Ambers Down Home Peach Iced Tea Food

PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• Tip the sugar into a pan with 250ml water. Bring to the boil slowly, ensuring the sugar is fully dissolved. Add the chopped peaches and cook until very soft. Remove from the heat, mash the peaches with a fork, and leave to infuse for 1 hr.
• Sieve the syrup through a fine sieve into a jug, mashing the fruit to release all the liquid. The syrup will keep in the fridge for one week.
• Put the teabags in a large heatproof jug and pour over 2 litres boiling water. Leave to steep for 4 mins, then carefully remove the teabags. Leave to cool, then transfer to the fridge until chilled.
• Stir the peach syrup into the iced tea with some ice, or pour a little of the syrup into tall glasses and add the tea. Top up with more water, sparkling water or ice. Add peach slices to serve.

HOMEMADE PEACH TEA

Steps:

• Mix 1 cup water, sugar, and peach slices together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer, crushing peach slices as you stir, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat, cover, and allow peaches to infuse syrup, about 30 minutes. Strain to remove peach slices.
• Bring 6 cups remaining water to a boil in a separate pot. Remove from heat, add tea bags, cover, and steep for about 5 minutes.
• Remove tea bags from the pot, pour in peach syrup, and cool to room temperature. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

SPIKED PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• Empty contents of drink mix packet into large plastic or glass pitcher. Add water, orange juice and bourbon; stir until drink mix is completely dissolved.
• Serve over ice cubes in tall glasses.
• Add orange slice to each glass.

HOMEMADE PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, combine peaches, sugar and 1.5 cups of water and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes. Every 5 minutes, stir and crush the peaches into the mixture.
• Transfer the peach mixture into a blender and puree until smooth. Pour the peach puree through a sieve or fine mesh strainer to strain out any clumps. Transfer into a large pitcher and set aside.
• Bring the remaining 6 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Remove from heat, add the tea and brew according to package directions (approximately 4-5 minutes). Once brewed, strain out the tea leaves or remove the tea bags and transfer the tea to the pitcher. Stir to combine and refrigerate until cool, about 20 minutes.
• Once cool, give the mixture a quick stir, add ice cubes and peach slices and serve!

AMBER'S DOWN HOME PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 3qt stock pot, combine the tea bags, water and sugar.
• Brew on med-low heat.
• Open the canned peaches, and drain the syrup into the pot.
• Drop in 3-5 peach slices.
• Reserve the rest of the peaches on the side.
• Brew the tea to just under a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Strain off the tea bags, but leave the peach slices.
• Return tea to pot, cover and let sit until tea is room temperature.
• Place tea into a a pitcher for serving.
• Refrigerate until chilled.

PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• Place peaches and mint in the bottom of a large heatproof and shatterproof pitcher. Muddle with a wooden spoon until the peaches are pulpy and broken down. Hang tea bags in the pitcher and pour in boiling water. Let steep for at least 20 minutes. Remove the tea bags. Refrigerate the tea until cold. Fill glasses generously with ice. Strain the tea and pour over the ice. Garnish with mint if desired.

PEACH-GINGER ICED TEA

Steps:

• Mash 6 canned peach halves with 1 1/2 cups of the juice, 1/3 cup sugar and 1 tablespoon grated ginger in a pitcher. Add ice and 6 cups cold English breakfast tea.
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PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• Pour the boiling water over the 2 tea bags, then cover & let steep for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the sugar, then pour into a pitcher & stir in the peach nectar. Serve in tall glasses over ice.

HOMEMADE PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• Bring 3 cups (750ml) water and the sugar to a boil in a pot. Add the peaches and vanilla bean (including the seeds). Simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes.
• Discard the vanilla bean. Pour the peaches and syrup into a blender and puree until smooth. Strain the peach puree through a sieve into a pitcher.
• Bring 4 cups (1 liter) water to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat, add the tea and steep according to the package directions. Strain to remove the tea leaves, then add the tea to the pitcher with the peach puree. Stir to combine. Refrigerate until cold.
• The pulp from the fruit may have separated from the tea during chilling, so be sure to stir it before serving. Pour over ice cubes in tall glasses and garnish with vanilla beans.
• Cook's Note: When blending hot liquids, remove liquid from the heat and allow to cool for at least 5 minutes. Transfer liquid to a blender or food processor and fill it no more than halfway. If using a blender, release one corner of the lid. This prevents the vacuum effect that creates heat explosions. Place a towel over the top of the machine, pulse a few times then process on high speed until smooth.

AMBER'S DOWN HOME PEACH ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a 3qt stock pot, combine the tea bags, water and sugar. Brew on med-low heat.
• Open the canned peaches, and drain the syrup into the pot. Drop in 3-5 peach slices. Reserve the rest of the peaches on the side.
• Brew the tea to just under a boil. (bubbles rising but not boiling) Remove from heat. Strain off the tea bags, but leave the peach slices.
• Return tea to pot, cover and let sit until tea is room temperature. Place tea into a a pitcher for serving. Refrigerate until chilled.
• Add a peach slice to each glass when served.