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Dried · From Bladwijzer

Douglas-fir sugar

Updated on 9 October 2026

• Makes: 1 jar of 250 g
• Time: 15 min + 1–2 days drying
• From: Douglas fir

Ingredients

• 30 g young Douglas-fir shoots
• 250 g granulated sugar

Method

1. Rinse the shoots and pat them thoroughly dry.
2. Blitz them with the sugar in a food processor into a green, fragrant sugar.
3. Spread on a baking tray lined with baking paper and leave to dry at room temperature for 1 to 2 days. Stir now and then to break up lumps.
4. Transfer the sugar to a dry, tightly closed jar.

Storing: Keeps for several months somewhere dry and dark. Good in biscuits, over fruit or on the rim of a glass.