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Anyżowka
Anise-flavoured vodkas if not so popular in Polish noble manors in the 17th CE as other well-known nalewka
s, still were popularised probably until the beginning of the 20th CE. Because of their typical sweet taste (as Poles prefer vodkas to be more on the dry side) other brands were preferred over them. After the Great War they have not been re-introduced by commercial producers and nowadays if exquisite, remain forgotten and no one has decided to produce them apart from "Nalewki i inne" (link below).
Recipe
151g of aniseed
101g of star anise
25g of coriander
25g of Florence fennel
Macerate all the ingredients in 6 litres of vodka at 45% for 3 days. Distill the alcoholate once or twice according to your preferences. Add sugar syrup if you like.
Whereas Dubelt Annis requires distillation, more popular and stronger type of anise-flavoured vodka - Kontuszowka (exported overseas as Kontuszowka Polnischer Likőr or Kontuczowka Liqueur) requires none.
Kontuszówka (kontusz is a special kind of cloth/robe worn by the Polish nobility
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10g of star anise
15g of coriander
Macerate all the ingredients in 1 litre at 70% for up to 48 hours, and then sweeten with genuine honey
(200 ml).
Anise-flavoured vodkas if not so popular in Polish noble manors in the 17th CE as other well-known nalewka
Nalewka
Nalewka is a traditional Polish category of alcoholic beverage. Similar to medicinal tinctures, it is usually 40 to 45% strong , and is made by maceration of various ingredients in alcohol, usually vodka or spirit. Among the ingredients often used are fruits, herbs, spice, sugar or molasses...
s, still were popularised probably until the beginning of the 20th CE. Because of their typical sweet taste (as Poles prefer vodkas to be more on the dry side) other brands were preferred over them. After the Great War they have not been re-introduced by commercial producers and nowadays if exquisite, remain forgotten and no one has decided to produce them apart from "Nalewki i inne" (link below).
Types
Dubelt Annis: (the name suggesting it includes both anise varieties)Recipe
151g of aniseed
101g of star anise
Star anise
Illicium verum, commonly called Star anise, star aniseed, or Chinese star anise, is a spice that closely resembles anise in flavor, obtained from the star-shaped pericarp of Illicium verum, a small native evergreen tree of northeast Vietnam and southwest China...
25g of coriander
Coriander
Coriander is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the...
25g of Florence fennel
Macerate all the ingredients in 6 litres of vodka at 45% for 3 days. Distill the alcoholate once or twice according to your preferences. Add sugar syrup if you like.
Whereas Dubelt Annis requires distillation, more popular and stronger type of anise-flavoured vodka - Kontuszowka (exported overseas as Kontuszowka Polnischer Likőr or Kontuczowka Liqueur) requires none.
Kontuszówka (kontusz is a special kind of cloth/robe worn by the Polish nobility
Szlachta
The szlachta was a legally privileged noble class with origins in the Kingdom of Poland. It gained considerable institutional privileges during the 1333-1370 reign of Casimir the Great. In 1413, following a series of tentative personal unions between the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of...
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Recipe
20g of aniseed10g of star anise
15g of coriander
Coriander
Coriander is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Coriander is native to southern Europe and North Africa to southwestern Asia. It is a soft, hairless plant growing to tall. The leaves are variable in shape, broadly lobed at the base of the plant, and slender and feathery higher on the...
Macerate all the ingredients in 1 litre at 70% for up to 48 hours, and then sweeten with genuine honey
Honey
Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...
(200 ml).