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December 20th, 2011 - 3:12 pm § in Recipes

Jamaican Sorrel recipe

Sorrel is a traditional ingredient loved in the Caribbean at Christmas time. It is turned into many types of drinks including Shandy. You can changecertain ingredients in this recipe to suit your taste and over time you can fine tune this.

Ingredients

You will need the following ingredients to prepare 2 litres of sorrel:-

1 lb Sorrel sepals
1″ of ginger
5 tbsp sugar
2 litres of water
A splash of rum (ideally Jamaican white rum)

 Optional spices
1 tsp cloves
1 tsp ground pimento
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp orange peel
1 tbsp lemon peel
1 tsp mace

Optional alcohol
Wine
Sherry
Rum

Preparation

Grate the ginger.

Add the ginger, sorrel and water to a pot and rapidly bring to the boil.

Add a selection of optional ingredients to the mixture to personalise the drink. You will probably need to experiment with these ingredients until you find the combination which is perfect for you.

Allow the mixture to boil for 10 minutes.

Take the mixture off the heat. Once it has cooled, place in the fridge for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, take the mixture out of the fridge and strain.

Stir in the sugar and a dash of rum (the rum helps to preserve the drink). If you wish you can add some wine, sherry or additional rum at this stage.

Serve with ice.


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