Spiced Red Wine Punch - PCOS-Friendly Recipe
Nutrition per Serving
0
Calories
0g
Protein
0g
Carbs
0g
Fat
Recipe By: Grace Parisi This grown-up punch is perfect for a winter cocktail party.
Ingredients
- 2 c. water
- 1 c. sugar
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 12 cloves
- 12 allspice berries
- 1/2 tsp. fenugreek seeds
- 4 1/4-inch-thick slices fresh ginger
- Zest of 1 orange
- 1/2 c. fresh orange juice
- 1 750-ml bottle Syrah or other full-bodied red wine
- Orange slices
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan, combine the water with the sugar, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, fenugreek seeds, crushed ginger and orange zest. Bring to a boil over moderate heat, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Lower the heat and simmer the syrup for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let the syrup steep for 25 minutes.
- xAdd the orange juice, then strain the syrup into a medium bowl. Wipe out the saucepan, add the red wine and spiced syrup and heat until simmering. Carefully pour the spiced wine into heatproof glasses, garnish the glasses with orange slices and serve the punch warm.
- Make Ahead: The spiced red wine punch can be refrigerated overnight. Reheat gently before serving.
PCOS-Friendly Foods in This Recipe
This recipe contains the following foods that may benefit PCOS management: Cinnamon.
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).
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