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Bay Rum

A flavored spirit made with bay extract and caramel.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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Bay Rum

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Mix the French proof spirit and bay extract together.

  2. Add caramel to achieve desired color.

  3. No filtering is needed.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Bay extract
Provides the characteristic bay aroma that defines the finished spirit.
French proof spirit
Serves as the alcoholic base that carries and dissolves the bay flavor.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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