Sorrel Juice
Sorrel Drink - a spiced up floral drink, that will keep you going from now till the holiday season. Refreshingly good!
Servings 5 -6
Calories 122kcal
Ingredients
- 10 cups water or more adjust to taste
- ¼ cup chopped ginger
- 2 cups dried red sorrel buds
- 8-10 cracked pimentos
- 1 lime chopped
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Oranges sliced optional
- Rum to taste optional
Simple syrup (sub with honey or sweetener)
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
Instructions
- In a medium bowl bring to a boil 2 cups water and sugar. Simmer until sugar has dissolved. Allow cooling
- Place sorrel in a large bowl, together with ginger, lime, pimentos (all spice and cinnamon stick. Heat up water in a kettle, pot or microwave, until it boils.
- Gently pour boiled water to the bowl of Let steep about 45 minutes or more. You may refrigerate overnight in the fridge for a more potent flavor.
- When ready to serve sieve ingredients, with fine sieve and discard all particles. Reserve drink
- Add simple syrup as needed, together with rum according to preference and orange slices.
- Serve with ice.
Notes
- These petals are becoming increasing available that I can easily get them at most major and whole food markets, depending on the neighborhood store. My bet is most International Markets do carry them- African, Caribbean, Hispanic and some Asian markets. The Dried version is just as good as the fresh ones.
- This is a just a guide, you may add more or less flavoring, water to suit your needs, make it work for you , there is no formula for it.
Nutrition
Calories: 122kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Sodium: 34mg | Potassium: 42mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g | Vitamin A: 325IU | Vitamin C: 22.9mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 8.3mg