Berry Harvest for Winter Tonic
Berry Harvest For Winter Tonic
Berries are just about out there, in our gardens and hedgerows. Collect these and make your own winter tonics. The list is long, juniper berries, rosehips, hawthorn berries, sloe berries, sea buckthorn berries are just a few that are still available.
These can be made into a ‘glycerate’ that uses glycerine which as a preservative is somewhere between alcohol and water, antiseptic, and anti-fermentative in its own right as well as demulcent and soothing. Or simply use organic cold-pressed runny honey or indeed maple syrup. (Don’t add any water though).
Recipe
75% glycerin with 25% spring water
Pour over a packed full container of berries. Leave for 1 month, shaking daily. The berries will shrink down into the liquid and their colours infuse into the liquid. Because of the stones in the hawthorn, hairs in rosehips, etc etc, after 1 month, press the fruity mush through a sieve lined with muslin.
You now have a nourishing antioxidant-rich, winter pick-me-up.
Berry Harvest For Winter Tonic
Berries are just about out there, in our gardens and hedgerows. Collect these and make your own winter tonics. The list is long, juniper berries, rosehips, hawthorn berries, sloe berries, sea buckthorn berries are just a few that are still available.
These can be made into a ‘glycerate’ that uses glycerine which as a preservative is somewhere between alcohol and water, antiseptic, and anti-fermentative in its own right as well as demulcent and soothing. Or simply use organic cold-pressed runny honey or indeed maple syrup. (Don’t add any water though).
Recipe
75% glycerin with 25% spring water
Pour over a packed full container of berries. Leave for 1 month, shaking daily. The berries will shrink down into the liquid and their colours infuse into the liquid. Because of the stones in the hawthorn, hairs in rosehips, etc etc, after 1 month, press the fruity mush through a sieve lined with muslin.
You now have a nourishing antioxidant-rich, winter pick-me-up.
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