Burnt-Spice Julep - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
Ingredients
- 2 ounces overproof rum
- 3 allspice berries, 1/4-inch piece of cinnamon stick and 4 cloves, in a small tea ball
- 12 mint leaves, plus 1 mint sprig for garnish
- 1/2 ounce Rich Simple Syrup
- 1 1/2 ounces bonded apple brandy
- 1/2 ounce Jamaican rum, such as Ed Hamilton or Appleton V/X
- Dash of Angostura bitters
- Crushed ice
- 1 lemon twist, 3 thin pear or apple slices and a pinch of confectioners’ sugar (optional), for garnish
Instructions
- In a ramekin, pour the overproof rum over the spice ball.
- In a chilled julep cup, muddle the mint leaves with the Rich Simple Syrup. Add the apple brandy and Jamaican rum and stir well. Holding the spice ball with tongs, very carefully ignite it with a long match, letting it burn for about 30 seconds. Place the spice ball in the julep cup, then immediately dash the bitters over the spice ball to extinguish the flame. Fill the cup with crushed ice and spin a swizzle stick or bar spoon between your hands to mix the drink. Add more crushed ice and garnish with the mint sprig, lemon twist, fruit slices and confectioners’ sugar. Serve with a metal straw.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon, Lemon.
Cinnamon is one of the best ingredients that someone with insulin sensitivity can eat. Half a teaspoon of cinnamon per day has been shown to be very effective at normalizing blood sugar levels. Cinnamon contains hydroxychalcone, which is thought to enhance the effects of insulin. It has also been suggested that Cinnamon prevents post-meal blood sugar spikes by slowing the gastric emptying rate - meaning that food digests slowly. (Reference: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11506060). Lemons ca...
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