Carrageen Moss Remedy
A soothing hot drink to help ward off the winter cold with ginger, carrageen moss, cinnamon, lemon and honey.
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Servings: ml
Ingredients
- 10 g Connemara Organic Carrageen Moss Add up to 20g for a thicker drink
- 600 ml water
- 4 cloves
- 1 lemon preferbaly organic - juice and zest
- 3 cms grated ginger
- 3 cms cinnamon stick
- 1 tsp turmeric
- 1-2 tsp Organic Greek honey ideally honey local to you
- 1 pinch grated nutmeg
Instructions
- Soak the seaweed in warm water for 20 minutes
- Add to a heavy based saucepan and top up to 600ml in total.
- Add the rest of the ingredients, bring to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Cool and store in a sealed container in the fridge for up to 5 days.
- To serve, gently re-heat and pour over the honey to you liking. Honey should not be boiled or overly heated as it looses it nutritional value. Hence its better to pour the hot drink over a spoonful of honey. Finish with a little grated nutmeg.
- Enjoy with gentle Irish folk music - Christy Moore is great!
Notes
Recipe adapted from Margaret Lee's recipe, Connemara Organic Seaweed Company.