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I recently heard of a liquor called "rucolino" from the Naples region of Italy. Apparently it's based on arugula(or rocket) macerated in alcohol, but there are a few other ingredients.
has anyone heard of this before? I have tonnes of arugula growing and thought I'd give it a go.

Heard of it and tried it. I have to avoid it because it is very high in oxalic acid and I have issues with kidney stones. Apart from that , I did not care fort even though there was alcohol in it!!! Go figure!!

I do have a recipe for Liquore di Salvia, Sage Liqueur. I'm most certain you could interchange the foliage.

Liquore di Salvia, Sage Liqueur
Grain Alcohol at 95-96% gr. 500
Distilled Water 500 ml
Pure Cane Sugar gr. 500
Zest of 2 Lemons, diced (Yellow part only)
4 Cloves, whole
36 leaves Sage (Substitute your desired amount of Ruchetta[my dialect]) Washed and patted dry

Combine all ingredients in a 2-liter, airtight jar. Shake well until the sugar is dissolved. Macerate the mixture for 2 months in a cool place, away from the sun. Be sure to shake the container now and then. After 2 months, filter the mixture into a new sterilized 2-liter airtight jar. Allow the mixture to rest undisturbed for 6 months then rack. There will be some sediment. Bottle in ice wine bottles to show off the green color. Consume all within 2 years.

If you get wild Ruchetta, Arugula, like from a farmers market, your final liqueur will have a brighter, pepperier(sp) finish!


EuroStiller- The Doctor

Is Ruchetta what we Inglese speaking convicts call Rocket, Euro?

blanik

blanik

Same stuff. The family includes Endive, sorrel, and other greens I can't think of just now.

New avatar?

EuroStiller- The Doctor

Thanks Euro. We have tons of it growing in the garden. I may try it.

Yairsss, I finally got an appropriate avatar for an Australian.

blanik

EDIT: Bloody hell!!!! When I read the original post I find that phanmo calls it Rocket. Thanks anyway.

B

I think Rocket is the term the Brits use for it. Its Arugula in the US, that much is certain.

blanikdog wrote:Yairsss, I finally got an appropriate avatar for an Australian.

HA- Does that speak of your heritage, LOL. That must have taken a bit of time to make in MS Paint!! I don't miss the Bulldog, LOL

Have a good one, got a run!

EuroStiller- The Doctor

Being Canadian, I tend to use the north american words for veggies, but having lived in the UK I got used to the british ones as well. My general rule of thumb is that in the UK they use the french word and in north america it's the italian equivalent ie NorthA - zucchini, UK - courgette (actual english name - summer squash) or NorthA Arugula, UK Rocket(from the french roquette). Although I have lived in Australia, I can't remember what names are used there.
The rocket I'm growing is the wild kind, with loads more bite than the domesticated kind.
I'll let you guys know how it turns out, and also get a buddy of mine to taste it, next time he visits from Napoli.
Cheers!!