Red clover tea
2 cups
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Handful fresh red clover | |
| Blossoms, w/a few leaves | ||
| Lemon | ||
| Honey | ||
| Fresh mint leaves (opt'l.) and/or- | ||
| Several dandelion leaves | ||
| ;(opt'l.) | ||
Directions
Put the blossoms and leaves into a 2-cup earthenware teapot. Fill teapot with boiling water, cover, and infuse for 5 to 10 minutes over very low heat. Set the pot on a trivet over the burner, if necessary, to protect it from breaking. Strain into a hot cup, add a twist of lemon and sweeten with honey.
Some fresh mint leaves and/or several dandelion leaves can be used with the clover blossoms.
Note: Red clover blossoms may be dried to use for tea. Spread the blossoms out into a single layer on a tray and dry them in the sun.
Use less of the dried flowers, 1 to 1½ tsp. to 1 cup of water, to make the tea.
Yield: 2 cups.
From "The Wild Flavor" by Marilyn Kluger. Los Angeles: Jeremy P.
Tarcher, Inc., 1984. Pg. 253. ISBN 0-87477-338-5. Posted by Cathy Harned. From: Cathy Harned