St Vincent/Caribbean Sorrel Drink//Sam's Gifted Hands

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

ginger

🥗Healthier: turmeric

💰Cheaper: ground ginger

Ground ginger is more accessible and still flavorful.

Pound the ginger (or grate it) to your preference.

Heat 14 cups of water in a large pot on the stove.

Add 0.5 pound of dried sorrel to the boiling water.

Add a cinnamon stick and cilantro leaf to the pot.

Add the ginger to the pot.

Let the mixture heat on the stove for 10 minutes.

Cover the pot and let it steep overnight to extract flavors and soften the sorrel.

Strain the sorrel mixture into a container with water and refrigerate for later use.

Strain the sorrel for a second time before bottling some unsweetened sorrel for friends to dilute and sweeten as they like.

In a bowl, mix 3 cups of unsweetened sorrel with 7 cups of water (adjust water to preference).

Add 1 cup of white sugar to the mixture (brown sugar can be used instead).

Optionally, add vanilla extract or black wine to taste (not added in this instance).

Add whole cloves to the drink for flavor (optional to boil them with the sorrel).

Refrigerate the sorrel drink before serving.

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