Today we’re sharing a recipe for Organic Fire Cider. This wonderful herbal tonic is a mixture of horseradish, turmeric, ginger, garlic, onions, oranges, lemons, herbs and peppers all fermented in apple cider vinegar and finished with raw local honey.
All about Fire Cider
This Organic Fire Cider is one of the best things to make to help keep you and your family healthy when cold and flu season arrives. Most fire cider recipes start with adding herbs, peppers and spices to a jar and covering them with apple cider vinegar. You then let this jar sit for 4-6 weeks before straining and mixing honey into the tonic.
This herbal tonic is used to boost immunity, eases sore throat and sinus congestion, supports digestive health, rich in antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. It has also been known to aid in weight loss, cardiovascular benefits and to offer an energy boost. Many people swear by the use of fire cider to support their immune systems and keep them healthy throughout times of sickness. Many take this tonic all year long while others choose to take it only when they develop symptoms.
The great thing about this recipe is that you can make it your own. Use the ingredients that you can source or find but find the best and cleanest ingredients you can source. If you don’t want fire cider that is too spicy you can use less or not as hot of peppers. If you don’t like or are allergic to horseradish or lemons or any of the ingredients you can leave them out. You can easily add or take away any ingredients to make this fire cider your own. It’s best to use raw local honey for the health benefits but use want you can find. Also add as much honey as you need to your desired sweetness.
Organic Fire Cider
This wonderful herbal tonic is a mixture of horseradish, turmeric, ginger, garlic, onions, oranges, lemons, herbs and peppers all fermented in apple cider vinegar and finished with raw local honey.
Ingredients
Step 1: Fermentation
- 1/2 onion chopped
- 2 jalapenos chopped
- 1 orange cut in wedges
- 1 lemon cut in wedges
- 1/2 head of garlic peeled, chopped
- 1-2 sprigs fresh rosemary, thyme, oregano
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3-4 whole cloves
- 1 tsp peppercorns
- 1 small ginger, turmeric, and horseradish root peeled if desired and chopped into large chunks
- organic apple cider vinegar
Step 2: Straining Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1/2 – 1 cup raw local honey
Instructions
Step 1: Fermentation
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Add all ingredients, onion, jalapenos, orange, lemon, garlic, rosemary, thyme, oregano, cinnamon stick, whole cloves, peppercorns, ginger root, turmeric root, horseradish root to your clean half gallon jar. Cover with organic apple cider vinegar. Be sure that everything in your jar is submerged under the apple cider vinegar.
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Let sit in a cool dark place for 4-6 weeks for fermentation.
Step 2: Straining Apple Cider Vinegar
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Strain all ingredients from your apple cider vinegar. Your apple cider vinegar is now infused with all the ingredients you had in your jar.
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Once your apple cider vinegar is strained, add 1/2 – 1 cup of raw local honey.
Recipe Notes
One important thing with fire cider is that you ensure that the ingredients in the jar remain submerged in the apple cider vinegar through the fermentation process. This will prevent any mold growth or unwanted bacteria from growing in your jar.
The recommended dose of fire cider is daily for adults is 1-2 tablespoons daily and 1 teaspoon daily for children under 1 year old. During times of illness, increase dosage to 2 to 3 times daily.
This fire cider recipe is not suitable for infants under 1 year of age as it contains honey.
Be sure to check out our post on how to make shelf-stable organic Elderberry Syrup too.
How long will it keep?
We typically make a new batch of this at the beginning of fall. This batch will last us through the cold and flu season and be available when we need it most. We vacuum seal the jars and this makes them shelf stable for one year. Once we open and start using a jar of fire cider, we typically transfer this jar to the refrigerator if we don’t use it up quickly just so it doesn’t go bad.
We’d love to hear what you think about this recipe. Do you make or use fire cider? Let us know in the comments below. Thank you for visiting Sunup to Sundown! Please subscribe, like or share this post with others who could benefit from it.
