Liquore al Basilico - Homemade Basil Moonshine

basil-liquor-liquore-drink-basilcello-recipeLiquore al basilico - the original recipe and our batch, Day 3We came back from our honeymoon and not even 24 hours after our return we were already craving, well, EVERYTHING we’d been consuming for the past two weeks. In the morning we longed for a fluffy mound of sheep’s milk ricotta and homemade jam on our toast, lunch just wasn’t the same without just-picked, still hot from the sun tomatoes and a bottle of Primativo (especially without the Primitivo), and Dinner… let’s not even get in to that! I might cry.

A quirky local treat we enjoyed to no end were the house made Liquore’s served as a digestive after dinner. The style varied depending on the region and town
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Sweet & Savory Summertime Treat - Fresh Blackberry Basil Honey Jam With Feta

Blackberry-Basil-Honey-Jam-Little-Seed-Farmfresh honey blackberry basil jam with feta
Just a quick “thank-you-for-coming-back-alive”  treat I cooked up for Scrapple when he came home last weekend (we had our bachelor/ette parties). Nothing like a little positive reinforcement! We had a gorgeous half pint of blackberries in our CSA share - looking like gigantic gems ready to burst. I almost just gobbled them all fresh but had been wanting to try a berry basil combo of some sort and boy am I glad I did! I'm a huge fan of sweet-savory combos and this one did not disappoint.
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