Fire Cider Part 2

I posted a couple of weeks ago about the benefits of fire cider and also the video of Rosemary Gladstar making her version. There is also a recipe from Mountain Rose Herbs (I have a couple of their links on this site). I actually combined the two recipes due to what I had on hand and here's what I came up with:

 1/2 C peeled, chopped ginger root
 1/2 C peeled chopped horseradish root
1 medium onion chopped
10 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
 Zest and Juice of 1 lemon
2 Tbs dried rosemary leaves
1 Tbs Tumeric
 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
 Top off Cider Vinegar

 Put in a mason jar (I put parchment under the lid as someone suggested). Shake well and put in cool dark cabinet. Shake daily. After a month, strain through a cheesecloth, squeeze well and flavor with local raw honey to desired sweetness. Here are some pictures:

                         Here are the ingredients ready to go.  The recipe from Mountain Rose said to GRATE the ginger and horseradish

What a pain.  And here's what happened....

So I gave up the stupid grating.  Rosemary says in her video to CHOP the ingredients so that's what I did.

Use a heavy knife for the roots because they are hard to cut.

I smashed the garlic gloves to remove skin and release the oil

Can I say just how much I love my Zester???















And here's the finished product.  Voila!

I'm teaching a class in April on how to make this.  Having never done so myself, I thought it important to do.  I'm also teaching how to make natural "neosporin" which I'll show you as soon as my comfrey and yarrow arrive in the mail.

Hope you've enjoyed this little lesson and let me know how yours turns out!!