Pineapple Ginger Iced Green Tea Food

ICED GINGER GREEN TEA

Steps:

• Put the green tea bags into a heatproof container and pour in 1 quart boiling water. Let steep until it comes to room temperature, about 1 hour. Remove the tea bags and discard.
• While the tea is steeping, in a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring 1 cup water, the sugar, and ginger to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar, remove from the heat, and allow to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Store the tea and ginger simple syrup in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• To serve, fill glasses with ice and pour in the tea. Sweeten, to taste, with the ginger simple syrup. Garnish with a slice of ginger. For the adults, top each with 1/2 cup prosecco, if desired.

PINEAPPLE TEA RECIPE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Put your chopping board onto a clean baking tray to catch any juices that might run off. Set your pineapple on the board. Lay it on its side and cut off the base and the top. Reserve them.
• Set the pineapple to sit on the base. Slice off the peel in strips from top to bottom till you've peeled it all. You can be generous with the flesh you remove so you cut off the eyes as well. Reserve the peels.
• Cut up the fruit, slicing flesh off opposite ends, then repeat with the other sides. Reserve the core.
• Put the top, base, peels, and core into a large pot.
• Add the brown sugar, vanilla extract, cinnamon stick, cloves, and 8 cups of the water.
• In a blender, combine the ginger with 1 cup of the water. Blend on medium until thick and the fibers are broken down, about 30 to 45 seconds. Add the mix into the pot of pineapple peels and rinse out with the remaining 1 cup of water.
• Bring to the boil on medium-high heat, about 12 to 15 minutes.
• Turn down and let simmer for 35 to 40 minutes, tasting at the halfway mark. At that time, press down gently on the skins to break up the flesh and release additional pineapple flavor .
• Turn off the heat and let the juice cool down.
• Once cool, pass through a fine sieve/strainer and discard the solids. You could also pass through a cheesecloth/nut milk bag.
• Decant into bottles and refrigerate. You will see some sediments settle at the bottom.
• When ready to drink, heat up gently or pour on ice.

PINEAPPLE ICED GREEN TEA

Steps:

• Place 4 fresh mint leaves in a shaker glass. Add ice and equal parts iced green tea, and pineapple juice, approximately 3 ounces each. Shake well to bruise the mint leaves and strain into an ice filled wineglass. Garnish with fresh mint sprig, and orange wheel.

PINEAPPLE GINGER ICED GREEN TEA

Steps:

• Mix the chilled green tea with the pineapple juice in a medium pitcher. Stir well.
• Add the gingerale and blend thoroughly. Pour into glasses filled with ice.

PINEAPPLE ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags; steep, covered, 3-5 minutes according to taste. Discard tea bags. Stir in sugar until dissolved. Transfer to a pitcher; cool slightly. Stir in fruit juices., Refrigerate, covered, overnight. Serve over ice. Garnish as desired.

GINGER ICED TEA

Steps:

• In a pitcher, combine the iced tea mix and water; refrigerate until chilled. Just before serving, add ginger ale. Serve over ice.

GOLDEN PINEAPPLE & VANILLA ICED TEA

Steps:

• Chop the skin and core left over from the small pineapple (as used in our pineapple passion bundt cake), plus 1 scraped vanilla pod and put in a pan. Add 600ml water or just enough to cover the fruit and vanilla. Bring to the boil, then cover and simmer for 30 mins, after which the pineapple will be soft and the liquid reduced. Remove from the heat, add 1 English Breakfast tea bag, then steep for 5 mins, or longer if you like. Strain, then sweeten with 1 tbsp golden syrup. Cool, then serve over ice. Will keep in the fridge for up to three days.