Morning Shot
Make this to start your day off with a boost
Makes enough for: 500 mls
Ingredients
- 5 lemons, cut in half
- 80 g fresh root ginger, roughly chopped
- 60 mls apple cider vinegar
- 30 g fresh turmeric
- 15 mls ground cinnamon
- 15 mls good quality salt
- 5 mls cayenne pepper
- 500 mls water, plus extra
- fresh mint leaves if making ice cubes
- honey to taste
Method
- Juice the lemons into a large pot, and add the rinds once juiced
- Place the ginger, vinegar and turmeric into a blender and blitz to chop
- Add this to the pot, together with the cinnamon, salt and cayenne
- Top with the water and bring to the boil over a high temperature
- Reduce the temperature and leave to simmer for 30 minutes
- Turn off the heat and leave to cool, squeeze out the rinds and discard
- Strain through a fine mesh sieve, squeezing to get all the juice out
- Then strain again, without pressing, into a measuring jug
- Add enough water to bring the volume up to 500mls
- If making ice cubes, add a mint leaf to each ice block, then pour in the morning shot and freeze to use as needed, adding honey to taste if you want it sweeter
- Or pour into a bottle and store int he fridge to add to morning smoothies, , adding honey to taste if you want it sweeter