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# Cook herbs tea: 1 tsp herbs per cup of boiling [[water]], or less, to suit your own taste. | # Cook herbs tea: 1 tsp herbs per cup of boiling [[water]], or less, to suit your own taste. | ||
# Add the cloves, [[ginger]], [[cinnamon]], [[bay leaf]], [[nutmeg]], [[honey]] last. | # Add the cloves, [[ginger]], [[cinnamon]], [[bay leaf]], [[nutmeg]], [[honey]] last. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:43, 15 July 2012
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Description
An ancient recipe Russian Hot beverage. There are several variations and also spelled sbiten
A non-alchoholic version is made with blackberry jam or other flavours and water instead of the wine.
Ingredients
- 1 ginger
- 2 3 bay leaf
- 5 – 7 cloves
- 1 nutmeg
- cinnamon
- 1 tsp herbs to taste (spearmint, St. John's wort)
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup fresh honey
- 2 pint red sweet wine
Procedures
- Cook herbs tea: 1 tsp herbs per cup of boiling water, or less, to suit your own taste.
- Add the cloves, ginger, cinnamon, bay leaf, nutmeg, honey last.
- Cook and stir over medium heat until mixture almost boils and honey dissolves.
- Remove from heat.
- Add red sweet wine.
- Stir well, percolate.
- Serve hot.
