LET’S COOK LITHUANIAN
\nwith Dana Sili\u016bnas.<\/p>\n
Soothing beverages to warm a winter day<\/p>\n
HOT CRANBERRY TEA<\/strong> 2 cups water Heat water to a boil. Pour over tea bags and steep, covered, about 30 minutes. Remove tea bags. Put sugar and orange rind in mini-food processor fitted with metal blade or blender. Mince rind, about 1 minute. Set aside. Put cranberry juice, tea and allspice into a 2-quart, non-aluminum saucepan. Heat to a boil. Add % cup orange sugar (reserve rem aining sugar for future use). Return to a boil. Stir well. Remove allspice. Serve hot. (Alternately, the tea can be served chilled. Chill several hours or as long as overnight. Serve chilled over ice).<\/p>\n HOT HOLIDAY PUNCH<\/strong> 1 gallon sweet cider Bring all ingredients except citrus juices to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain into a large pan and cool to lukewarm. Stir in citrus juices, then heat and serve immediately in punch cups. Serves 32.<\/p>\n HOT APPLE CIDER<\/strong> 5 cups fresh apple cider Combine all ingredients in a 1 1\/2- quart, non-alum inum saucepan. Bring to a boil. Simmer, covered, for 5 minutes. Strain through a fine sieve or coffee filter, reserving the cinnamon sticks. Serve hot, placing a cinnamon stick in each cup. (Alternately, the cider can be served chilled. Strain as directed. Chill several hours or as long as overnight. Serve chilled with cinnamon sticks).<\/p>\n MULLED CIDER<\/strong> 1 qt. apple cider SPICED APPLE CIDER<\/strong> 12 whole allspice Place whole allspice and cloves in tied cheesecloth packet. In a saucepan, bring apple juice, water, tea bags, orange, lemon, cinnamon and cheesecloth packet to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 3 minutes. Remove cheesecloth packet, tea bags and orange and lemon slices. Simmer 5 additional minutes. Add ground allspice to taste. Serve hot or chilled. Garnish with fresh slices of orange and lemon. Serves 16; 3\/4 cup per serving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LET’S COOK LITHUANIAN with Dana Sili\u016bnas. Soothing beverages to warm a winter day HOT CRANBERRY TEA Kar\u0161ta spanguoliu arbata 2 cups water 2 orange pekoe tea bags 1\/2 cup sugar Grated rind (colored part only) of 1 orange removed with a zester or fine grater, about 1 1\/2 Tbsps. 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail 2 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[78,137],"class_list":["post-2542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-food-cooking","tag-lith-heritage","tag-siliunas-d"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2542\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.draugas.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nKar\u0161ta spanguoliu arbata<\/p>\n
\n2 orange pekoe tea bags
\n1\/2 cup sugar
\nGrated rind (colored part only) of 1 orange removed with a zester or fine grater, about 1 1\/2 Tbsps.
\n2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
\n2 whole allspice<\/p>\n
\nKar\u0161tas \u0161ventinis pun\u0161as<\/p>\n
\n1 stick cinnamon (6\u201d)
\n1 Tbsp. whole cloves
\n2 Tbsps. crystallized ginger (sliced)
\n1 cup unsweetened grapefruit juice
\n1\/2 cup orange juice
\n1\/4 cup lemon juice
\n1\/2 cup superfine sugar
\n1 Tbsp. mace
\n1 Tbsp. allspice
\n1 tsp. salt.<\/p>\n
\nKar\u0161ta obuoline gira<\/p>\n
\n2 inches fresh ginger, unpeeled, sliced thin, about 2 Tbsps.
\n4 cinnamon sticks<\/p>\n
\n\u0160ilta pikanti\u0161ka gira<\/p>\n
\n6 allspice berries, whole
\n3 paper-thin slices of fresh gingerroot
\n1 Tbsp. honey
\n6 cinnamon sticks
\nOptional: apple brandy
\nPour the first four ingredients into a saucepan and heat to simmer point. Discard allspice and ginger. Put a cinnamon stick in each mug and ladle in warm cider. Add some apple brandy if it\u2019s a really cold day.<\/p>\n
\nPikanti\u0161ka obuoline gira<\/p>\n
\n6 whole cloves
\n2 qts. apple juice
\n1 qt. water
\n3 tea bags, regular or decaffeinated
\n1\/2 orange with peel, thinly sliced
\n1\/2 lemon with peel, thinly sliced
\n2 cinnamon sticks
\nGround allspice to taste<\/p>\n