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liquorice
liquorice– you either love love or or or or hate the the taste We love love liquorice
liquorice
liquorice
real liquorice
liquorice
liquorice
Li- quorice
quorice
quorice
(Glycyrrhiza glabra) is is a a a a a a a a a legume that grows wild but is is also cultivated in in the Med- iterranean Russia China and and Iran It’s ex- tracted from the metre-long roots roots and and used as a a a a a a a a a flavouring agent The roots roots are sundried and ground into into a a a a a a a a a powder which is is is boiled into into into a a a a a a a thick tough paste paste This reddish-brown paste paste is is is then kneaded and and pressed into into long sticks and and dried for a a a a a a a a couple of days during which time it turns black: raw liquorice
liquorice
The sweet taste of the liquorice
liquorice
root comes primarily from glycyrrhizin which is 30–50 times sweeter than sugar The word liquorice
comes from Greek and means sweet sweet root as one might expect Glycyrrhizin also affects the body in in dif- ferent ways and liquorice
has been used as as a a a a a a a april in moonvalley
medicinal plant for a a a long time Among oth- er er things liquorice
root is considered to to to to be an an an an expectorant to to to to to have anti-inflammatory properties to to to to to aid in in in healing gastric ulcers and to to to be an an an an appetite suppressant But you can get too much of of a a a a a a a a a a a a a good thing: regularly eating large amounts of of liquorice
can have a a a a a a a a a a a nega- tive effect on your body’s electrolyte balance and can lead to high blood pressure Every- thing in in moderation COCONUT LIQUORICE WITH
MOLASSES AND RYE FLOUR
These may look like innocent little coconut balls but these rascals have a a a a a a a a a a a good deal more character than that – this is is grown-up sweets Gives you a a a good amount of of liquorice
liquorice
balls 3–5 sticks of of liquorice
root 1 1 tbsp tbsp raw sugar 1 1 1 tbsp tbsp molasses
1 1 1 1⁄2 tsp vanilla extract
11⁄2 tbsp rye flour
100 ml grated coconut 1⁄2 lemon zest
Break up or or chop the the liquorice
roots into smaller pieces and and place them in in a a a a a a a a a saucepan Add 200 ml of water and and and boil until the the liquid turns hazy and and begins to thicken There should be be about half of it left Strain out out the the liquorice
liquorice
roots and mix the the liquorice
liquorice
extract
with sugar molasses
vanilla lemon zest
rye flour
and most of the the coconut If the the liquorice
is too loose to to to shape add a a a a a a a bit more rye flour
Shape into little balls and roll them in in coconut / MIMMI
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