Made citrus, or rather orange drink for my parents. Not orange juice, but more towards tea that kind. Looks very atas hor???? LOL!! My mama also say not bad leh. LOL!!
These few days i love to try make drinks with fruits. Mostly using citrus fruits. Got a kind of smell i like :D I feel like buying the cocktail book leh. But then at home also not no liquer that are needed.
Quite a long post today cuz of some steps. Bear with it. LOL!
Simple steps to making this orange drink..
.
1) Sliced some orange peels thinly, remove any white spongey parts from the skin cuz that one will make your drink taste bitter. Then cut the thinly peeled skin into fine slices.
You can choose to use a grater to make your life easier.
2) Cut a few slices of orange without those "membrane-look-alike" thing (if you get what i mean)
3) Pour in hot water and mix some honey (preferably manuka honey or those honey which is not transparent kind, which is a bit ex than those normal ones) to your liking.
4) Stir well.
You will smell some orange fragrance. Very refreshing drink. Can also clean your tongue palette at the same time. Can also try to pop-in a few ice cubes to make it a little cold. You can choose to/not to eat the orange peels or slices.
Enjoy the four simple steps to make atas drink. LOL!!
Will try to make more atas drink if i have the time and the inspiration. For now just try to make this drink for your friends or during taitai teabreak.
Note: If you dun have honey or no $$ to buy. Can try cooking your own caramel by melting the sugar. But you have to keep stirring non stop until light brown color.
::::Steps to caramel making::::1) Pour desired amt of sugar to the cooking pan.
2) Keep stirring until the sugar becomes golden brown. (Usually takes ard 20 mins)
3) Let the melted sugar cool down for ard 5 to 10 mins first before putting it into the cup cuz the temperature is VERY VERY VERY HOT!!
And you will spoil your precious cups. You can also try to pour the syrup onto metallic trays to let it cool faster. 4)Once cooled, the caramel will be a bit harden. TRY to break the caramel into small bits and mixed it with the drink. The small bits will melt slowly if you keep stirring.
5) Sit down, relax and enjoy your drink.
Next, pondering how to clean away the leftovers that harden which are stuck onto your pan??Try pouring hot water to pan. Turn on to small fire and stir, the caramel will slowly melt away. Wash your pan and make sure that there's no hard caramel left if not the ants will be having "party" there.
As for the tray, try pouring the hot water over the harden caramel in the sink without using your hands unless you are mad. The caramel will slowly melt away. But then i dunno how much water you will waste. haha.
That's all folks!!! Enjoy~~~~
