Honey pickled lemon is a drink with a delicious flavor and extremely good for health. Besides the immediate thirst-quenching advantage, this drink also helps to treat cough, relieve colds, and effectively counteract alcohol. Let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to check out the recipe right away!
1. Honey pickled lemon
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Processing
10 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Honey pickled lemon For 1 large jar
Lemon 3 pieces Cloves 1 teaspoon Honey 500 ml Salt a little
Tools needed
How to choose good quality cloves
- You should choose cloves in bud form instead of powder form, as bud cloves will retain their flavor better before you use them. Good quality cloves will be about 0.6cm long.
- Prioritize choosing cloves grown using organic methods to ensure essential oil quality.
- To check if the cloves are of good quality, you can test by placing the clove buds in a glass of water. If they float vertically on the surface, they are good cloves. Conversely, if they sink or float horizontally, they have been stored too long.
How to Prepare Honey Lemon
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Prepare the lemons
First, use your hands to rub about 2 tablespoons of salt on each lemon for 1 – 2 minutes.
Then, wash the lemons thoroughly with water and let them drain.
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Cut the lemons
Next, place the lemon horizontally and use a knife to cut it into thin slices about 1/3 the thickness of a small finger.
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Add lemons to the jar with honey
Place the lemons in a glass jar, then add about 1 teaspoon of cloves and 500ml of honey. Next, put the jar of lemons in the refrigerator for 3 days before it can be used.
Tip: The amount of honey added will depend on the height of the jar. Just fill it until the honey covers the surface of the lemon slices.
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Completion
Add to cup 1/4 teaspoon of salt, 3 – 5 teaspoons of honey lemon, 150ml of boiling water. Stir well until the mixture is blended, and it can be enjoyed.
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Final Product
Hot honey lemon, blowing while drinking, has a light fragrance from cloves, with a moderate sweet and sour taste. This drink is not only easy to drink but also very good for health.
2. Ginger Honey Lemon
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Processing
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Ginger Honey Lemon For 4 people
Lemon 2 fruits Ginger 1 root Honey 250 ml
Implementation tools
How to choose fresh and delicious ginger
- To have a drink with the fragrant and spicy warm flavor of ginger, you should choose old ginger roots that have a brownish-yellow skin.
- Additionally, choose ginger roots that have a strong aroma even when the skin is not peeled. If a ginger root has no smell when sniffed, it is likely Chinese ginger.
- Do not buy ginger roots that show signs of being rotten or damaged to avoid affecting the flavor of the drink.
How to make Honey Lemon Ginger
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Prepare the ingredients
First, wash the lemons thoroughly, dry them, and slice them thinly. Then, peel the ginger, rinse it briefly, and slice it into strips.
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Put lemons and ginger in the jar
Next, layer the lemon and ginger in the jar by alternating one layer of lemon and one layer of ginger.
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Soak lemon ginger with honey
Fill the jar of ginger lemon with honey, then seal tightly, and leave at room temperature for about 2 days before use.
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Final product
When drinking, you just need to take out a cup of a few spoons of ginger honey lemon, add a little hot water, and you can enjoy.
Ginger honey lemon has a light sour taste, a sweet and fragrant flavor, with the warm and spicy scent from fresh ginger. You can use this drink to relieve colds, treat coughs, or detoxify from alcohol very effectively.
How to choose fresh lemons
- Fresh lemons are those with a shiny, smooth skin, and when pressed, they have a certain softness to ensure they have a lot of juice, a relatively heavy weight, and a skin with a distinctive aroma.
- Do not choose lemons that are too light, have dull skin, feel hard when pressed, and lack elasticity, with a strong and pungent smell, indicating that the lemon is either spoiled or under-ripe, which means it will not have much juice and will not taste good.
How to choose good quality honey
- You can check if honey is of standard quality by dropping a few drops of honey into a glass of plain water. If the drops of honey form a ball, do not dissolve, and sink to the bottom of the glass, then this is real honey.
- Additionally, you can use green onions dipped in honey; if the green onion wilts, then this is real honey.
- You should not buy honey that has turned black, has bubbles on the surface, has a pungent smell, and tastes sour and bitter, as this honey has fermented and is no longer good for health.
- Currently, there are many fake honeys on the market, and honey that is not pure, so you should choose a reputable source to purchase.
Tips for preserving pickled lemons for a long time
- You can preserve pickled lemons at room temperature in a cool place. If stored in the refrigerator, do not take them out unless needed.
- It is advisable to use glass jars for pickling lemons because low-quality plastic jars can decompose harmful substances over time.
Benefits of pickled lemons
- Due to their rich content of copper, potassium, iron, and calcium, pickled lemons can effectively help regulate blood sugar levels.
- Additionally, this type of lemon contains essential vitamins A and C, which are necessary for strengthening bone density.
- Pickled lemons also help boost the immune system, benefit cardiovascular health, detoxify the body, and promote effective weight loss.
Above are 2 ways to make honey preserved lemons that are delicious and nutritious. TasteVN hopes you can clearly understand how to make it. Wish you success!
*Source of the recipe and images from YouTube channel Feedy VN and Mẹo vặt 365
