Kitchen appliances and utensils:knife, cutting board, pan, glass.
Ingredients
| Water | 1 liter |
| Honey | 150 g |
| Sugar | 150 g |
| Star anise | 1 star |
| Cinnamon | 1 stick |
| Lemon zest | 20 g |
| Cardamom | 3-5 pcs. |
| Ginger root | 20 g |
Step cooking
- We peel the ginger root from the peel and cut it into thin plates.
- Pour 1 liter of water into the pan, add 150 g of sugar, 150 g of honey to it and mix thoroughly.
- Further spices: the recipe uses 1 star anise star, 1 stick of cinnamon, a small plate of lemon peel and 3-5 boxes of cardamom, but you can use others, for example, black or allspice peas, dried or fresh mint, cloves, bay leaf and even hops. Add the selected spices and the prepared ginger root to the pan, and mix everything again.
- We put the pan on the stove and bring the mixture to a boil. We cook for 30 minutes without a lid, after which we turn off the fire, cover the pan with a lid and hold for another half an hour so that the sbiten is well insisted.
- Serve preferably hot with a sprig of mint or a slice of lemon, but a cold drink will not lose its taste.
Did you know? This recipe makes relatives of sbiten with another tasty and aromatic drink - mulled wine. It is done in the same way, only instead of water we use red or white wine, or dark beer ("gzhanets"). Boil wine or beer is not necessary, it is enough to heat it up to 70ºС (first bubbles) and let it brew well and soak in the taste of spices.
Video recipe
The recipe for a spicy dish is very simple and understandable, but if you have any questions or have difficulties with any step, try to solve them by watching a short but informative video.
So, you have learned how to make an old Russian drink, mentioned even in Domostroy, sbiten. Of course, in the old days there was no such variety of spices, but in the modern world the problem of delivery has long been solved, so you can prepare and enjoy a hot tart drink with an exquisite spicy taste. Have you ever prepared sbiten home? Maybe you know the recipe that our ancestors used? Then share it in the comments!
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