So lately I have been obsessed with making syrups and sauces. From pizza sauce to mint syrups, I've left nothing behind. Although sometimes they don't turn out as good as expected, in which case I take it upon myself to make it all over again just to get that perfect taste. My source of inspiration is generally from the food I've had at restaurants. I had this amazing drink at Nandos last week which had a fresh minty tang to it. I instantly felt the need to recreate it myself the moment I got home. It took me hours to try to figure out the mint syrup. Made it twice now, but I still feel like it isn't anything close to the original. I'll be sure to share the recipe as soon as I've amended that though. :D
I don't know if I've mentioned before but I'm a HUGE fan of flavored tea! Basically I will devour any sort of tea as long as it does not involve milk. During a midnight reading session of The Book Thief I felt a sudden inexplainable craving for Iced Peach Tea. At 2 in the morning. Yep. And obviously there was no possible way of buying any at such an odd hour however my cravings take a complete and crazy hold over me, which is how I ended up trying my hand at making it at home in the dead of the night like a perfectly normal person. Lucky for me I managed to unearth a peach from the depths of my fridge. Goodness knows how long it was in there but I'm not one to speculate.
Now creating the peach syrup was tricky, and like my many previous escapades did not come out that good on the first try. Craving satisfied though. (Almost). Anyways I continued to work on the recipe and managed to get it right the second time. Wild creative ideas at midnight do not always oblige the brain to function rationally. The mistake I had made the first time was adding the pulp with the water while straining, which as it turned out was a grave mistake causing the syrup to turn all white and bubbly. The outcome was fascinatingly weird to look at. Keeping this in mind the second time round I was extra careful to avoid letting any pulp get in the water. And voila! Here you have it, ladies and gentlemen (highly doubt that gentlemen bit), my final product. This peach syrup is perfect for Teas but that's not the limit to its uses. You can get creative with its usage, whether as a topper for cakes or to incorporate in puddings or desserts of any kind. Knock yourself out! :P
Now creating the peach syrup was tricky, and like my many previous escapades did not come out that good on the first try. Craving satisfied though. (Almost). Anyways I continued to work on the recipe and managed to get it right the second time. Wild creative ideas at midnight do not always oblige the brain to function rationally. The mistake I had made the first time was adding the pulp with the water while straining, which as it turned out was a grave mistake causing the syrup to turn all white and bubbly. The outcome was fascinatingly weird to look at. Keeping this in mind the second time round I was extra careful to avoid letting any pulp get in the water. And voila! Here you have it, ladies and gentlemen (highly doubt that gentlemen bit), my final product. This peach syrup is perfect for Teas but that's not the limit to its uses. You can get creative with its usage, whether as a topper for cakes or to incorporate in puddings or desserts of any kind. Knock yourself out! :P
Ingredients:
Peach - 1
Sugar - twice the amount of the liquid
water - as needed
Directions:
1. Cut the peach into chunks. In a sauce pan, add the peach and fill it with water just to the level of the chunks. Make sure its not overfilled.
2. When the water is boiled and peach is super soft, remove the saucepan from heat and strain the liquid. Make sure you don't get any pulp in the strained water.
3. Measure the water and add it to a clean saucepan with twice the sugar. If the water is 1 cup then add 2 cups of sugar and so on.
4. Stir until the sugar is dissolved and leave it to simmer for 2-3 mins.
Remove from heat and let it cool. Pour into a container and enjoy your Peach syrup!
Make sure you try it out and comment below if you have any problems or telling me how it turned out :D
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