Honey-based drinks have medicinal properties, perfectly quench thirst, fill the body with useful substances. Sbitney is good for winter, while in summer you can enjoy cool tonic drinks.
Honey sbiten
In the cold season, a hot honey drink will be very useful, thanks to it you can not only warm up, but also cure an incipient cold. To make sbiten, take the following ingredients:
- 150 g of honey;
- 1.5 liters of water;
- 100 g of sugar;
- 2 carnation buds;
- 5 grains of black pepper;
- ginger powder on the tip of a knife;
- 1 tsp cinnamon;
- 1 tbsp. dry mint.
Mix honey with a glass of water and boil, do the same with sugar. Then combine honey water and sugar syrup, boil the liquid over low heat for 10-15 minutes.
Boil the remaining water and simmer mint, pepper, cinnamon, cloves and ginger in it for 2-3 minutes. Cover the container with spices with a lid and leave to infuse for 10 minutes. Strain the finished infusion and pour it into a mixture of honey and sugar, stir. Heat the sbiten without boiling.
Honey kvass
You can increase the tone of the body on a hot summer day with the help of honey kvass. This invigorating drink pleasantly refreshes, quenches thirst and restores strength. You can prepare it from the following components:
- 9 liters of water;
- 800 g of honey;
- 800 g of raisins;
- 2 lemons;
- 2 tbsp. rye flour;
- 15 g of yeast.
Boil water and cool, add yeast and flour to it, stir well. Put honey, lemons and raisins cut into thin slices in a large container, fill everything with yeast water.
Place the bucket or barrel in a dark place. After a day, add a liter of boiled cold water to kvass and strain it through cheesecloth. Pour the drink into cans, place 4-5 raisins in each and put in a cold place. Honey kvass will be completely ready in three days, it should be consumed chilled.
Vitamin drink
You can improve your health with the help of a vitamin drink made from honey and rose hips. It is not difficult to prepare it for this you will need:
- 100 g of dry rose hips;
- 2 glasses of water;
- 2 tbsp. honey.
Rinse the rosehip and fill it with boiling water, leave to infuse for 10 hours. Strain the finished infusion, add honey to it and stir.
Cool drink made from honey and lemon
A pleasant drink with lemon sourness perfectly relieves fatigue and fills the body with vitamin C. To prepare it, you will need the following foods:
- 3 lemons;
- 150 g of honey;
- 1 liter.
Mix water with honey and put on low heat. Wash 2 lemons and cut into thin slices. Put them in boiling honey water for 3 minutes, leave the drink to infuse for half an hour. Then strain it and combine with the leftover lemon cut into wedges, drink chilled.
