Drinks

Simmered Spiced Drink

Name: Simmered Spiced Drink
Total time: 24 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 4 cups water

Water (or apple juice) brought to a boil, with fresh ginger and whole spices (cinnamon sticks, cardamom, cloves, star anise) simmered in it over low heat; strained and sweetened with honey and lemon juice. For chai, tea is steeped in it and it's heated with milk.

⏱ 24 min

⚖ Pareve 🥬 Vegetarian 🌱 Vegan 🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

1
Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan.
StoveSmall saucepan
2
Turn down the heat and simmer 15 minutes.
⚙ SimmeringStove
💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
3
Strain the drink into cups.
Fine sieve
💡Strain through a fine strainer, so no whole spices or ginger fibers end up in the cup.
4
Serve hot.

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⚖ About the ingredients

Water: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Water →

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Small saucepan · Also works: Pot (None) · Frying pan (A deep pan for sauces)
Fine sieve · Also works: Cheesecloth (Cheesecloth over a sieve) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Colander (Lets more through)

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⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: Part of the water simmered (the rest after straining) (cup) · Black tea · Apple slices for serving · Ginger · Cinnamon sticks · Cardamom · Cloves · Star anise · Whole black peppercorns · Turmeric · Milk · Sugar · Honey · Lemon juice · Ground cinnamon · Mint leaves for garnish · Lemon slices for garnish · Sliced oranges · Sugar with the spices · Garnish from the ingredients (lemon slice)
Tea steeping time (minutes): 3
Cooking time (minutes): 15