~773 cal · 0g protein · 29g carbs · 0g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Pitcher of deep red spiced sorrel drink with ginger
🇯🇲 Kingston (Surrey)
Sorrel is Christmas in Jamaica: dried hibiscus (sorrel) sepals steeped with ginger, cloves, and citrus peel, sweetened, and sometimes spiked with white rum. Brewed by the gallon for the holidays, its deep red color and warm spice make it as festive as the season itself.
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Ingredients
Serves 8 —
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2 cups dried sorrel (hibiscus) sepals
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3 in piece fresh ginger, sliced
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6 whole cloves
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6 pimento (allspice) berries
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1 cup sugar
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from 1 orange orange peel
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10 cups + to taste water (and white rum, optional)
Instructions
1
Bring the water to a boil with the ginger, cloves, allspice, and orange peel.
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Pour over the sorrel, turn off the heat, and steep at least 4 hours or overnight.
3
Strain out the solids.
4
Sweeten to taste (and add a little rum if you like).
5
Chill well and serve over ice.
Kingston Christmas tradition.
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Kingston (Surrey). Home of jerk pits scented with pimento wood and Scotch bonnet.
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Jamaica. Island cooking with a fire all its own.
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North America. A collision of Indigenous, colonial, and immigrant tables.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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