Description of the company.

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How make a good liqueur with the root gentiane.

The part the more used of the plant is the root, which is harvested for the production of liqueurs and of wines aromatic. For a good liqueur of gentiane, it is necessary to create a preparation appropriate. Recipe of liqueur: 100 g of gentiane root whole, 4 liters of wine white, 1 kg of sugar, 1 litre alcohol. The recipe typical prevoit a maceration of the roots of gentiane dried, during to the 40 days in a container with the wine white acid but not too aromatic. Then, the roots must well-being retirees of the container, in adding of the sugar and of alcohol. It is not necessary of filtrer the liquid, because the roots of gentiane liberent little impurities, which itself posent on the base. In adoptant these roots entires, and no cassees, it is more easy the liberation of the substances ameres, and notes scented etepicees, which adoucissent the gentiane. This one which desired a liqueur more amere, can reduce the quantity of sugar.

Origin and story of the culture.

The gentiane, whose the name scientific is Gentiana lutea L., is known in the centuries and among the populations Europeans also as gentiane yellow, herb gallique or root amere. Known as an incroyable herb to the roots beneficial, it to and discovery by the habitants of the areas alpines Europe central and South, areas or it growth spontanement.

It offers a wide range of benefits for the health and the gourmet, but a lot of people use the gentiane also for the beauty of the plant, highlighting out their gardens.

Its name vient of an amateur herbs anciennes, Gentius, dernier king of the Illyres (IIe siecle before JC.) Secondo Plinio fut the decouvreur of the properties antipaludiques of the roots of the Gentiana lutea, and the one of the firsts to use the gentiane for soigner the plaies, and as antidote for some poisons and morsures of serpent.

Plant and flowers.

The Gentiana lutea L. is a plant herbacee appartient to a wide family of plants known under the name of Gentianaceae, which itself composed about 180 especes. The gentiane growth up to approximately two metres of height.

It itself developed well in the prairies and the paturages little moist, on the soils limestones, rich in substances organic and favorite the full sun.

Being gives that the gentiane major atteint the maturation toward the cinquieme year, the culture is of many years but with a single harvest.

We the trouvons up to more than 100 2000 metres of height, in the areas montagneuses of the Europe central and South. In Italy, it is present in almost all arc alpin, and in the Apstylet centre-sud.

It is an espece rare, and it is for this reason a plant protects in Italy.

Its root, containing ingredients active to action eupeptique, tonic, purifying, is used in medecine and in liquorerie. On used of the exemplaires at the two years, whose the root is coupee in pieces and laissee dry to the sun, in taking shades brown rougeatre.

Values nutritional of the gentiane root.

The roots and the berries of the gentiane are rich in sugars, enzymes, vitamin F, vitamin B, and autreselements such that inositol, the gentiopicrine and amelogenine - which produisent a taste amer and properties medicinales. The roots of herb gentiane are rich in minerals essential such that the iron, the soufre, the manganese, the silicon and the zinc.

Contains of the substances ameres and three glucosides: genziopicrine, genziomarine, gentiine, acid gentiotanique.

Almost all the gentianes are useds in herboristerie for aperitifs and digestives, and famous is their amertume. The component chemical extract in purity, amarogentine and to a value amere absolute pluselevee that of many other plants.