Making licorice?

[possum]

Hi,

Any one out there ever try to make liqurice? i have been looking around the net for some info...but to no avail....

i figure the ingredients are suger....molases?...liqurice root?....

any ideas?

i just made marshmellows with a recipe i found here (strawberry ones...just i used raspberrys)...they came out great!

[possum]

any one?? i dident think it would be that hard a challenge.....

[Carolyn Tillie]

From ChocolateSource.com:

Licorice.

I've never made 'cuz I don't like it.

edited to add this link:

Licorice.org -- a lot more stuff.

Edited February 10, 2004 by Carolyn Tillie (log)

[adobohead]

Yum. If anyone can figure out how to make the salty black Dutch kind. Yummers.

[possum]

thanx alot! i plan on trying to make some later this week.....

(i probably wont be able to wait and ill make'm tomrow...;)

[possum]

ok....i made on batch in the morning that went as folows:

about 20-30 grams of licorice powder cooked in 6 cups of water till i had about 2 cups left.

took that and added to it 3/4 cup molasses, a little salt and 1/4 cup of oil.

let it boil for a few mins.

then added in 1 Tbs of pectin and let it boil for a couple more mins.

then stirred in 1.5 cups of plain flour and mixed it till i got a stiff paste.

let it cool and made little balls that i put on a tray to dry.

texture: perfect. nice and soft. (i figure that in a day or so they will dry out properly).

taste: very very weak.....

so...i did a second batch....same as first but this time cooked up 2 Tbs of anise seeds with the licorice root.

then at the cooking stage i added some more suger and salt.

texture: very similar, a little softer.

taste: better, a bit stronger....but not quite what i want.....

any ideas?

mabye some star anise??.....

[Randi]

Bumping this to the top - anyone have any suggestions? What about red licorice?

[Beanie]

Have you checked out this thread on licorice syrup? Some of the ingredient lists may help. The red twists made by Kookaburra contain wheat syrup, brown sugar, food starch, wheat flour, water, treacle, food starch-modified, palm oil, flavor, citric acid, color, salt, monoglyceride. They're very good. Sorry I don't have a recipe, but this is a start.