Tasty honey drinks have been known to mankind since ancient times. Strong mead has always been very popular, but non-alcoholic drinks rightfully occupy an honorable place on everyday and holiday tables. Below are 6 detailed recipes of varying complexity for every taste.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
To prepare a drink with useful properties, it is important to buy high-quality natural honey. If possible, it is best to contact the apiary directly. You should know that crystallization over time is a natural property, and a real product in winter or spring should have signs of this process. If at this time a homogeneous liquid mass is visible in the bank, it means that it was exposed to heat and lost most of its useful properties.
Important! To preserve the beneficial properties of honey, do not heat it above +40°C!
You can check honey at home in several ways:
- drops of iodine are introduced into an aqueous solution. Blue color will signal the addition of flour or starch;
- if gas bubbles appear after a few drops of vinegar, chalk is added to the product;
- simple taste, lack of pronounced aroma and whitish color are also signs of an unnatural product.
How to distinguish natural honey.Honey Drink Recipes
The offered recipes of different difficulty levels contain spices, the amount and composition of which can vary. Lemon juice, often used in drinks, is convenient to squeeze in advance and store for several days in the refrigerator in a glass closed container.
Honey and milk
2 15 min
Energy value per 100 g:
- Pour milk into a small saucepan and put the whole dried figs. Bring the mixture to a boil over low heat and cook for 3 minutes.
- Remove the figs on a saucer, and set the milk aside and cool slightly.
- Put figs, honey in a blender bowl and pour 1-2 tbsp. l milk. Beat products into a homogeneous mass.
- Add the remaining amount of milk to the bowl and beat again.
- Pour the drink into 2 cups and sprinkle finely chopped walnuts on top.
Did you know? In ancient times, people extended the preservation of meat by coating it with honey and burying it in the ground.
Honey-sea-buckthorn
210 min
Energy value per 100 g:
- Crush the berries of sea buckthorn with the back of a spoon and add water. If the sea buckthorn was frozen, you can pour it with hot water, and then gently crush the berries.
- Strain the liquid in a jug or bottle, add honey and spices.
Video recipe
Lemonade
110 min
Energy value per 100 g:
- Squeezed lemon juice into a glass and add honey.
- Add water at room or slightly warm temperature. Stir thoroughly until smooth. You can add spices to this base, if desired.
Important! For storage of bee products, galvanized and aluminum utensils must not be used.
Beaten
245 min
spices (cinnamon, cloves, star anise)
taste
Energy value per 100 g:
Squeeze the juice from half a lemon.
Pour spices, ginger and zest into hot water, add lemon juice. Cover, wrap with a towel and leave to infuse.
In 20 minutes. add honey, stir and cover again.
In 10 minutes. strain the mixture through a sieve. You can drink both warm and chilled.
Squeeze the juice from half a lemon.
Pour spices, ginger and zest into hot water, add lemon juice. Cover, wrap with a towel and leave to infuse.
In 20 minutes. add honey, stir and cover again.
In 10 minutes. strain the mixture through a sieve. You can drink both warm and chilled.Video recipe
Did you know? Sbiten was probably the first hot drink before tea appeared in Russia. It was prepared in samovars, and the most ancient recipes are given in the “Domostroy” of the 16th century.
Lemon Ginger
225 min
Energy value per 100 g:
- Peel the lemon from the zest and cut into rings.
- Cut the ginger into pieces or grate.
- Pour lemon and ginger with warm water (up to + 40 ° C) in a jug and add honey.
- Insist before use for 10-15 minutes.
Video recipe
Honey Apple Water
10 30 min
Energy value per 100 g:
- Place the washed dried apples in a pan and pour water. Bring to a boil, make the fire minimal and cook for 15–20 minutes.
- Strain apple water through a fine sieve and cool.
- Add honey and stir until completely dissolved.
Features of use
All described drinks should not be stored for a long time so that unwanted fermentation does not occur. Children are not allowed to consume honey drinks until they reach the age of 2, because their body still does not absorb this product well. Even a small addition of honey can be dangerous for people allergic to bee products.
Non-alcoholic honey drinks will be enjoyed by adults and children at any time of the year. Following the cooking technology, you can enjoy not only a bright taste, but also get benefits for the body.
