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Showing posts with label ginger beer recipe. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 September 2012

Caribbean Fruit Juices

PASSION FRUIT JUICE               
Ingredients:
 Servings:
 2 Units: US | Metric 2 teaspoons sugar 3 medium passion fruit, 4 1/2 cups water ,1 lemon juice of 
 Directions:
  Cut the fruits into half and scoop out the inside on a plate.
  Put in a blender along with the remaining ingredients, except the lemon juice, and process until smooth.
  Strain and add lemon juice. 4 Serve chilled over ice cubes in tall glasses on a hot sunny afternoon!





PAWPAW JUICE

Directions:
1 medium ripe pawpaw, peeled
150 g sugar
5 tablespoons powdered milk or 1 glass fresh milk
3 glasses water
Remove the seeds of the papaw.
Put it in a blender.
Add the remaining ingredients, blend well and serve cold.






GREEN MANGO DRINK

Green Mango Drink

3 cups green mango peel and diced, about 1 large mango (discard the seed)
4 cups water
Juice of 2 limes
1 recipe simple syrup*



Simple Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup water

To make the simple syrup: Place ingredients in a small pot and heat until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

To make Mango Drink: Place diced mango and water in a blender and puree. When the mango is finely pureed, place a large strainer over a large pitcher and pour the pureed mango into the strainer to separate the liquid from the pulp. Stir the pulp with a spoon until all of the liquid is removed, then discard the pulp. Next add the simple syrup and lime juice and stir to combine. Place in a refrigerator until cold, then serve.











GINGER BEER

crushed
peel of a medium lime
1/3 cup fresh strained lime juice
1/2 cup of sugar
3 3/4 cups of boiling water
1 teaspoon active dry yeast
1/4 cup lukewarm water

* Starting one week ahead, combine the ginger,lime peel,lime juice and sugar in a large bowl, and pour boiling water over mixture. Stir until the sugar dissolves completely, let it cool to room temperature.

* In a small bowl, sprinkle the yeast over lukewarm water. Let stand for 2 or 3 minutes, then stir to dissolve the yeast completely. Set this small bowl in a warm, draft free place for about 5 minutes, or until mixture begins to bubble and double in volume.

* Add the yeast to the ginger mixture and stir

* Cover the bowl tightly with foil or plastic wrap, and place it in a warm, draft free place. Let the mixture ferment for a week, stirring every other day. After a week it will be mildly carbonated.

* Strain the ginger beer through a fine sieve, using a funnel, pour the liquid into a glass bottle and cork tightly.

* Let the beer ferment at room temperature for an additional 3 or 4 days, then serve over ice……







WATERMELON JUICE


Watermelon Juice
2 cups chopped seeded watermelons
1 cup crushed ice
2 teaspoons honey
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
fresh mint (optional garnish)
Combine watermelon, ice, honey, and black pepper in a blender.
Blend until smooth.
Garnish with mint.
Serve chilled.
Stir well before serving.





CHERRY JUICE

Ingredients
1 pound sour cherries, washed and pitted
2 pounds sugar
1/2 pint water
Sparkling water
Directions
Place the cherries in a saucepan off the stove, pour the sugar over the top and let them sit for 2 hours. Add the water, and stir to mix the cherries, sugar and water together until the sugar dissolves.

Bring the cherry mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes. Strain liquid into another pan, pressing cherries with a spoon to extract all the liquid, and discard the cherries. Simmer the liquid over low heat until it is syrupy and coats the back of a spoon. Remove from heat and let cool. Pour syrup in a jar and store in the refrigerator.

To serve, place 1 to 2 tablespoons of syrup in each glass, fill glasses with chilled sparkling water and stir to mix.




LEMONADE

Ingredients
2 cups sugar
1 cup hot water
2 cups fresh lemon juice
1 gallon cold water
1 lemon, sliced
Mint sprigs, for garnish
Directions
In a 1 gallon container, place sugar and hot water, and stir until sugar dissolves. Add lemon juice and cold water to render 1 gallon. Stir until well mixed. Pour lemonade over glasses of ice, squeeze slice of lemon on top of each, and garnish with a sprig of mint.