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Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-11T22:47:03+00:00

What Chill said.

Haven't done juniper berries but I use a cheap coffee grinder bought from Sainsbury's for about £10 to grind dehydrated herbs and things. Works a treat.

Statistics: Posted by Seagull — Wed May 11, 2016 10:47 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-11T22:14:12+00:00

How about a cheap, second hand coffee grinder? Type with spinning blades like a blender? I keep one around to grind spices with.

Statistics: Posted by chill — Wed May 11, 2016 10:14 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-11T18:36:34+00:00

Hmm. Some good ideas. I have a rotary grain mill too which might be worth a try. Thanks.

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Wed May 11, 2016 6:36 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-11T13:41:52+00:00

I use a grain mill on its loosest setting.

Statistics: Posted by wormwood — Wed May 11, 2016 1:41 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-11T12:18:27+00:00

I use the pestle and mortar from our kitchen - little and gently seems to be the order of the day. I have more issues with over-excited coriander seeds jigging around than I do juniper!

Cheers

Hampk

Statistics: Posted by hampk — Wed May 11, 2016 12:18 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-10T22:09:56+00:00

I use a garlic press to crush them.

Statistics: Posted by Chefbmack — Tue May 10, 2016 10:09 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-10T19:50:26+00:00

Put them in a food bag then beat them with a rolling pin

Statistics: Posted by Benoit — Tue May 10, 2016 7:50 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-10T19:20:15+00:00

chill wrote:
I also have a large granite mortar and pestle (from Thailand).

I also have a large granite mortar and pestle (from a charity shop).

Have I got a good as I can get?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue May 10, 2016 7:20 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-10T18:04:45+00:00

I also have a large granite mortar and pestle (from Thailand). I grind them with the coriander which seems to make things easier. Fresh, soft Juniper also makes this task much easier.

Statistics: Posted by chill — Tue May 10, 2016 6:04 pm

Re: Juniper berries

2016-05-10T17:57:03+00:00

if you are finding it a real pain, just leave them whole, but use more.

I've got an extra large granite pestle and motar in the kitchen that handles all of our cularny needs, but I still loose a couple of the wee purple fellas when doing gin, they are slippery buggers

Statistics: Posted by Capt-Cudellez — Tue May 10, 2016 5:57 pm

Juniper berries

2016-05-10T16:27:42+00:00

What is the best way to crush juniper berries.

I have tried a mortar and pestle, and the little blighters leap about all over the place.
Somebody suggested a rolling pin on a chopping board. I personally think will escalate the problem to a full on hailstorm of juniper berries all around the kitchen.

I don't really want to blitz them.

Found these hand grinders on eBay. Thought they might be good.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/63mm-2-5-4-La ... SwgQ9VudWM

What are you guys doing?

Statistics: Posted by Mash — Tue May 10, 2016 4:27 pm