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Delicious Recipes for Cooking with Juniper Berries

Name: Juniper Berry Pheasant Rub
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp Juniper berries; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1/4 tsp garlic powder; 1/4 tsp sage; 1/2 tsp tarragon; 1 tbsp salt

Delicious Recipes for Cooking with Juniper Berries

There are a variety of ways you can use juniper berries to add a vibrant kick to your holiday cooking, from dried to fresh, and game meats to baked goods.

Juniper Berry Pheasant Rub

Juniper berries make a fantastic addition to game meats, and putting it on a fresh pheasant is one of my favorite ways to use it. Dry the berries in a dehydrator with a fine enough screen to the do the job (like this one), and then mill the berries when dry (I just use a dedicated coffee grinder for herbs, because juniper coffee isn’t great).

Here’s what I like to include with my rub recipe:

Juniper Berry Pheasant Rub

Destiny Hagest

Prep Time:

15 minutes

There are a variety of ways you can use juniper berries to add a vibrant kick to your holiday cooking, from dried to fresh, and game meats to baked goods.

Ingredients

1 tbsp Juniper berries
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp sage
1/2 tsp tarragon
1 tbsp salt

Instructions

Work all of those herbs down to a fine powder and rub it on the next pheasant (or really, any kind of poultry) you get your hands on, and you’ll have one fragrant bird for the dinner table!