If, for medical reasons, coffee is contraindicated for you, and without its smell and aroma you cannot wake up in the morning, then there is a wonderful alternative to it - chicory. A drink in all respects will be able to replace your usual coffee.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step cooking
- Video recipe
On a summer afternoon, many spotted a field plant with large, pale blue flowers. This is chicory, which contains a lot of nutrients, so it is considered a medicinal plant. It is mainly used to brew a great healing drink and has become quite popular lately. In general, the plant is now experiencing a rebirth. Therefore, I propose to get to know him better, learn how to brew and drink correctly.
In this review, I will tell you how to brew instant chicory. The basis for its manufacture is the extraction procedure - obtaining an extract of chicory with an excess amount of water. Drink is usually brewed in hot water. And they do it in a very diverse way. Honey, sugar, cocoa, cream, jam, spices, cinnamon, ginger, etc. are added to the drink. This is both healthy and tasty. You can also brew it with hot milk or add cream, both dry and liquid. The main thing is that you like it. there are no specific rules and requirements.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 14 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 5 minutes
Ingredients:
- Instant chicory - 1 tsp
- Dry cream - 1-2 tsp
- Drinking water - 75 ml
How to brew chicory with cream?
1. In this recipe, I propose to brew chicory in a Turk. To do this, pour a teaspoon of instant chicory powder into it.
2. Then add dry cream.
3. Fill the food with drinking water and place on the stove to cook. Make it medium heat. You can also use milk instead of water and cream and brew a drink on it.
4. Stir the contents with a teaspoon until the cream is completely dissolved. If you use liquid cream, pour it into the glass with the chicory already brewed.
5. Continue cooking the chicory.
6. As soon as it boils and a foam forms on the surface, turn off the heat.
7. Cover the turk with a lid and leave to infuse for 2-3 minutes. Remember, the longer the drink is infused, the more nutrients will be extracted from it, and the taste will become brighter.
8. Pour the coffee drink into the glasses.
9. Taste chicory with cream warm and get positive emotions.
See also the video recipe: coffee replacement. How to cook chicory. The benefits and harms of the drink.
