Many people know chicory as a coffee substitute. But not everyone knows how to brew it and drink it properly. Let's take a closer look at this drink.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
For many, chicory coffee is perceived as a terrible memory from childhood. It is associated with a cheap drink, which was drunk out of poverty, because the assortment of Soviet stores was very scarce. But today, many are carried away by chicory, of their own free will and drink it with pleasure and love. And from the section of dietary products, he migrated to the shelves with a "status" assortment. It tastes like coffee, but does not contain caffeine. Therefore, it is drunk even by those for whom natural coffee is contraindicated.
The choice of drinks based on chicory is already great. And in order to improve and enrich the taste, manufacturers began to produce instant chicory with additives. For example, with sea buckthorn, lingonberries, rose hips, blueberries, cinnamon. Packaged chicory is on sale - it is brewed like tea, there is also ground chicory.
You can buy ready-made instant powder from chicory root in any store, pharmacies and specialized stores with a phyto-direction. The chicory powder should be uniform and dry, without lumps or balls. Their presence indicates that the product was stored in an irregular manner, most likely in a damp room.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 11 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- Chicory - 1.5 tsp
- Carnation - 2 buds
- Sugar - 1 tsp
- Drinking water - 80 ml
How to brew chicory in a turk?
1. Put the chicory powder in a turkey.
2. Next send the carnation buds.
3. Add sugar.
4. Fill the food with drinking water.
5. Place the pot on the stove and turn on medium heat.
6. Stir the drink and cook until boiling. At this moment, foam will quickly rise to the surface of the Turks. You need to have time to lift the Turk up or move it aside so that the drink does not run away.
7. After that, make the smallest fire and return the Turk to the stove. Bring the drink to a boil again.
8. Then turn off the heat, cover the turk with a lid and leave the drink to infuse for 3 minutes.
9. Pour the chicory into a serving cup and start the tea ceremony.
Tip: if you are going on the road, there is chicory on sale in small "sticks". A certain portion has already been measured in them. Then simply pour the contents of the stick into a mug, fill it with hot water and leave to infuse for a few minutes.
See also the video recipe on how to make a coffee drink from chicory.
