 cup of gin, a generous dash of honey, 2 tablespoons
of aquavit (a caraway seed - infused Scandinavian liqueur), 2 tablespoons of fresh lime juice and a handful of ice.
Add a bit of orange peel, a generous pour
of aquavit, a dash of sugar, and a handful of almonds and raisins, and you have a drink that's as festive as can be.
Not exact matches
Here is a list
of ingredients appearing in some nefarious chilis (but not ours): Almonds,
aquavit, avocados, barley, bitters, carrots, celery, Coca Cola, coffee grounds, corned beef, currant jelly, curry powder, goose grease, horseradish, molasses, mushrooms, olives, Parmesan cheese, peanuts, peanut butter, pea pods, raisins, sake, spinach, water chestnuts, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce.
1 (approximately 2 pound) fillet
of best - quality salmon, skin on, previously frozen 1 bunch dill 2 cups sugar 1 cup salt (I use kosher) 3 - 4 tablespoons vodka or
aquavit
This holiday season it's a goal
of mine to pour a bottle
of wine into spice - infused
aquavit anytime I'm anticipating visitors.
Less sure
of the crayfish, the woman across from me made a meal primarily out
of the mini onion and mushroom cheese pies (it's typical to serve Västerbotten cheese pie at such dinners, as crayfish themselves are hardly enough to fill one up and soak up all the
aquavit consumed).
But on the occasions when we don't plan ahead, we simply let the spices mingle in the
aquavit over a low heat for a couple
of hours, keeping the pot covered to minimize evaporation.
(And here's a little secret for you: Look for an
aquavit cocktail recipe from another one
of our new writers in the coming weeks!)
That wonderful Virginia corn makes up 90 %
of our mash for all our gins and our
aquavit.
First brought to the United States in 2009, Purity Vodka is the creation
of Thomas Kuuttanen, a world renowned Master Blender from Sweden who has produced some
of the most prominent whiskeys, liqueurs, gins and
aquavits throughout his distinguished career.
With enough time,
aquavit, and good food, I'll be mixed in with a whole mess
of them, dancing around the maypole under the never - setting sun.
I just know he owns a coffee shop in the town
of Fredrikstad, «Zwart Kaffe» («Black coffee»), but no
aquavit there unfortunately.
We're talked through
aquavit etiquette, which consists
of holding the glass to your chest, inhaling the aroma, taking a sip and making eye contact with your neighbor — a social custom that only consolidates the bonds that have developed between us in a short time.
It's here we encounter Norway's answer to the après - ski excess
of the Alps: good company by the fireside and linie
aquavit, a flavored spirit distilled from potatoes.
While Swedish winos like organic red best, there's now an organic port wine and six different kinds
of snapps - traditional Swedish
aquavit - available, plus Scottish whiskey Benromach.