Jamaican Sorrel Drink Recipe, True authentic Jamaican style Sorrel Drink Recipe.

Jamaican Sorrel Drink made with Ginger

AJE (AjamaicaExperience), How do you make Jamaican sorrel drink?

Follow these simple steps and enjoy this all-natural delicious and refreshing, homemade Jamaican Sorrel Drink Recipe. Sorrel was discovered to have many health benefits. People use sorrel to help lower cholesterol which helps to reduce the risk of heart disease. Studies have shown that sorrel drink helps to lower blood pressure, helps to prevent the clogging of arteries, helps to fuel the production of bile by the liver and it helps to keep your body strong. It’s also suggested that sorrel can help to fight certain kind of cancer. These are some of the many reasons and more why Jamaican Sorrel Drink Recipe is such a big hit. It tastes great and refreshing.

 

Studies About Sorrel

Further studies reveal that red sorrel calyx contains a wide range of vitamins and minerals. These vitamins include calcium (for strong bones), niacin (B vitamin used to increase HDL “the good cholesterol”), vitamin C, riboflavin, and a group of compounds. With the huge health benefits which hibiscus sabdariffa (which is the other name for sorrel) has to offer, many people use their imagination and cooking skills to take full advantage of the plant. For example, sorrel can be used to make sorrel soup, sorrel tea, and naturally, sorrel drink. However, sorrel is not United States FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved and everyone should speak with their health provider before taking any kind of herbal supplement to replace prescribed medicines.

 

Here are pictures of the Jamaican Sorrel Drink Recipe ingredients which is needed to make “Jamaican Sorrel Drink.

 

As the saying goes, “A Picture is worth a Thousand Words.” The pictures below were organized in a step-by-step order, below were organized in a step-by-step order, detailing how to make Jamaican Sorrel Drink.

Nine Easy Steps for Your Sorrel Recipe

Step-1: Pickup your package of dry sorrel from your local supermarket that sells Red Sorrel or Jamaican Sorrel. The other option is to get with the times in the 21st Century and order your sorrel on the internet. There are many online stores on the internet that sell Jamaican Products. Luckily for the persons that grow their sorrel or know the farmer who cultivates sorrel, they will have easier access to fresh sorrel. Either way, the fresh sorrel must be dried before it is ready for use to make your sorrel drink.

 

Jamaican Sorrel in packages, stock in stores

Jamaican Sorrel in packages, stock high in the local supermarkets.

Step-2: The main two ingredients in the Jamaican Sorrel Drink Recipe which our family have used for generation are sorrel and ginger. While the ginger is optional, it does offer a nice twist for added flavor. Ginger is a plant that’s widely used as a spice for cooking. Many people add ginger to the sorrel drink. The ginger is boiled with the sorrel to extract all its nutrient and unique flavor. Ginger is also use independently in Jamaica and many other Countries to make a ginger drink, but in Jamaica it’s called ginger beer.

 

Dry Jamaican Sorrel,

Dry Jamaican Sorrel, ready to make Jamaican sorrel drink.

Step-3: Beat the ginger to a crush, this will ensure the flavor and the nutrients is soaked and boiled out into the drink while making the sorrel.

 

Ginger Crush

Crush Ginger, then add to pot of water with sorrel before boiling.

Step-4: Soak the sorrel and ginger in water for about 30 minutes (optional).  After soaking Sorrel and ginger, turn fire on and bring pot to a boil.

 

Jamaican Sorrel-Ginger-Soak

Boiled Jamaican Sorrel Drink and Ginger. Leave pot covered overnight after boiling or leave covered 8 – 10 hours. 

Step-5: After the sorrel is boiled, allowable the sorrel to sit for 8-hrs. – 12 hours. Leave pot covered and let sorrel soak overnight. This allows maximum sorrel strength. If you are making the sorrel during the day, allowable the sorrel sit for 8-hrs. – 12 hours after boiling.

 

Jamaican-Sorrel-Strained

Sorrel Ginger drinks. After boiling and soaking, pour sorrel while straining into container.

Step-7: After the recommended period of soaking, it’s time to pour the drink/juice from the boiled sorrel and ginger into an alternate container. Use a fine strainer strain the sorrel. If the strainer is not fine, you may need an alternative method of straining to ensure none of the sorrels gets through the strain. Optional, slightly squeeze the sorrel in the strainer to get every last drop of juice. (Widely done by people living in the country).

 

Jamaican Sorrel and Ginger.

Jamaican Sorrel and Ginger been poured while straining. 

Step-8: Now that the sorrel is ready for mixing. After sweetener is added, refrigerate to get that natural refreshing taste. Use brown sugar to sweeten sorrel to likeness. It’s better to drink when it cools naturally from the refrigerator rather than adding ice.
Optional: Add a drop of run to your Jamaican ‘Sorrel Drink Recipe or add the Jamaican Run to your single serving.

Jamaican Sorrel drink made with Ginger.

Jamaican Sorrel drink recipe made with Ginger.

 

Step-9: Now that the sorrel is complete, it’s ready drink and enjoy the health benefits.

Jamaican Sorrel drink recipe made with Ginger. Ready to drink while taking advantage of the health benefits that studies have discovered sorrel contains. Now when your friends asks, do you know how to make sorrel? you can say, “Sure I do.”