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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. 

Keyword Fire Cider, Fire Cider Recipe
Author Sunup to Sundown

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

  1. 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.

  2. Let sit in a cool dark place for 4-6 weeks for fermentation.

Step 2: Straining Apple Cider Vinegar

  1. Strain all ingredients from your apple cider vinegar. Your apple cider vinegar is now infused with all the ingredients you had in your jar.

  2. 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.