Russian drinks or quenched the thirst of our ancestors

SBITEN

A hot drink made from spices and herbs, sweetened with honey, molasses or sugar. Known since the beginning of the XV century and was Sold mainly in the markets and in places of large gatherings of people. Was a Russian national winter beverage, while brew — summer. Until the end of the XVII century the drink was common in the public and in the home diet, but then gradually began to give way to tea.

Sbiten, or rather, its vestiges still persist, this so-called herbal teas of lime, mint, St. John's wort.

 





The recipe of a real Russian (Moscow) brought down.

Composition:

• 1 kg of white molasses
• 200 g of honey
• 2 g cinnamon
• 5 buds of cloves
• 2 tsp ginger (ground)
• 10 peas of black pepper
• 5 tbsp dry mint
• 6-8 capsules of cardamom
• 3 stars of star anise
• 5-6 l of water (boiling water)

Preparation:

Dissolve in boiling water, molasses, honey or sugar and boil for 15 minutes. Add spices, boil for another 10 minutes. To drink hot as tea.

Sbiten, sbiten — old Russian hot drink of water, honey and spices, which often consisted of healing herbal teas. First mentioned in Slavonic Chronicles in 1128.

Hot sbiten had a warming and anti-inflammatory properties, so drinking it mainly in the winter. Another variety of this drink was cold "sbiten", which was the least popular drink in the thirst-quenching in the bath or in the summer on a hot day.

The first mention of the drink as the drink that are widely used by the Slavs, refers to the Chronicles of the XII century. Then he called digest, and later — a stewed fruit or just pitch.

There is a perception that the drink takes its name from the verb "to knock" (i.e. to connect parts together). And thus prepared in two separate vessels. One insists honey, and other herbs, and immediately before use, the contents of the vessels mix — "was lost", hence the name "sbiten".

Before the advent of tea in Russia, sbiten was probably the only hot drink Russian, it was prepared in the samovar. There was a stationary "sretenye Smoking", which were located in busy areas of the city. The role of the counter played a large window pierced in the wall of the house.

The sbiten is often added St. John's wort, sage, Bay leaf, ginger and Cayenne. The most ancient description of the preparation of this drink in Domostroi (XVI century).

Sbiten is one of the old Russian drink. Even when Russia had no idea about Chinese tea, the drink was a universal favorite beverage.

Here he writes about sbiten old cookbook:
"Currently, sbiten rarely used in homes and is used only for the common people, as a means of warming in winter. It is worn on the streets in the samovar and drink with the rolls; but being subjected to exact analysis, this drink is corrupt has nothing to do with the same old drink and is neither more nor less, as from the burning of sugar, molasses and water.

Real vintage sbiten is made. Molasses with spices, such as with cloves, cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, nutmeg and Bay leaf, boiled to a dark red color and to a decent thick, put in jars and store for use. When used take a certain amount of this viscous, thick, and fragrant mass, and dissolve in hot water; if you wish to taste add sugar.
Best sbiten is made with sugar or honey."

Mass consumption of drink faded after the October revolution. Since the 1990s there have been attempts in Russia industrial production of the drink, packaged in bottles. But it is approximately the same as the industrial brewed tea — after all, sbiten, and tea, is good, freshly prepared.

Sbiten (spicy)

 

• Sugar – 150 g
• honey – 150 g
• Bay leaf – 2 PCs.
• carnation
• cinnamon
• ginger
• cardamom – 5 g
• water – 1 l

In boiling water to dissolve honey, sugar, add Bay leaf, spices and boil for 15-20 minutes. Remove the heat and infuse for 30 minutes.

Strain through cheesecloth or a fine sieve.
Serve hot.

The drink (intoxicating)

 

• Sugar – 50 g
• honey – 100 g
• cinnamon – 0, 3 g
• carnation – 0.2 g
• mint – 0.2 g
• hops – 3 grams

The method of preparation of this drink is completely analogous to the one described above.

Sbiten winter

 

• Water – 4 cups
• sugar – 0.5 cups
• honey – 5 tablespoons
• carnation
• cinnamon
• Bay leaf – 1 PC.
• cardamom – 2-3 PCs.

In a pan pour 4 cups of water, put on fire to boil. Add the boiling water half a Cup sugar, 5 tablespoons of honey and various spices (cloves, cinnamon, Bay leaf — 1 piece, cardamom — 2-3 PCs.).
Boil for 10-15 minutes. Drain.
Serve in the jug hot.

Sbiten from molasses

• 1 kg of white molasses
• 200 g of honey
• 2 g cinnamon
• 5 buds of cloves
• 2 tsp ground ginger
• 10 peas of black pepper
• 5 tbsp dry mint
• 6-8 capsules of cardamom
• 3 stars of star anise
• 5-6 liters of boiling water

Dissolve in boiling water, molasses, honey or sugar and boil for 15 minutes. Add spices and boil another 10 minutes.
Drink a hot drink like tea.

City sbiten

— 500 g of honey,
— 700 g white molasses (or thick sugar, fructose syrup),
— 500 g of spices (cinnamon, cloves, hops, mint, etc.)
— 6 liters of water.

Cooking
Boil water and adding all the components, boil for ZO minutes. To drink hot as tea.

Kukushkin sbiten

— 1 kg of honey,
— 20 g of hops,
— spices to taste
— 4 l of water.

Cooking
Dissolve the honey in boiling water, add hops and spices and boil for 2-3 hours, boiled sbiten filtered and cooled.
This sbiten drink cold.

Sbiten pancake

— 150 g of honey
— 1,5 – 2 liters of water
— 100 g of sugar
— 2 – 3 teaspoons of dry grass Hypericum
— 2 clove Bud
— 5 – 6 grains of black pepper
— 0,25 tsp of ginger powder
— 1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 teaspoons mint

Honey to boil in a saucepan, spreading 1 Cup of water, remove the foam. Separately boil the sugar, spreading 1 Cup of water.
To connect both parts, boil together in a homogeneous mass to evaporate more water (but on low heat without allowing appreciable boiling).
In the rest of the water cook the spices for 15 – 20 min in a closed vessel, let stand another 10 minutes, then strain, add honey-sugar mixture and reheat, without boiling.
Only drink hot.

Recipes Sbitnev myriad.
A variety of Sbitnev — always a welcome drink, they served not only Mardi Gras table.
You can try to invent your special recipe of this drink.

Custard fragrant sbiten

1 kg of honey,
3 liters of water,
1 tbsp yeast
40 g of hops,
1 teaspoon cloves,
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon,
1-2 cardamom seeds,
2-3 escape of fresh mint.

Med in small portions to dissolve in warm water, stir thoroughly, then with continuous stirring to boil it on low heat for two hours, removing the foam.
15 minutes before the end of the boiling honey to add hops and spices. Drain the mixture into a clean barrel, and when it has cooled, add diluted in a small amount of water yeast.
The barrel resealed and put on 14 days in the refrigerator.
After exposure of the drink to pump and bottle, which should also store in the fridge.

Simple sbiten

 
500 g of honey,
700 g molasses (or thick sugar, fructose syrup),
6 liters of water,
2 tsp cloves,
3 teaspoons ground cinnamon,
2-4 cardamom seed,
3 to 6 shoots of fresh mint.

Honey dissolved in boiling water, add molasses, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, mint and leave overnight. Feeding preheated.

Folk sbiten

1 kg of honey,
4 liters of water,
20 g of hops,
1 teaspoon cloves,
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon,
1-2 cardamom seed,
2-3 escape of fresh mint.

Dissolve the honey in boiling water, add hops and spices and boil for 2-3 hours.
Boiled sbiten strain and cool.
This sbiten drink cold brew.

Sbiten Suzdal — 2

150 g of honey,
6 tablespoons sugar
1 liter of water,
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon,
1/2 tsp cloves,
1/2 tsp ginger,
1-2 cardamom seeds,
2 Bay leaves.

Sugar to be heated up to the formation of brown color, cooling and dissolving in a small amount of hot water.
Honey mixed with water and boil for 20 minutes, add spices and boil another 5 minutes.
Then drink strain through cheesecloth and diluted tint of burnt sugar.

Sbiten Vladimir

200 g of honey,
1 liter of water,
4 tbsp. spoons of sugar,
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon,
1/2 tsp cloves,
1/2 tsp ginger,
1 Bay leaf.

Sugar to be heated up to the formation of brown color, cooling and dissolving in a small amount of hot water.
Honey mixed with water and boil for 20 minutes, add spices and boil another 5 minutes.
Then drink strain through cheesecloth and diluted tint of burnt sugar.

Sbiten with wine
To prepare you need:
150 g of honey,
1 liter of dry red wine
ground cinnamon on the tip of a knife,
2-3 PCs cloves,
ground nutmeg on the tip of a knife.

The wine bring to a boil, but do not boil, mix with honey, add spices and allow to infuse for 30 minutes.
Then drink drain and serve hot. published

 

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