Recipes
Hibiscus and lemon thyme peach iced tea
45 minutes Preparation time
25 minutes Cooking time
8 serves Serves
Ingredients
Sugar syrup
600 ml water 300 g caster sugar
Tea
500 g peaches sliced thinly, or tinned
peaches, strained
15 g loose leaf black tea
or 5-6 tea bags
¼ bunch fresh lemon thyme
or lemon balm
150 ml lemon juice
1 lemon, zested
To serve
Ice
2 litres sparkling water or Prosecco
1 jar hibiscus flowers in syrup
Lemon thyme
Method
Syrup
- Place the water and caster sugar into a medium sized saucepan, stir, then heat on medium heat, induction setting 6 until the sugar has completely dissolved. Increase the heat to induction setting 8 and bring to the boil.
- Reduce the heat to medium, induction setting 5. Add the peaches and simmer for 15-18 minutes until soft. Remove from the heat and allow to cool for 1 hour.
- Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend to a smooth puree.
- Use a fine strainer to strain the mixture into a bowl. Allow the syrup to drizzle through, then press the mixture with the back of a spoon to extract the remaining syrup. Place the peach syrup into the fridge to cool.
- In a small saucepan, bring 150 ml of water to the boil on Booster setting on the induction cooktop. Add the tea, lemon thyme, lemon juice and zest. Remove from the heat and allow to cool. Strain before adding to the peach syrup.
To serve
- Add ice to a large jug or punch bowl. Add the peach syrup and sparkling water or Prosecco.
- Pour into tall glasses, place a hibiscus flower into each glass and garnish with lemon thyme
Hints and Tips
- Depending on the number of people you’re serving, you can either add a single hibiscus flower to each glass or add a few hibiscus flowers to the jug or punch bowl and add 1-2 drops of the hibiscus syrup to each glass.
- Ensure you’re buying hibiscus flowers and not just the syrup. The hibiscus flowers will come stored in syrup in a jar.
Applicance Functions
Miele
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