A friend gave me a jar of dried juniper berries as she has never found a use for them and figured I would know. Well, I don't but am interested in trying them out.
Any ideas?
Any ideas?
I make a pork dish that has a rub made from ground juniper berries, caraway and black pepper corns. It's my husbands favorite dish...
- 1 Pork tenderloin sliced into 1.5 inch medallions and then pounded paper thin
- Rub each piece with juniper berries, caraway and black pepper (break up with mortar and pestle)
- Lightly flour meat
- Sear meat pieces in butter and set aside on warm platter.
- Deglace pan with Calvados (apple brandy)
- Then add a jar of strained baby food applesauce (about 6 ounces). You can use regular applesauce but the super smooth texture of the baby stuff makes this dish satiny smooth. Remove from heat
This is great with some oven roasted red potatoes, green beans and a simple salad.
- Add about 1/4 C of heavy cream to sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Pour any juice that has sweated out of cooked cutlets back into sauce and the pour the sauce over the meat on platter - serve.
I was gonna suggest to go kill a bull moose...by the time you eat him up, the juniper berries will be gone!
Juniper berries are also good in sauerkraut.
.......And Gin
.......And Gin
gin?
sauerkraut?
i'm liking these ideas
I sometimes add them to my tea.
Do you use the dried or fresh berries? I guess you mean you steep them with the tea? I think I might try this. I am sure drinking a lot more tea (herbal) with this cold I can't seem to shake.
Thanks vyapti!