October brings cool mornings and humid autumn days. Perfect for a homemade feel-good drink that warms you from the inside out. The blend of fresh ginger, fruity rosehip, spicy lemon and a touch of honey gives a pleasant sensation of warmth and gives new energy to gray days. The recipe is quick to prepare, wonderfully aromatic and a true autumn classic for the home.
What is needed?
For the ginger shot you will need:
- 100g ripe Dog rose
- 25 g Ginger (about 4-5cm)
- 35g honey or a vegan alternative
- Juice of one organic lemon
Inspirations in our magazine
In ours Magazine of the Cantina delle Erbe (available here) you’ll find lots of great content about edible wild herbs, wild fruits, and recipes that will take you through the seasons. It also contains important health-related topics. From now on you can also purchase the new autumn edition in printed and digital versions in our herbalist’s
How is ginger shot prepared?
The advantage of this recipe is that all the ingredients are preserved because nothing is heated. First, the dog rose must be freed from floral residues and the stem, washed and cut in half. Then you dig out the halves of the dog rose. The hair has to go. They can cause respiratory irritation or cause scratching of the mouth and throat. You can collect cores and create one Kernlestee Do. You can find the recipe Here.
The rosehip halves and peeled ginger are now pureed in a high-performance blender. If you can no longer find fresh rose hips, you can also purchase rose hips (available here). Then add the honey and lemon juice. If you want to consume the immune booster directly, you can drink 20 ml as a shot or mix ginger juice with 100 ml of water and drink it. Since it is raw, it should only be kept in the refrigerator for two or three days at most. It’s best to prepare a small amount and then make a new one after three days, because it doesn’t last long.
What to do if you can no longer find rose hips?
The recipe also works with dried rose hips. You can collect and dry them yourself or order them online. Alternatively you can also Sanddorn usage. If there are too many plant parts in the ginger shot, you can strain it. We drink everything.
Wild herbs for the immune system
You can also find more tips in our book “With wild herbs and medicinal plants all year round“(available here), depicting numerous wild herbs and local medicinal plants in 160 pages. For each plant you will find a large format image, as well as our experiences, harvesting and usage tips for the medicine cabinet and kitchen. The book is structured seasonally so you can find the right wild herbs at any time of year. Of course, dog rose and sea buckthorn are also found there. You can purchase the book in our Herbal Witches online store www.die-moderne-Kräuterhexe.de
What ingredients are in the ginger shot?
This ginger shot is a real vitamin cocktail. Lemon juice alone already contains 50 mg of vitamin C. However, 100 grams of rosehip contains a whopping 430 mg of vitamin C. So just from lemon and rosehip you get a total amount of around 480 mg of vitamin C. Ginger also contains a small amount of vitamin C. However, calculated per 100 g, it is only 5 mg, which is negligible since you are not using 100 g of ginger. Ginger impresses with its other important ingredients. Honey also contains important enzymes and minerals that are fully preserved through gentle, raw processing. Honey also provides some sweetness.
There you will also find our discovery book for children: “Ben and Mara discover the world of wild herbs“(available here). Our idea of creating an identification book for children and familiarizing them with the value of wild herbs as early as possible was brought to life in this children’s book. We deliberately call it a “discovery book” because this book is not a classic children’s book: it consists of three different chapters. In the first chapter, Ben and Mara and their grandparents discover the course of nature and wild herbs throughout the seasons. The second chapter contains a child-friendly encyclopedia of wild herbs in which we describe all the wild herbs that appear in the book in the form of a drawing but also as a photograph. The third chapter is the practical chapter: here we have little tips and recipes, like this one
How can rosehip, ginger and lemon help with colds?
Ginger and lemon are an excellent remedy for colds. Both contain valuable ingredients that can relieve cold symptoms and shorten the duration of the illness. Ginger can support our immune system through the essential oils it contains (e.g. zingiberen) and pungent substances (gingerol). They can also have anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, germicidal (antiviral and antibacterial) and expectorant effects. Vitamin C from rose hips and lemon, for example, helps the body because it accumulates in leukocytes (white blood cells) and can support activated T cells in the defense process. It is also an effective antioxidant that can protect individual cells from harmful free radicals. The immune booster can be taken daily. Better before the meal. In case of acute infection, twice a day. Do you already know our natural vitamin C powder, also based on rose hips? You can easily do it yourself. Here you can find the instructions. Tea also supports the immune system. They are particularly good Zistroso AND Timiano
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