Video: How to cook Zbiten?
2024 Author: Seth Attwood | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 15:55
Here is what an old cookbook writes about sbitna:
Currently, sbiten is rarely used in homes and serves only for the common people, as a warming agent in winter. It is carried around the streets in samovars and drunk with rolls; but, when subjected to a precise analysis, this commercial drink turns out to have nothing in common with the old old drink and consists of nothing more or less than burning sugar, molasses and water. A real old sbiten is prepared like this. Treacle, along with various spices, such as cloves, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and bay leaves, are boiled down to a dark red color and to a decent thickness, transferred to jars and stored for consumption. When consumed, take a certain amount of this viscous, thick, odorous mass and dissolve it in hot water; if desired, add sugar to taste. The best sbiten is made with sugar or honey.
… Sbiten (spicy) …
Sugar -150 g, honey -150 g, bay leaf -2 pcs., Cloves, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom - 5 g each, water -1l. Dissolve honey, sugar in boiling water, add bay leaves, spices and boil for 15–20 minutes. Remove heat and leave for 30 minutes. Strain through cheesecloth or fine sieve. Serve hot.
… Sbiten (intoxicated) …
Sugar -50 g, honey -100 g, cinnamon -0.3 g, cloves -0.2 g, mint -0.2 g, hops - 3 g. The method of preparation of this drink is completely similar to that described above.
… Winter sbiten …
Water -4 cups, sugar -0.5 cups, honey -5 tbsp. spoons, cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf -1 pc., cardamom - 2-3 pcs. Pour 4 glasses of water into a saucepan, put on fire and bring to a boil. Add half a glass of sugar, 5 tablespoons of honey and various spices to boiling water (cloves, cinnamon, bay leaf - 1 pc., Cardamom - 2-3 pcs.).
Boil for 10-15 minutes. Strain. Serve hot in a jug.
… Molasses sbiten …
1 kg of molasses, 200 g of honey, 2 g of cinnamon, 5 cloves, 2 teaspoons of ground ginger, 10 black peppercorns, 5 tbsp. tablespoons of dry mint, 6-8 capsules of cardamom, 3 star anise stars, 5-6 liters of boiling water.
Dissolve in
boiling molasses, honey or sugar and boil for 15 minutes. Pour in spices and
boil for another 10 minutes. Drink it hot like tea.
… Sbiten of Suzdal …
1 liter of water, 150 g of sugar, 150 g of honey (spices, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger) - to taste.
Dissolve 150 g of sugar and honey in 1 liter of water, add spices
(cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ginger to taste). Boil for 10-15 minutes, skimming off the foam. Let it brew for 30 minutes, strain, warm up and drink hot.