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Healthy Vegan - Plum and Licorice Salmiaki Milkshake

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The plums are literally tumbling from the tree and rolling down our slope of a garden, I made a Plum Milkshake with some licorice.  Even though I have stuck a licorice stick in my foamy milkshake, I have to admit I used powdered licorice known as salmiak.  Although I got the sweet salty salmiak - licorice powder from Bruge, Belgium.   Its a very popular ingredient in the Scandanavian region.  I had forgot that I had a little tub of sweet and salty salmiak , it was only whilst I was rummaging in my kitchen cupboards for something else that I stumbled upon it.   This frothy Plum and Licorice Milkshake reminded me of a South Asian Lassi which is both sweet and salty.  So this drink is a bit of an acquired taste,   So this drink is a bit of an acquired taste,  If you don't like licorice, just make it with a dash of cinnamon, of course it won't be the same.   I am sharing this recipe with  Recipe of the Week  hosted by A ...