Making Your Own Sassafras Rhum Liqueur
Ingredients:
• 1 Cup Sugar
• 1 1/2 Cups Water
• 1/2 Cup Strong-brewed Sassafras Tea (or commercially-available concentrate)
• 1 Cup Rhum Vieux Agricole
• 1/2 Cup Overproof White Rum
Directions:
Bring water and sugar to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Let the liquid stand until it reaches room temperature, then add the aged Rhum Agricole, Overproof White Rum and the Sassafras tea.
Allow the blend to rest in a cool, dark area for 1 to 2 months.
Did you know that...
All parts of sassafras plants, including roots, stems, twig leaves, bark, flowers, and fruit, have been used for culinary, medicinal, and aromatic purposes, both in areas where they are endemic and in areas where they were imported, such as Europe.
The wood of sassafras trees has been used as a material for building ships and furniture in China, Europe, and the United States, and sassafras played an important role in the history of the European colonization of the American continent in the 16th and 17th centuries. Sassafras twigs have even been used as toothbrushes or fire starters.