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Liqueur · From Bladwijzer

Fir-tip liqueur

Updated on 9 October 2026

• Makes: ± 0.7 litre
• Time: 20 min + 6 weeks
• From: European silver fir

Ingredients

• 100 g young silver-fir shoots
• 500 ml gin, vodka or brandy (± 40%)
• 200 g sugar
• 150 ml water

Method

1. Rinse the shoots briefly, pat dry and put them in a clean glass jar.
2. Pour over the alcohol, close and leave to steep for 4 weeks at room temperature, out of direct sun. Shake now and then.
3. Strain through a coffee filter.
4. Boil the water and sugar into a clear syrup and leave to cool.
5. Mix the syrup with the infusion, bottle it and leave to rest for at least another 2 weeks.

Storing: Keeps for years in a cool, dark place; the colour turns browner and the flavour mellower.