Juniper berries add a unique flavor to meat dishes, stews, soups, sausages, marinades and in smoking meats. Spicy, pine aroma and sweet flavor. Widely used in the French kitchen.
Juniper berry is probably best known as the unique flavoring agent of gin, an important component of the dry martini, a popular intoxicant and putative calmative revered by western culture for over 300 years. As a medicinal remedy, juniper has a long history of use employed as a treatment for numerous diseases by ancient Greek and Arab healers, as well as native American Indians.