WHB #177 - Rosemary jelly and Rosemary tea

ciao and wellcome to this week's herbal blogging.

this week we are hosted by my dear friend Ivy!!

thank you Ivy for hosting!

this brilliant and very interesting idea is kalyn's,
and now kept by haalo.
thank's both of you :)
if you would like to join, please read the rules

to know the order of hosting please read here

finally here it has stopped raining...I don't mind the rain..but I wanted to do a flower dish for Ivy..

but the weather worked against me..

weeeell...what does a blogger do?

does she give up??

does she forget about it?

does she skip the WHB??

nooooo...she comes up with something else! :)))

fortunately..my rosemary bushes doesn't care for the rain..noo...the even enjoy it.

in our garden we have a lot of rosemary..they can grow over 2 meters large and high..

the good thing also, is that they spread by themselfs, if they like the place.

they don't need any special care, just a very sunny place and good earth.

even chalk ground will do (please avoid acid substratus).

so dear Ivy, this jelly is special made for you :)

rosemary jelly

750gr water

6 small branches of rosemary

2 lemons

1kg of sugar

put to boil the water with the rosemary branches, and let boil for 3min.

it is important not to boil any longer, the jelly will get very very bitter.

(trust me :)))

take out the branches, and chop the rosemary needles very small.

add the choped needles

add the squeezed juice from the lemons

let cool, and the add the sugar, whisk and let boil again.

very high heat.

let boil for 5-6min and the pour in clean glasses.

close the lid and roll the jars until cooled.

this to distribute the rosemary equily in the jelly

(if not, they will all float to ther bottom or remain on the top)

brigidaa_te:

were tasty together with pork!

rosemary herbal tea

try this herbal tea in the evening after dinner. it is very digestive, and easy drinking..

the perfume it spreads makes you very relaxed...

I suggest two cups on Sunday evenings :))

1 flowered top of Rosemary

1 piece of orange (organic) peel

boild water.

pour the boiling water over the rosemary and the orange, close the lid of your cup

and let it rest for 20min.

then pick the rosemary and the peel, add honey if you wish (it is perfect without)

drink, and enjoy. :)

see you next week at Chriesi