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As a habitual cozy drink haver, im upset that im just now hearing about something called salep. Apparently its powdered orchid root with milk? The internet is saying it tastes like molten icecream? Is this accurate?
I’m honestly curious about what people prefer so survey time!
coffee (hot, black)
coffee (hot, sweet)
coffee (iced, black)
coffee (iced, sweet)
tea (hot)
tea (iced)
don’t like either
Do you have a crisper drawer full of dubious apples you know you'll never eat?
MAKE APPLE CIDER!
This is a technique, not a recipe. Don't stress about exact amounts.
It takes literally 4 minutes. Maybe 6 if you have a lot of apples and are really slow at cutting. All you need are apples, a crockpot, a knife, and water. Everything else is Nice To Have but not necessary.
It could not be easier. It's cheap. It's DELICIOUS. It makes your place smell amazing. Give it a try!
Grab your crockpot/slow cooker
Cut all the apples languishing at the bottom of your crisper drawer into quarters and toss them in. The more kinds of apples you have the better.
If you only have a few apples, pour in enough water to cover them by 3ish inches. If you have enough apples to mostly fill the crockpot, then fill it all the way up, leaving 1 inch of space at the top so it doesn't boil over.
If you have it, add a cinnamon stick, 3-5 cardamom pods, a star anise, and/or 1-12 cloves (I don't know you. How clovey do you want it?). Literally none of that is required. They're all Nice To Have.
Got any dubious citrus in your fridge? Don't waste the good stuff! Grab that shrunken lemon or orange, cut it into quarters, and toss it in, too. Again, this isn't required. All you actually need are the apples themselves.
Put on the lid. Plug it in. Come back in anywhere from 4-24 hours. Yeah, I've left mine overnight and not drained it until I got home from work the next day and it was fine.
Straining it is the only "tricky" bit.
If you have a wire mesh strainer, pour everything through that twice. It'll catch enough of the solids to give you a "full bodied" cider.
If you have a regular pasta strainer, line it with cheesecloth and pour the liquid through. It'll catch even more of the solids, but then you have to deal with the messy cheesecloth afterwards.
Throw away the apple mush afterwards and enjoy your amazing cider!
What's that? You don't want to throw away the apple mush? Okay. Fine. You CAN make applesauce too, but that will require minutes of actual work.
If you want both apple cider and cider spiced apple sauce then peel and core the apples before putting them in the crockpot. That's it. Once it's bubbled away, you strain the liquid from the solids and store them separately.
The apple mush will be much smoother than the applesauce you get at the grocery store. It's GREAT in baked goods or oatmeal.
Store both in the fridge for up to a week.
Sweet Potato Pie Spiced Smoothie
I made butterscotch white chocolate espresso bars! They are dense, chewy, gently bitter at the back of the bite. Finished with an apple cider vanilla cream fizz. Cold, spiced, calm.