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post #1 of 7
9/28/00 at 4:34am
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I once worked with a pastry cook whose father was a chemist for a food company. Her family recipe for biscotti had anise extract, and it was great. I was wondering, 1) Does anybody know where I can get it?
2) What would be the conversion for ground anise seed?
Thanks in advance

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post #2 of 7
9/28/00 at 3:01pm
Try any baking purveyer or restaurant purveyer. Also look up Virginia Dare, they have a dot com and extensive list of extracts.
for each teaspoon of extract, use a tablespoon of ground spice.

I use a formula with three tablespoons of anise seed.


[This message has been edited by m brown (edited September 28, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by m brown (edited September 28, 2000).]
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post #3 of 7
10/3/00 at 8:21pm
I would think you could experiment with making your own extract. Anise is very aromatic and would be easy to do.

You can steep star anise in oil or make a simple syrup with it.
Michael
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post #4 of 7
10/4/00 at 9:45pm
Steep anise in vodka for a few months, voila.
You can also add sugar syrup to the above and make anisette.
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post #5 of 7
10/6/00 at 5:23pm
How to make your own extracts:
http://www.lusionspub.com/ingredit.html

To Buy:
http://www.thespicehouse.com/pureaniseextract.htm
http://st4.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/nsearch...nise%20extract
http://shop.go.com/search_res.html?q...d=13504&col=EC
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post #6 of 7
10/6/00 at 5:26pm
Source for Virginia Dare re: m brown

http://www.virginiadare.com/
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post #7 of 7
10/17/00 at 12:43pm
Make your own it's cheaper and better!
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